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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021
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Lady Bison place fourth in conference tournament, win opening match in tournament
he girls’ volleyball team from New Buffalo High School in a thriller won the opening match in the District 4 tournament at Lake Michigan Catholic. The Lady Bison defeated LMC in five sets Tuesday, Nov. 2. New Buffalo down two sets to one was on the brink of elimination until pulling out the extended fourth set 29-27. The Lady Bison won the final set 15-11. Freshman Jane Funk led the offensive attack for New Buffalo with 12 kills. Ashley Hauseman contributed six kills while Shannon Dewit and Ellie Cybulski added five kills apiece. Amanda Jones led all defenders with a whopping 36 digs. Dewitt and Liz Schmock also played major roles on defense with 22 and 16 digs respectively.
BY STAN MADDUX
Funk also had led the team with four aces and five blocks. The Lady Bison (14-15-2) advanced to the semi-finals Thursday at 7 p.m. against Michigan Lutheran. The game at Michigan Lutheran will be a homecoming, of sorts, for New Buffalo Head Coach Bruce Molineaux. Molineaux was head coach of the Titans in volleyball for seven seasons before coming to New Buffalo this season. The team had started strong but placed fourth in the conference tournament Saturday, Oct. 30, at Eau Claire High School. The Lady Bison defeated Eau Claire 2524 and 25-17 in the first match and next beat Lawrence 25-21 and 25-18. New Buffalo lost the final two matches to River Valley 25-8 and 25-22 and Lake Michigan Catholic 25-8 and 25-22.
Freshman Jane Funk led the Lady Bison attack with 18 kills during the entire tournament. Ellie Cybulski and Shannon Dewit were also major contributors on offense with nine kills and eight kills respectively during the four matches. Dewit led the way for the Lady Bison in the tourney on defense with 20 digs while Liz Schmock added 13 digs.
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unk led all servers with four aces in the competition while Dewit, Amanda Jones and Lyn Jones each had three aces. Head Coach Bruce Molineaux said being without assists leader for the season, Ava Johnson, due to illness hurt the team’s level of play. “We just didn’t have the chemistry,” he said.
Molineaux said lack of consistency, a problem during the regular season for his young players, also contributed to the team not finishing higher in the tournament. “We had times when we played really good and we had times when the flow just wasn’t there,” he said. The Lady Bison finished the regular season 11-13-2 after losing to River Valley at home Oct. 27 in three sets 26-24, 25-20 and 25-22. Funk and Cybulski each had six kills to lead the offense while Amanda Jones and Lyn Jones led all defenders with 15 and 12 digs respectively. Bella Nortorangelo racked up 11 assists for New Buffalo during the match, which was Senior Night.
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