Edmunds County Tribune -

Ipswich was able to place fifth at a Battler invitational volleyball tourney last Saturday in Gettysburg.

The Tigers capped this event with a 25-21, 25-19 consolation victory over the host team. Needless to say Coach Trent Osborne was quite happy about that, finishing with a 2-2 record there. "A spirited and more intense group showed up at the tourney," he said. "We had a lot of great possessions and came away from the day a much better team than we have been recently. We finished the day as consolation champs but played much better than our two and two record on the day. The final match of pool play was a well-played match by both teams and had the house packed and energized as it was the final match of pool play still going on. The ladies found some more energy and finished the tourney with a 2-0 revenge win vs. Potter County in that consolation match."

They were defeated by Philip 2-0 (28-26 and 25-19). In that event Ipswich was 68 of 79 in attacking the net including 16 kills. Baylee Kulesa was 29-30 with seven kills and Gracie Lange 22-28, 6. And Marley Guthmiller added a 3-3, 2 effort.

Ipswich was led in setting by Quincy Olivier 54-54 with 13 assists and Kulesa 4-4. The Tigers were overall 63 of 63 with 13 assists.

Ipswich went 43 of 46 in serving including six aces. They were led by Madison Geditz at 6-7 with two aces and Brianna Geditz 9-10, 1.

The Tigers had 45 digs led by Madison Geditz with 12 and Lange with eight. They added one solo block and two assisted. The solo was from Guthmiller who also added an assisted block as did Kulesa.

Versus McIntosh the Tigers would obtain an impressive straight-sets win over another West River team 25-13 and 25-19. One reason would be a 52-64 effort at the net that would include 24 kills. This was certainly a balanced attack led by Kulesa at 24-25 with nine kills, Lange 13-17 with seven kills and Guthmiller 7-8, 3.

Ipswich set that up with 41 errorless setting attempts  including 21 assists, led by Olivier's 36-36, 19-assists day. In serving, Ipswich finished 39 of 43 with eight aces. Lange was 9-9 with three aces and Brianna Geditz 6-6 with two aces.

The Tigers were led in digging by Madison Geditz with 11 digs and Kulesa with seven. Guthmiller and Vanesa Diaz each added an assisted block.

Ipswich took Faulkton Area to the third set, won by Faulkton 26-24. The Trojans had won their opener 25-21, but Ipswich owned the middle set 25-21.

Ipswich was 123 of 148 at the net with 29 kills, paced by Lange 40 of 49 with 15 kills. Next were Kulesa at 49-57 with 11 kills and Olivier, 18-19 with two kills.

The Tiger girls were a perfect 103 in setting including 26 assists. They were led by Olivier at 85-85 with all those 26 assists.

Ipswich was 62-66 in serving with five aces paced by Lange at 15-16 with two aces and Olivier 15-15 with one ace.

Ipswich would come away with 87 total digs, led by Madison Geditz with 37 and Lange with 20. The Tigers added one solo block by Kaylin Onken and two assisted.

Ipswich would then up-end the Battlers 25-21 and 25-19. The Tigers utilized a 79 of 91 net attack, featuring 24 kills, led by Lange at 30-36 with 12 kills, followed by Kulesa at 25-27, 4 and Olivier 9-9, 3.

Ipswich again had a perfect 75-75 setting effort that distributed 20 assists led by Olivier at 61-61 with 17 assists and Madison Geditz, 10-10 with three assists.

Things got started at the service line where Ipswich finished 41 of 46 tries that would include seven aces. The team was led by Lange at 9-10 with five aces. Next would be Olivier at 16-16, 1.

Ipswich had 51 digs, led by Madison Geditz with 16 and Kulesa with 11. Guthmiller and Diaz each added an assisted block.