ELKHART – Warsaw opened its Northern Lakes Conference volleyball season with a 22-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-20 win at No. 17 Elkhart Memorial Tuesday night. Nikki Parrett had 11 kills and five aces for Warsaw, with Alexis Day had 15 kills. Erin Peugh had 20 digs and Hannah Leach a pair of blocks in the winning cause. The Warsaw junior varsity improved to 4-0 with a 25-22, 25-21 win over Memorial. Cassidi Colbert had seven kills and Amy Herendeen recorded 20 assists and 13 digs for Warsaw. Warsaw’s freshman team remained unbeaten in nine matches after its 25-21, 25-17 win. Kylie Prater had 18 kills in the match. The Lady Tigers are now 6-6 on the season overall and 1-0 in the NLC. Their next match is 7:15 p.m. Thursday at Goshen. WARSAW 3, ELKHART MEMORIAL 1 W 22 25 26 25 EM 25 21 24 20 Warsaw: Aces – Nikki Parrett 5, Hanna Leach 2, Erin Peugh 2, Brynn Durecki 1; Kills – Alexie Day 15, Parrett 11, Leach 6, Rachel Yeager 5, Kacy Bragg 3; Digs – Peugh 20, Durecki 14, Day 10, Parrett 5, Leach 4; Assists – Bragg 37; Blocks – Leach 2, Katie Swanson 1, Rachel Yeager 1. JV – Warsaw def. Memorial 25-22, 25-21 Warsaw: Aces – Jamie Grose 3, Courtney Chookie 2, Addie Dickerhoff 1, Cassadi Colbert 1; Kills – Colbert 7, Grose 4, Kenzie Martz 4, Gwyn Bellamy 3; Digs – Amy Herendeen 13, Addie Dickerhoff 7, Grose 6, Colbert 6, Bellamy 6, Chookie 3; Assists – Dickerhoff 20. Freshman: Warsaw def. Memorial 25-21, 25-17 Warsaw: Aces – McKenna Hawblitzel 4, Kylie Prater 3, Allie McGuire 2; Kills – Sierra Derossett 9, Hawblitzel 6, Kaia Hummitch 5; Digs – Prater 18, McGuire 16, Hawblitzel 15, Brooklyn Slone 15, Derossett 12, Katie Schmidt 7; Assists – Schmidt 25.
Tiger Tennis Falls To Redhawks, 4-1 Colton Lind needed three sets to win for Warsaw at No. 1 singles and claim the Tigers only win in a 4-1 loss to visiting Goshen in Northern Lakes Conference play Tuesday. The Tiger junior varsity claimed a 9-1 win over the Redhawks. Warsaw will travel to Culver Academies for a non-conference match today. GOSHEN 4, WARSAW 1 Singles: No. 1 – Colton Lind (W) def. Jacob Grewe (G) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; No. 2 – Hugh Birky (G) def. Andrew Gauger (W) 6-1, 7-5; No. 3 – Simon Myers (G) def. David Homme (W) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. Doubles: No. 1 – Logan Troyer & Bobby Sessa (G) def. Justin Stout & Ryan Wettschurack (W) 7-5, 6-4; No. 2 – Diego Torres & Nathanael Wertz (G) def. Hayden Steger & Spencer Briton (W) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 JV – Warsaw 9, Goshen 1 Singles: No. 1 – Bailey Burht (W) def. Wes Beck (G) 6-4, 6-4; No. 2 – Kyler Bartol (W) def. Mitchell Yoder (G) 8-4; No. 3 – Brian Elliott (W) def. Austin Peeler (G) 8-3; No. 4 – Caleb Williams (W) def. Nathan Burns (G) 8-1. Doubles: No. 1 – Nick Marsh & Ethan Hoff (W) def. Drake Crowder & Ben Bontrager-Singer (G) 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 – Reuben Williams & Nolan Knight (W) def. Ryan Haremelink & Martin Lyrvall (G) 8-0; No. 3 – Brandon Chan & Jarett Orr (W) def. Anton Pham & Wyatt Fisher (G) 8-2; No. 4 – Jake Kauffman & Hawkins Ragland (W) def. Braxon Kincaid & Axel Brown (G) 8-1; No. 5 – Kanton Waddle & Dawon Villama (W) def. Josh Haimes & Kobe Gritzmaker (G) 8-1; No. 6 – Ryan Haremelink & Wyatt Fisher (G) def. Noah Hutton & Garrett Landwerlen (W) 6-2.
