Gremlins eliminate Eskymos from playoffs
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ESCANABA -- Escanaba volleyball had upset on their minds but it wasn't to be as they dropped a MHSAA Division 2 district semifinal to the Houghton Gremlins (25-15, 25-20, 25-16) here Wednesday.
"Our girls fought really hard," Eskymos coach Beverly Ziebell said. "We played some of the best volleyball they played this season and thought we were going to pull of the second set but they shook it off and made the plays."
Houghton jumped out to an early 6-3 lead in the first set then extended it to 17-8on a four-point service run by senior Katia Rudak. Senior Ellie Hainault had four kills in the first set for the Gremlins and had six in the contest with a pair of aces.
The Eskymos played one of their best sets of the year in the second set as they battled with the Gremlins. The Eskymos jumped out to an early 6-2 lead on a kill by Brooklyn Beauchamp who finished with five on the night.
The Gremlins tied the game at 12 on a four-point service run. The Eskymos would not give up the lead easy as the Gremlins tied it on four occasions before taking the lead at 17-16.
Hainault had a five-point service run to put the Gremlins up 22-16 but the Eskymos battled back and cut the deficit to 22-20 before Houghton pulled away.
"I think we served well tonight,"Gremlins coach Blaire Zenner said. They are a very scrappy team so we wanted to get points on them quickly and being able to serve aggressively really helps."
The Gremlins took control of the third set as a six-point run put the Gremlins up 20-12. The Gremlins went on to take the set 25-16 scoring the last four points.