Bulldogs seeded 4th in tourney draw, 5th in league

By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen

McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School volleyball team defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb in four sets to end the regular season on a high note Monday, Oct. 12.

The Bulldog girls improved their record to 16-5 overall with the 25-21, 15-25, 25-21, 25-22 road victory. Ada ended up 5-4 in the BVC after posting the victory that broke a tie in the standings with McComb.

The Bulldogs finished alone at fifth in the 10-team league. Leipsic captured the league title outright with a 9-0 mark. Arlington and Van Buren tied for second at 7-2, with Elmwood fourth (6-3).

McComb dropped to 11-10 overall and finished 4-5 in BVC play (sixth) with the tie-breaking home loss.

Ada senior Alivia Gibson served two aces, mustered up 17 digs, passed out one assist and hit two kills. 

Senior Harlyn Lowry came up with a season-best 10 digs and added a kill. 

Sophomore Téa Griffith dealt three aces, made 11 digs, dished out 23 assists, hammered seven kills and came up with one solo block. 

Senior Brooklyn Andreasen hammered 16 kills, served an ace, made one dig and had one solo block. 

Senior Dailah Preston knocked down 14 kills, came up with two solo blocks and added one assisted block.

Senior Jaylin St. Laurent served three aces, made three digs and passed out 17 assists. 

Freshman Jaycee Allen came up with eight digs and one kill. Sophomore Haylyn Geiger served an ace, made five digs, hit one kill, made two solo blocks and had one block assist.

“We did a great job taking care of the ball both defensively and offensively,” said head coach Kylie Murphy. “It was a great team win heading into tournaments.” 

Ada spikers to play Jefferson in tourney

Ada was seeded fourth in the seven-team Northwest 5 Div. VI Wapakoneta district drawing.

The Bulldogs will play fifth seed Delphos Jefferson (10-10) on Thursday, Oct. 22 in Columbus Grove at 7:30 p.m.

The winner advances to play the survivor between third seed Columbus Grove (10-10) and sixth seed Riverdale (11-11) on Oct. 27 at Lima Senior in the district semifinals.

Parkway (18-2) is seeded first, with New Bremen (16-4) second.

The district final is Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. in Wapakoneta.