The North Butler volleyball team rallied in every set but Newman Catholic was able to maintain the advantage to close out a 3-0 sweep in Top of Iowa East action on Tuesday night, as aired on 104.9 KLMJ. The Knights won by set scores of 25-11, 25-18, 25-21).
In set 1, the Knights scored the first seven points, which grew to a double digit advantage that they maintained to wrap up the set. In set 2, the Bearcats led by as many three till the match was tied at 12, the Knights reclaimed the advantage by scoring 12 of the next 13 points, to lead 24-13, the Bearcats held off set point with five points in a row, the Knights held on to claim the set. In set 3, scoring was back and forth to 9, Newman went on a scoring run to move ahead at 23-12, the Bearcats rallied with 9 of the next 10 points to get within 24-21, the Knights ended the match on the next exchange.
North Butler Head Coach Sarah Goodrich
“We didn’t come out with that excitement, energy and potential that we truly have,” says Goodrich. “There was many times that we were down and we came back pushing, unfortunately it was a little too late. There was definitely some momentum that we just couldn’t get, we were making the errors and they just kept giving it back to us. Great game to Newman, we’re definitely learning from it and putting it in our past.”
Olivia Dralle led the Bearcats with five kills and three aces, and Ameila Thompson added four kills.
North Butler (2-5 overall, 1-1 in Top of Iowa East) will host Central Springs on Thursday.
