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St. Paul volleyball: Lady Cards win Bronze consolation title at Rice Tournament

  • Lady Cardinal junior Dallyn Pesek sets a ball during St. Paul’s Rice Tournament match against Palacios on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Mark Lube.
    Lady Cardinal junior Dallyn Pesek sets a ball during St. Paul’s Rice Tournament match against Palacios on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Mark Lube.
  • The Lady Cardinals volleyball team meets with head coach Nicco Brown (right) prior to a match in the Rice Tournament on Thursday. Photo by Mark Lube.
    The Lady Cardinals volleyball team meets with head coach Nicco Brown (right) prior to a match in the Rice Tournament on Thursday. Photo by Mark Lube.
  • Flatonia tries to block a play at the net by Lady Cardinal Faith Machart (#7). Photo by Mark Lube.
    Flatonia tries to block a play at the net by Lady Cardinal Faith Machart (#7). Photo by Mark Lube.

    The St. Paul Lady Cardinals won four and lost four to win the Bronze Consolation championship last Thursday through Saturday in the Rice Consolidated Tournament

    Pool D (Thursday)
    The Lady Cardinals won one and lost two matches in the opening day of the tournament, in Pool D play on Thursday afternoon and evening.

    St. Paul 2, Palacios 0
    The Lady Cardinals started off with the Palacios Sharkettes, winning in two games 25-12 and 25-19.
    St. Paul opened the first set with an Emily Stamport ace and the Lady Cardinals led 8-3 after 11 points with Faith Machart contributing a kill.
    Machart got another kill, Riley Mozisek converted a kill and Stefany Pokluda scored an ace as St. Paul, ahead 11-5, scored eight of nine points.
    Each team scored six points as St. Paul took 25-12 win.
    Palacios had a better start in the second with a 6-2 lead afer eight points. It did not stay that way for long. St. Paul went on a 8-1 run with a kill and block from Tori Walker, a Dallyn Pesek ace, another Machart kill and ace by Avery Pesek.
    Palacios eventually got with one point, 10-9, before a 10-5 surge by the Lady Cards put them ahead 20-15; St. Paul then scored five of the next nine points, getting help from kills by Walker and Skylar Mozisek for the win.

    Flatonia 2, St. Paul 0
    The Lady Cards’ second visit with Flatonia in nine days went slightly different than the first time.
    The Lady Bulldogs managed a sweep in two close sets, 25-20 and 25-23.
     Flatonia scored the first few points and led 6-2 after eight points total. A Maurin Knesek ace and two kills by Riley Mozisek leveled the score at 11-11. The Lady ‘Dogs then outscored St. Paul 7-3; the Lady Cards came back to within 20-19 before Flatonia went on a 5-1 run to take the first game.
    In set No. 2, Sam Moeller and Walker got a couple of kills, Machart got a kill and Avery Pesek got an ace to give the Lady Cards an 11-7 lead after 18 points.
    The Lady ‘Dogs replied with 7-1 run for a slight 14-12 lead, followed by four ties until Flatonia led 23-20 and was ready to put the set and the match away until a 4-1 surge by St. Paul got them within 24-23 before Flatonia got the set winner.

    Iola 2, St. Paul 0
    The Lady Cards closed out the day against Iola, falling to a powerful Lady Bulldog team 25-8, 25-9.
    Iola used kills by Shaylee McKown, Lindsey Gooch and Sydney Neville for a 9-1 lead after 10 points in the first set.  Riley Mozisek and Walker put down a kill each to keep Iola from running away with the set until the Lady ‘Dogs outscored St. Paul 12-4. for the 25-8 score.
    In the second game, Iola scored six of the first eight points and St. Paul got within 7-4. The Lady ‘Dogs then went on a 10-2 run and followed up with an 8-2 scoring advantage to put away the second game 25-9.

    Pool E (Friday)
    St. Paul was grouped in pool E with Ganado, Tidehvaen and Smithville. St. Paul beat Ganado 25-11, 25-11 and swept Tidehaven 26-24, 25-21 before the Lady Tigers beat St. Paul 25-17, 15-25, 25-19.

    Bronze Bracket (Saturday)
    The Lady Cardinals lost to Palacios 25-20 and 25-19 in the Bronze semifinals. They defeated Louise 25-21, 21-25 and 25-14 in the consolation championship.