It was a week of mixed results on the court for the North Star Wolves senior girls volleyball team.
North Star opened the week last Tuesday night (Jan. 7) in a match on their home court against the rival St. Thomas of Villanova Wildcats. The two teams played a relatively even first set with the Wolves winning 25-22.
The Wolves looked to be in command of the second set as they led by eight points midway through, but Villanova’s Mckenna McCann helped her team reverse the tide as her serving led to the Wildcats getting right back in the set.
Villanova would use that momentum shift en route to a 25-23 win.
North Star seized the momentum back in the third set, winning 25-12 to record their fourth match win of the season. Villanova dropped to 3-4 and are now 3-5 after losing at Riverside last Thursday.
Coach Mary Ewer said it was all about momentum, stating everything was working for the Wolves in the first set but the momentum swung in the second set.
“In the third game, the momentum came back,” she said.
North Star head coach Jeff Miller was happy with how the team bounced back after losing the second set.
“We had a bad five minutes,” he said. “We did OK.”
The Wolves will play “AAA” level opponents the rest of the WECSSAA Tier 1 regular season before going into the “AA” playoffs. He expects the young Wolves team to continue to show a good effort even though they face tough opposition.
“We’re just trying to get better for the playoffs,” he said.
The first of the tough “AAA” teams was last Thursday when the Wolves travelled to Windsor to play the first-place and undefeated Holy Names Knights. The Knights showed why they are in first place, sweeping the Wolves 25-18, 25-15 and 25-10.
The Sandwich Sabres were in Amherstburg Tuesday after this issue of the River Town Times went to press. The Wolves travel to St. Joseph this Thursday at 4 p.m. before hosting the St. Anne Saints Jan. 21 at 5:20 p.m.
The junior Wolves are now 1-6 after matches last week, also at home to Villanova and on the road at Holy Names. They lost two sets to one to the Wildcats in a competitive battle, 25-22, 20-25 and 24-26. Against the Knights, they lost 14-25, 14-25 and 21-25.
The juniors also hosted Sandwich Tuesday night and play at St. Joseph Thursday night before concluding the regular season at home Jan. 21 against St. Anne.
Win, loss for Wolves on volleyball court
By Ron Giofu
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