Written Tuesday October 4th, at 11:25 PM
It has been an interesting few days for the Lake Orion Girls Volleyball team.
On Saturday the third ranked Dragons competed in the Birmingham Marian Invitational. Orion fared well knocking off Seaholm, West Bloomfield, and seventh ranked Clarkston to make it to the finals. The Dragons suffered a tough loss to Birmingham Marian in the championship game.
Lake Orion in pool play split with the Maples but knew that they would play Seaholm on Tuesday night with the Maples that featured Miss Michigan Volleyball candidate Paige Neuenfeldt with the chance for the Dragons to stay unbeaten in the OAA Red.
The Dragons went on and did just that, they beat the Maples in a four game set, 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, and 25-20 to stay unbeaten in OAA Red play in front of a rocky jammed pack gym in Birmingham. Lake Orion struggled with serving, a problem that has haunted Dragon coach Bob Howey all season long and made close games with the Maples. "Our servicing could have been better tonight," Howey said to reporters.
Lake Orion did a good job on Neuenfeldt, not letting her take over the game and only limiting her to 14 kills. Her teammate senior Kathy Quigley had 12 kills in defeat for Seaholm.
Birmingham Seaholm coach knew that this match was going to be tough for her team but credited her players for competing tonight. "We know that we can play with anyone.We came out with some confidence in the third game. We took a step back and said we need to win now or it’s going to be over.I really give our girls credit for not giving up tonight," Lippert said to reporters after the match-up.
The Dragons were led by senior Shannon Murdock and senior Liz Kaulgar with 13 kills each while senior Gwen Motley added 28 assists and senior Maddie Hutchinson had 23 digs against the Maples. Howey credited his eight seniors for his team's success and messing together as a unit. "I've got eight seniors this year. A lot of them played a good amount last year, and they’ve gotten more mature and have really developed their talents." Howey said to reporters.
The third ranked Dragons is now 35-8-1 overall and 4-0 in OAA Red play. Tied with seventh ranked Clarkston who is 6-0 in OAA Red play and 31-4 overall. The next matches for the Dragons is on Thursday when the team returns home to play the Farmington Falcons. Lake Orion travels to Farmington Hills and plays the North Farmington Raiders on Tuesday and host the Oxford Wildcats next week on Thursday. Then Lake Orion wraps up the league with state ranked Clarkston at home on October 18th. So stay tuned everyone.
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