Lady Mavs take third in scattered 1C Tourney

The North Country Mavericks Volleyball team is moving on to the 2020 Eastern Divisional tournament in Sidney this week after taking home third place in the District 1C Tourney on Saturday, October 31, in Whitewater.

The Lady Mavericks will play the Jordan Mustangs who were the 2C District's runner up last weekend. Jordan lost the 2C Championship to the Broadus Hawks on Saturday, October 31. The score was 3-0.

During Jordan's semi-final win, Lindsay Lawrence and Ava Kreider each had ten kills and will likely lead the Mustangs in the match against North Country. Lacey Lawrence had 26 of Jordan's 30 assists. The Mustangs had 91 digs that game.

The 1C tournament was held throughout various locations last weekend, giving the higher seed in each game a chance to play at their homecourt.

"With the playoff-style format, it truly didn't feel like a district tournament," Mavericks Head Coach Charlene Wasson said. "We held our composure and beat a very solid team in 3 sets which was huge for us."

Going into the tourney ranked third, the North Country defeated the Savage Warriors 3-1 in Saco on Thursday, October 29. The Lady Mavericks were defeated 3-2 by the Froid-Medicine Lake Redhawks in the semi-finals on Friday, October 30, in Medicine Lake.

The Mavericks went on to defeat the Fairview Warriors 3-0 during the consolation finals on Saturday in Whitewater. The scores of the game were NC 25 - F 21, NC 26 - F 24, and NC 25 - F 19.

The team was led by Jaydyn Erickson who had a team-leading 11 kills. Kia Wasson had eight kills and 14 digs. Danika Soper had nine assists, nine digs, and four aces. Kaitlyn McColly had four kills, eight digs, and three aces. Jaycee Erickson had 11 assists and six digs. Libero Zandora Longtree had 10 digs.

"This match looked a little sluggish on both sides of the floor to begin," Coach Wasson said. "We had the first two serves on each team net serve. The gym was quiet and it was really kinda spooky being Halloween and all."

Coach Wasson felt that the Mavericks performed well despite not having a typical playoff atmosphere. The win was North Country's third victory over Fairview this year.

"Fairview is so scrappy they really do a good job of playing defense," Coach Wasson said. "I would say we had a solid night at the net nothing flashy but solid."

In North Country's loss to Froid-Medicine Lake, the scores were NC 25-FML 19, NC 25-FML 20, NC 18-FML 25, NC 14-FML 25 and, NC 9-FML 15.

"We came out swinging and blocking the first 2 sets," Coach Wasson said. "We had excellent hitting across the board and our blocking was a definite advantage. We lost momentum in set 3 and never gained it back."

The Mavericks struggled in serve-receive in the last three sets, giving up points off of aces.

The Mavs were led by McColly who had nine kills, 13 digs, and four aces. Jaydyn Erickson had nine kills, four blocks, and three digs, Wasson had 15 digs and nine kills. Jaycee Erickson had 19 assists, five digs, and two blocks. Longtree had 16 digs. Soper had 11 digs, Mattea McColly had two blocks, Kora LaBrie had three digs, Teagan Erickson had four kills and four blocks.

"Our offense was scoring but not enough to catch us up in any of the sets," Coach Wasson said. "We really felt like we could pull this win off."

One night prior, the Mavericks defeated Savage behind double-digit kills from Jaydyn Erickson and Kaitlyn McColly. The scores were NC 25-S 13, NC 21-S 25, NC 25-S 19, and NC 25-S 22.

McColly had 15 kills and 10 digs. Jaydyn Erickson had 13 kills. Jaycee Erickson 12 assists. Wasson had nine digs and five kills.

"Jaydyn came out swinging and had one of the best weekends of her hitting career," Coach Wasson said. "We had good attacking from Kaitlyn McColly as well. Kia and Danika served tough from the service line gaining four aces apiece."