Lady Dogs fall short against C-Falls

Kaiah Moore rises for the kill during last week’s home match against Columbia Falls.

Marlee Bender and Luci Ridgeway rise up for the block during a 3-2 loss to Columbia Falls last week.

by Daniel McKay
Whitefish Pilot | October 16, 2018 1:56 PM

Marlee Bender and Luci Ridgeway rise up for the block during a 3-2 loss to Columbia Falls last week.

The Lady Dogs fought hard against the Wildkats but fell in five sets last Thursday.

Whitefish came out on fire to win the opening set 20-25, but Columbia Falls answered with a win by the same score in the second frame.

After a 25-16 Wildkat win in the third set, Whitefish gave their all to even things up 25-23 in the fourth set.

Columbia Falls took the last frame 15-6 for the win.

Lauren Schulz led the team with 16 digs, 23 assists and 11 kills. Kaiah Moore added 12 kills of her own, and Luci Ridgeway and Marlee Bender both had three blocks.

Assists – Columbia Falls 41 (Hannah Schweikert 39), Whitefish 39 (Lauren Schulz 23); Kills – Columbia Falls 45 (Mady Hoerner 13, Ryley Kehr 13,) Whitefish 48 (Kaiah Moore 12, Schulz 11, Kennedy Grove 10); Digs – Columbia Falls 92 (M. Hoerner 21, Savvy Ellis 20), Whitefish 65 (Schulz 16); Blocks – Columbia Falls 9 (Kehr 4), Whitefish 8 (Luci Ridgeway 3, Marlee Bender 3); Aces – Columbia Falls 13 (Kehr 3, Ellis 3, Dillon Hoerner 3), Whitefish 8 (Ridgeway 3)