Lady Mavs Drop two games; to face Harlem, Lustre Christian

It was a tough week for the North Country Mavericks Volleyball team as they dropped a couple of games.

The Mavs fell 0-3 to the Malta M-ettes on Tuesday, September 14, and then 0-3 to the Scobey Spartans on Saturday, September 18.

"We had a rough week battling through some rotation changes and missing a starter who was out on Saturday," Coach Charlene Wasson said. "Sometimes it is hard to make changes but you have to do them to see what opportunities you are missing and if the things you think will help really will."

The team will try to rebound this week as they take on the District 2B Harlem Lady Cats on Tuesday, September 21, at 5 p.m., in Whitewater. They will then host Lustre Christian in Hinsdale on Friday, September 24, at 6 p.m. Both games will be covered in the September 29 issue of the PCN.

In North Country's loss to Malta, the scores were NC-18 M-25, NC-21 M-25, and NC-20 M-25.

The team was led by Paige Wasson who had 6 kills and two blocks. Jaycee Erickson had six assists and three digs.

"In this match, we really struggled to pass the ball which kept us from getting going offensively and our serving percentage was really down from the week before," Coach Wasson said.

The scores in North Country's loss to Scobey were NC-22 Scobey 25, NC 13 Scobey 25, and NC 14 Scobey 25.

"Saturday we traveled to Scobey and it was really rough getting into any flow we were using two JV players to cover the missing starter and new rotation changes," Coach Wasson said. "Nothing really went right in this match but we kept our competitiveness up, we just couldn't get anything rolling."

The Mavericks were led by Teagan Erickson who had nine kills and four blocks. Kora LaBrie had seven digs and four aces. J. Erickson had seven assists. Paige Wasson had five kills and four assists.

By the end of the Scobey game, Coach Wasson saw some things that she liked with the team's rotation, but the group still needs to correct a few things to bounce back.

"I always try and look at it on paper, but that isn't the same as in a game you get to really see the flow of how it will or won't work," Coach Wasson said. "So with the changes, I saw some great things. Now we just have to work out the kinks and fine-tune people's responsibilities."