The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team finished the season this past weekend at the District 6C-East tournament, finishing fourth.
The Pioneers began to put things together the last few weeks and earned a first round sweep of the Box Elder Bears 25-16, 25-20 and 25-22 to begin tournament play.
The Bears won the first match of the season but it was Big Sandy that took the season series two matches to one. The girls topped the Bears the final week of the regular season 3-1 and fought back in all three sets Thursday to advance.
Junior Alana Ostrom slammed home nine of the teams 36 kills in the win while sophomore Jenna Leader contributed 21 assists and 12 digs.
With the win the Pioneers advanced to the semifinals against the top seeded Chinook Sugarbeeters where they were defeated 3-0. The Pioneers finished the tournament with a 3-0 loss to the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks to finish in fourth place Big Sandy 3
Box Elder 0
Big Sandy 25 25 25
Box Elder 16 20 22
Big Sandy - Kills - 36 (Alana Ostrom 9); Blocks - 3 (Lisa Pegar 2); Digs - 48 (Jenna Leader 12); Assists - 32 (Jenna Leader 21); Aces 13 (Alana Ostrom 3).
Box Elder - Kills - 14 (Tia Russell 6); Blocks - 5 (Eve The Boy 4); Aces - 8 (Lillian Gopher 4); Digs - 74 (Tai Russell 16); Assists -14 (Nikayla Anderson 7).
Chinook 3
Big Sandy 0
Chinook 25 25 25
Big Sandy 9 10 20
Big Sandy - Kills - 9 (Alana Ostrom 2); Blocks - 7 (Alana Ostrom 3); Digs - 87 (Molly Kain 20); Assists - 7 (Jenna Leader 7); Aces 1 (Cheyanne Pegar 1).
Chinook - Kills - 28 (Sierra Swank 10); Blocks - 4 (Lauren Harshman 2); Aces - 7 (Cortney Gunderson 3); Digs - 34 (Cortney Gunderson 12); Assists -21 (Kelsey Mathon 11).
Chester J-I 3
Big Sandy 0
Chester J-I 25 25 25
Big Sandy 12 7 14
Big Sandy - Kills - 7 (Alana Ostrom 2); Blocks - 6 (Maddy Reichelt 3); Digs - 69 (Molly Kain 17); Assists - 9 (Jenna Leader 8); Aces 4 (Alana Ostrom 2).
Chester J-I - Kills - 25 (Allix Goldhahn 12); Blocks - 3 (Madeline Woods 2); Aces - 15 (Kristina Dahinden 6); Digs - 61 (Erin Wolfe 14); Assists -24 (Jereca Temple 10).