Trotters volleyball sweeps scrappy Tigers

JOHN HAMILTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months, 2 weeks AGO

TROTTER JUNIOR Claire Lakko looks to tip a shot past the St. Regis defense in Plains Saturday. (John Hamilton/VP-MI)

TIGER SENIOR Lilly Samson bumps up a shot during the Tigers’ match with Plains in Plains Saturday. (John Hamilton/VP-MI)

ST. REGIS SENIOR Jamie Cleveland hits a jump serve during action against Plains in Plains Saturday. (John Hamilton/VP-MI)

PLAINS SENIOR Taylor Saner digs up a shot during the Trotters’ win over visiting St. Regis in Plains Saturday. (John Hamilton/VP-MI)

The Tigers played tough but the Trotters had the horses in the end.

The Plains Trotters defeated the St. Regis Tigers in three sets in non-conference Volleyball action in Plains Saturday.

Up this week for coach Kim Lakko’s Trotters are District 7B matches with Mission in Plains Tuesday and in Eureka Saturday. St. Regis netters will host Alberton Wednesday and visit Noxon Thursday for a pair of District 13C matches.

Lakko was impressed with St. Regis. “I appreciated St. Regis’ scrappiness, great hustle plays, and tough serving,” she said. “They are a well-coached team.”

For her part, Tiger coach Kianna Barnett was impressed with both teams’ effort. “I’m very proud of how hard those ladies played,” she said.

After dropping the first two sets, St. Regis led most of the third set before the Trotters rallied for the win.

Aubree Butcher led the Trotters at the net with 10 kills, Jaycee Carr was good for nine, Kalli Tuma eight, Claire Lakko seven and Hadyn Rice six. Tuma and Butcher served up four aces apiece and Lakko and Rice three each. Mila Rivinius and Lakko each blocked three shots, and Rice and Tuma two apiece.

Taylor Saner led the Trotters in the backcourt with eight digs, Tuma added seven, Lakko six and Butcher four. Lakko passed out 28 assists and Tuma three.

Shelby Simkins led St. Regis with three kills, 13 digs and two service aces, and Daisy Sansom dished out 10 assists and hit a team-best 13 digs.

In other matches last week, the Tigers lost to Hot Springs in four sets at Hot Springs and the Trotters fell to Florence in three sets in Florence. Both of those matches were played Thursday.

Simkins hit 13 of St. Regis’ 22 aces in Hot Springs, Sansom provided 14 set assists, and Jamie Cleveland and Lilly Sansom executed five kills apiece against the Savage Heat.