Norse overcome slow start defeat Lumberjacks in four sets
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ESCANABA -- The Bay College Norse took two of their three set wins decisively as they took down the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks (20-25, 26-24, 25-15, 25-11) here Wednesday night in their Annual Pick Night Game as they raised $1,017 dollars for Betty Figas.
The Norse jumped out to a 8-1 lead in the third set on a Kill by sophomore Ava Johnson who finished with eight kills on the night to go along with three aces and two blocks.
"Ava played phenomenal tonight," Norse coach Dan Porath said. "Her and Lydia Schaal really hammered some balls and really got us going after the slow start in the first set."
Sophomore Hope Varoni also had one ace during a seven-point scoring run during the start of that third set.
Alpena scored four of the next six points to cut the deficit to 10-5. The Norse extended the lead to 18-6 on a kill by freshman Josie Mechling who had seven kills on the night as well as a pair of blocks.
Alpena responded scoring six of the next seven points to cut the deficit to 19-12 on a pair of kills by sophomore Alivia Freel who finished with seven kills on the night to go along with an ace.
The Norse scored four of the last five points in the set including three kills by Schaal who finished the night with 11 on the night.
"I feel like our energy was down in the first set," Schaal said. "We really got our energy back in the second yet and kept it going throughout the remainder of the match."
The Norse jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the fourth set as the Norse continued their domination of the Lumberjacks. Ava Maki had a kill during the start of the fourth set and Maki finished the night with seven kills.
The Norse never looked back as they took the fourth set 25-11.
The Lumberjacks closed out the first set scoring nine of the last 12 points including a pair of aces by Maddi Sladek who had three in the contest.
The Norse will host playoff action Sunday at Bay College team to be determined.