Wawasee Spikers Top Valley, Fall To Fairfield In Final
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BENTON – The Wawasee volleyball team held on for a semifinal victory at the Class 3A Sectional 21, but fell to host Fairfield in the Saturday night final. The Wawasee Lady Warriors opened its sectional play Saturday morning at Fairfield High School against Tippecanoe Valley. Facing the team that knocked it out of the 2011 sectional, Wawasee jumped out to a 2-0 lead with 25-15 and 25-20 wins in the first and second games, respectively. However, Valley responded by taking the third game 25-20 and the fourth 25-20, setting up the decisive fifth, which Wawasee won 15-13. In the win, Lydia Katsaropoulos led the Lady Warriors with 13 kills, while Alli Ousley posted 32 assists and six aces. For Valley, Caylie Teel had 13 kills and Sara Alexander led the team with three blocks and three aces. Following the close win, Wawasee was matched up with the heavily favored Fairfield Lady Falcons. In that match, Fairfield breezed to its ninth-straight sectional title with a 25-7, 25-20, 25-7 victory. Katsaropoulos and Anne Beer each had five kills and Ousley posted eight assists in the championship match. The 33-1 Lady Falcons now travel to Fort Wayne Concordia for the regional Tuesday.
WAWASEE DEF. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 25-15, 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 15-13 (Class 3A Sect. 21, Semifinal) Aces – Alli Ousley (W) 6, Taylor Spangle (W) 3, Hunter Gaerte (W) 3, Sara Alexander (TV) 3, Kelsey Ball (TV) 2, Tenaya Shull (TV) 2; Assists – Ousley (W) 32, Kelsey Eckert (TV) 19, Shull (TV) 15; Blocks – Alexander (TV) 3, Ball (TV) 3, Kaitlin Goines (W) 2, Courtney Newsome (TV) 2; Digs – Lauren Early (TV) 24, Aly Anderson (W) 22, Gaerte (W) 20, Newsome (TV) 19, LeeAnn McGuire (W) 17, Caylie Teel (TV) 13, Danielle Adams (TV) 13; Kills – Katsaropoulos (W) 13, Teel (TV) 13, Anne Beer (W) 11, Newsome (TV) 10, Ball (TV) 8, Goines (W) 6, Alexander (TV) 6
