Rams humble Dragons in State Finals in three games.

Written Saturday November 19th at 7:52 PM

It wasn't a story book ending for the Dragons volleyball team hoped for on Saturday.

The second ranked Rockford Rams (60-9) used it's size and firepower to beat the seventh ranked Dragons in three games 25-21, 25-23, 25-10 in the Class A State volleyball finals at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek on Saturday afternoon.

The Rams out killed the Dragons 49-27 which proved to be a huge difference.

The Rams held the Dragons major players in check holding them to under four kills. Dragons senior Liz Kalugar played her worse game of the season, only being limited to three kills. Junior Sophie Murdock had four kills. Senior Shannon Murdock was the only bright spot she had 13 kills to lead the Dragons.

The Dragons finished the volleyball season at 54-13-3, which was the best in team history. Lake Orion had a great run in the state tournament by eliminating three state ranked teams (Birmingham Marian (No. 3), Macomb Dakota (No. 6), and Clarkston (No.4)

Next season it could be possible that the Dragons volleyball program could be back in Battle Creek despite losing eight seniors. "We made it to the final day. That’s something to be a proud of. No team from our league has been able to that," Dragons Coach Bob Howey said to reporters about being the first team from the OAA to be in the state finals in the conference."We had a great group of girls. We set the bar."