Lady Hawks drop five-setters

The Lady Hawks are only getting better, the question is, will they have enough time to realize their full volleyball potential this season?

The Lady Hawks lost a pair of five-set matches they could have just as easily won last week, falling 18-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-13, 15-12 to the Lady Bulldogs in Mission Oct. 9 and 25-22, 18-25, 25-23, 15-25, 15-12 to Eureka in Thompson Falls Saturday.

The Hawks have only one non-conference match this week, at Kalispell against Stillwater Christian Thursday.

Coach Sandra Kazmierczak thinks the young Lady Hawks are getting better and have not realized their potential yet.

"I am very proud of the improvement we have made along the way this season and feel like good things are coming," she said. "We just need to keep working hard at continuing to get better and things will start falling together for us."

The match with Eureka appeared to be heading the Lady Hawks' way after their 25-15 win of the fourth set, but sophomore setter Avery Escobar's steady passing guided the Lady Lions to the 15-12 win in the fifth set.

Riley Wilson dished out 30 assists for the Hawks, Scarlette Schwindt came up with 23 digs and hit 10 kills, Jody Detlaff executed 11 kills and Brooke Bowlin 10, Jody Detlaff recorded six stuff blocks and Belle Cooper

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served up three aces.

Escobar, who is also an All-State B pitcher for the Eureka softball team, dealt out 43 set assists and hit 13 digs for the Lady Lions, Sienna Utter had 15 kills, Rhianna Hawkins and Karley Bozarth four blocks apiece and Alyssa Utter two aces.

At Mission, Bowlin recorded 13 kills and three aces, Detlaff had nine kills, five stuff blocks and 10 digs, Schwindt 10 kills and 13 digs, Cooper eight kills and two blocks, Maya Stiles seven digs and Wilson 34 set assists and two kills.

Statistics were not available for Mission.