Written Thursday September 15th at 11:10 PM
The Dragons volleyball program kicked off the league play of its season in much better fashion then they have shown in tournament play.
Orion has been struggling a bit in tournaments which is the
reason why the dropped to 13th in the State. They had an opportunity
to get off to a good start when 12th ranked Stoney Creek came to
town.
The Dragons would then send a statement beating the Cougars
in three games 25-9, 25-12, 25-21 on Thursday night.
What made this more ironic was that Ross Talbott coaches the
Cougars. Talbott enters his first season behind the Stoney Creek sidelines
taking over for Mandy Moran. He coached at Orion from 2012-2013 resigned in
2013 and Tony Scavarda took over the Dragons.
It was shocking how Orion (15-5, 1-0 Red) controlled this
game especially on the defensive end. 16 blocks (seven by Mallorie Berriman,
five by Danielle Sargent), 12 digs from Lindsay Wightman, 16 assists from Wren
McCaulay, and 14 combined kills by Sarah Kelly and Leah Kalugar.
Stoney Creek (14-10, 0-1 Red) though a very young team as
they have only two seniors led by Erika Ward. They have experience having
play very good competition in tournament play.
The Cougars were led by freshman outside hitter Kate
Stration whom had seven kills and five digs. Ward had 21 digs.
Orion will play Harrison on the road on Tuesday and will host Bloomfield Hills next Thursday. They will compete in the Portage Central Invite on Saturday.
We'll see what happens.
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