Saturday, September 22,
2007 - St. Petersburg, FL
Lady Cougars Take Title from Host Crusaders
Saturday, the MIC Lady Cougars Volleyball team traveled to St. Petersburg for a
4 team volleyball tournament at host Canterbury School of Florida.
In the first match of the day, MIC swept the Hernando Christian Lions of Brooksville,
25-12, 25-21, and 25-14. Hernando was impressive in their warmups with strong spiking.
But they could not handle the onslaught of the Cougar's serves, The cougars Aced
the Lions 18 times in the match as well as serving their highest serve percent of
the year at 93% for the match. The cougars quickly found the passing weakness of
the Lions as they notched 28 kills. Winning this match placed the Cougars in the
title match against the Canterbury School Crusaders. Stats for the match: Aces:
Sarah Becker: 7, Jenny Stanton: 4, Kacie Paulk:3; Kills: Aimee DeWitt: 10, Bailey
Scott: 4, Kacie Paulk:4, Stephanie Quinn: 4; Assists: Stephanie Quinn: 14, Kacie
Paulk: 7; Blocks: Aimee DeWitt: 5, Erica Robes: 2; Digs: Kacie Paulk: 8, Stephaine
Quinn: 8, Erica Robes: 5, Kacie Paulk: 5, Haleigh Campbell: 4.
In the title match, MIC took the home team Crusaders in 3 games, 25-18, 25-22 and,
25-13 to bring home the championship trophy! The home court advantage was evident
for the Crusaders as they fought tough in the first game and a half but were no
match for the Cougar offense as the cougars notched an impressive 34 kills and 7
blocks for the 3 game match. Stats for the match: Aces: Stephanie Quinn: 6,
Haleigh Campbell: 2, Sarah Becker: 2; Kills: Erica Robes: 8, Stephaine Quinn: 7,
Bailey Scott: 6, Kacie Paulk: 6; Assists: Stephaine Quinn: 17, Kacie Paulk: 12;
Blocks: Erica Robes: 4; Digs: Stephaine Quinn: 14, Kacie Paulk: 11, Jenny Stanton:
9, Haleigh Campbell: 8, Sarah Becker: 5.
The Cougars record is now 10-0.
JV Lady Cougars Win the Cougar Invitational
Saturday, the JV Lady Cougars also won their invitational! MIC hosted the tournament
including Edgewood and Covenant Christian. In the first match of the day the Cougars lost
to Edgewood. They won their second match against Covenant to close out pool play.
In the semi-final round of playoffs, the Cougars beat Covenant again, earning the
chance to redeem theselves against Edgewood in the finals. And redeem themselves
they did! They Cougars defeated Edgewood to earn the trophy and the title. Kristin
Cox was voted the tournament MVP. Amber Hubert and Kayla Strieter were named to
the all-tournament team. Way to go Cougars!
The Cougars face Orlando Christian Prep (AWAY) Monday. JV at 5:00 and Varsity at
6:30. Check Edline for directions.