The INDEPENDENT, October 21, 1998
Page 11
Lady Loggers setting the pace for Northwest League volleyball
Vemonia’s Lady Loggers, a
finely-tuned volleyball mach
ine, are dominating NW
League play and remain the
only undefeated team, sporting
an 8-0 record.
“Way to go players!” said
their proud head coach,
Michelle Kunkel.
“ It’s
clear
from
our
stats...even with one player
dominating in each game,
there’s always a range of hit
ters in every game,” said
Kunkel. “This team has amaz
ing depth. Bench support is
incredible.”
Vernonians were treated to
an exciting evening of volley
ball Oct. 15, when the Lady
Loggers blew-out the NW
League’s second place team,
City Christian (formerly Temple
Christian), 15-0, 15-6.
ing ace’ for everyone present.
Pond served 13 straight, giving
the ladies a 12-0 lead — three
of those were completely unre-
turnable.
The Lady Lions had six
opportunities to score, but
couldn’t manage to overcome
Vernonia’s ability to return just
about everything, and to spot
the holes on City Christian’s
side of the court. Pond scored
point-15 with another ace.
The Lady Lions came out
stronger in game two and
made Vernonia work for a few
points but, with all due respect
for their strength against the
rest of the NW League — the
Lions were at Vernonia’s mercy
every step of the way.
Kill stats: Ellie Prpich and
Zuzana Budinska, three each;
Casey Weller, two; Pond,
Bridget Titus and Erica Hobart,
one apiece.
win at Corbett, 15-6, 15-3.
In game one, Prpich scored
seven points and Budinska
five. The team committed just
three serving errors.
Budinska shone in game
two. “Zuzana started serving at
point four and went to 15,” said
Kunkel.
Kill leader in the match was
Prpich with nine, six in game
one alone. Contributing one kill
each to the match were
Budinska, Becca Johansen,
Weller, Titus, and Kirsten Hyde.
Oct. 8 Vernonia faced an
unknown team on unfamiliar
turf. The Gervais team turned
out to be strong serve
receivers, but fell to the Lady
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Loggers in two games, 15-11,
15-8.
“Gervais presented strength
but not a lot of depth and were
much stronger defensively than
“Their mental effectiveness
offensively,” said Kunkel. “Abby
and discipline on the court is
Pond executed nine perfect
just huge,” said Kunkel.
The Lady Loggers, always
Abby Pond opened game strong servers, turned in a stel passes in the Gervais match.
one and defined the term ‘serv lar performance in their Oct. 13 She consistently displays
incredibly strong passing.”
Gervais denied the Lady
Loggers any serving aces in
game
one,
and
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Heather Sargent 3, Titus 2,
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Krahn and Budinska racked
up the most assists in this
Oct. 19 they lost to the
Vernonia’s junior varsity
strong team effort.
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Pirates, 44-16,
Logger football team hasn’t
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