C-Falls spikers down Lady Pirates

The Columbia Falls volleyball team got another key conference win last week. The Wildkats dropped Polson in five games, 25-13, 19-25, 35-16, 22-25, 15-8 in Polson Oct. 24.

Carla Nicosia and Haley Belgarde each had 13 kills apiece. Freshman Cydney Finberg had 36 assists.

The conference win against the Lady Pirates puts the Kats in sole possession of second place at 5-2. Their only conference losses have come at the hands of Frenchtown, who is 6-0 in conference play and 10-1 overall.

The girls wrap up the regular season away Halloween night in Whitefish. Varsity start is about 7 p.m.

Kills - C Falls 44 (Carla Nicosia 13, Haley Belgarde 13, Winter Kemppainen 9), Polson 54 (Chloie Huerta 17, Jessica Hoel 14, Kaelyn Binder 10, Jessica Bagnell 5, Kaelen Wall 3, Jaiden Toth 2, Taylor Rost, Sarah Rausch, Haley Fyant). Blocks - C Falls 15 (Ciera Finberg 5, Kemppainen 5, Belgarde 4), Polson 7 (Binder 3, Huerta 2, Wall 2). Assists - C Falls 38 (Cydney Finberg 36, Ciera Finberg 2), Polson 46 (Toth 41, Bagnell 2, Wall 2). Digs - C Falls 74 (Kemppainen 18, Shaylene Fishel 17, Cyd Finberg 11), Polson 129 (Taylor Davis 30, Hoel 27, Wall 26). Aces - C Falls 3 (Belgarde 2, Tiffany Hummer), Polson 6 (Libby Clay 3, Toth, Bagnell).