VB: Enterprise Junior freshmen defeat Dauphin

By Jeremy Wise

Published: September 13, 2008

Tierra McCain’s coaching debut has been solid at Enterprise Junior High School as her Lady Wildcats freshmen are 3-0.

The latest victim was city rival Dauphin Junior Lady Dolphins, whom they beat 29-27, 13-25, 15-11 Thursday.

McCain said serves were the key for the Lady Wildcats. She said Jin-Mi Matsunaga, Jasmyne Kilow and Chelsey Scott led the team in that department.

She added Matsunaga set the ball well, allowing players such as Scott to have good spikes.

McCain said the match was a challenge.

“Dauphin was really good. They were spiking the ball a lot,”she said.

She added her Lady Wildcats “let the ball hit the floor too much” in the second set.

Lady Dolphins head coach Patsy Holland said confidence is an issue with her squad.

“The skills are there, but the confidence is not,” she said of her 4-3 squad.

In the game, Caitlin Lee had 14 points, six aces and 12 assists to lead the Lady Dolphins. Tahmya Newsome added three points, two aces, nine kills and two
blocks. Courtney Walker had five points and six digs, while Mary Robinson contributed seven kills.

The game was part of a tri-match. Enterprise Junior defeated Carroll 25-14, 25-7, while Dauphin beat Carroll 25-13, 25-12.

Against Carroll, Lee had 13 points, seven aces and five assists. Emily Davis contributed 10 points and five aces, while Hannah Thompson added eight points
and seven aces.

The Lady Dolphins also faced Providence Christian and Rehobeth in a tri-match Tuesday. The team lost to Providence 19-25, 21-25.

“They’re very compatible (to us). We just had more mistakes,” Holland said, adding when her team faces Providence again, they must “make sure we make the fewest mistakes.”

Against Providence, Lee led Dauphin with six points, six aces and five assists.

Thompson added six points and three digs.

The Lady Dolphins rebounded to defeat Rehobeth 25-12, 25-7.

Newsome had 11 points, four aces and three kills, while Lee had nine points, four aces and five assists. Davis chipped in eight points and four aces, while

Courtney Walker contributed six points and two aces.

Dauphin eighth graders pick up two wins

Fresh off a second-place finish in a tournament at G.W. Long Sept. 6, the Dauphin Junior eighth graders improved to 7-3 with wins over Kinston and Geneva.

Against Kinston, Deanna Gadzala had 13 points in the 25-16, 25-14 win. Lindsey Pomranky added nine points and three aces.

Against Geneva, Gadzala had nine points and one ace, while Pomranky contributed eight points. Natalie Reeves had seven points and two aces.

In the tournament, Dauphin rebounded from a loss to D.A. Smith to claim victories over New Brockton and G.W. Long.

Against G.W. Long, Dauphin won 25-16, 24-26, 15-4. Sarah Tindol had 23 points and six aces in the win.

Reeves had 14 points and two aces in the Lady Dolphins’ 25-27, 26-24, 15-11 win over New Brockton. Gadzala had nine points and two aces ,while Samantha
Drummond had six points.

In the match with Ozark’s D.A. Smith, the Lady Dolphins lost 25-23, 23-25, 13-15.

Pomranky had nine points and one ace. Tindol added wight points and three aces.