2025
7th Volleyball
Coach Joel Smedes
9-9 - Comstock 0 - Bloomingdale 3
In our first league game for the year we travelled away to Bloomingdale full of confidence following our weekend tournament. All three games were extremely close but we just lost out overall. Bloomingdale won the first game 25-22 with the lead changing multiple times throughout the game. The second game was even closer and there was no more than a point difference the whole time. Bloomingdale ended up winning that game with a score of 28-26 even though we had game point ourselves a couple of times.
9-6 - Martin Tournament
Our season began with a tournament where games are played to 21 points with a quick turn around before the next game begins. Our first game was against Galesbug-Augusta and we got off to a great start with a 21-18 win. The second game was close the whole way but unfortunately we just lost that game 21-19. However, this meant we came out with a 1 point advantage from that game.
Our second game of the tournament was against Gobles who we found to be a much tougher opponent, getting a lot of their serves in play. We lost the first game 21-17 before fighting back in the second game, winning in another close game by 21-19. Our third and final group game saw us match up with the hosts, Martin. Whilst the first game was close, we demonstrated a lot of control and won the first game 21-20. The second game in this match blew out a bit in our favor with some excellent serving from the Comstock girls, winning the second game by 21-10.
Following the group games, we were ranked third overall and went into our first final against Galesburg-Augusta (again). We won the first game 21-18 but lost the second game 21-19. This meant we had to play a third game to 15 and our girls were victorious, winning the final game 15-12. This sent us through to the semi-final with a chance to make the final. Our semi final game was a difficult challenge against the Kalamazoo Cougars who had some really strong servers. We lost the semi final game 21-12 & 21-10 meaning we finished in the top four for the tournament. It was a great effort from our girls and I’m sure we’ll be able to demonstrate improvement as the season progresses.