The Goodrich varsity volleyball team remains undefeated in the Genesee Area Conference after a hard-fought matchup against Mt. Morris.
The host Martians went to five games against the Panthers before prevailing 12-25, 25-19, 25-13, 20-25, 15-11 in a Jan. 16 contest at Goodrich High School. Goodrich improved to 7-8-3 overall and 2-0 in the GAC.
The following Martians contributed to the team’s win:
‘Tara Garman ? Serving: 18/19, 9 Aces, Digs: 17, Passing: 11/12, Attacks: 39/44, Kills: 22, Blocks: 8.
‘Alyssa Bertrand ? Serving: 25/25, 4 Aces, Digs: 10, Sets: 107/109, Assists: 33, Attacks: 20/20, Kills: 7, Blocks: 1.
‘Katie Birch ? Serving: 11/11, Digs: 16, Passing: 5/6, Attacks: 26/32, Kills: 6, Blocks: 1.
‘Ashley Short ? Digs: 13, Passing: 31/37.
‘Nancy Van Vlack ? Serving: 11/12, 1 Ace, Digs: 9, Passing: 9/11, Attacks: 3/5, Kills: 1, Blocks: 4.
‘Sarah Sweet ? Serving: 10/10, 3 Aces, Digs: 31, Passing: 4/5, Attacks: 12/14, Kills: 3, Blocks: 1.
‘Alicia Kushuba ? Serving: 2/2, Digs: 7, Passing: 4/4, Attacks: 16/16, Kills: 5, Blocks: 2.
‘Renee Bell ? Serving: 7/7, 1 Ace, Digs: 12, Passing: 3/3.
‘Brittany Tiedeman ? Serving: 1/1 Digs: 3, Passing: 4/4.
‘Heather Coates ? Serving: 4/5, Attacks: 1/2, Blocks: 2.
The Martians also competed in the Grand Blanc Invitational Saturday, Jan. 14, making it to the finals of the silver division before losing to Lapeer West 25-19, 25-19.
In earlier playoff action in the silver division, the Martians defeated Clarkston 25-20, 25-21 and Flushing 25-20, 21-25, 15-11, and lost to Port Huron Northern 19-25, 21-25.
At the start of the tournament in pool play, the Martians lost to Lapeer East 18-25, 21-25 and Powers Catholic 23-25, 16-25.
Goodrich statistics in the tournament were as follows:
‘Garman ? Serving: 30/35, 5 Aces, Digs: 36, Passing 27/27, Attacks: 145/155, Kills: 63, Blocks: 23.
‘Bertrand ? Serving: 63/65, 9 Aces, Digs: 35, Sets: 247/249, Assists: 86, Attacks: 52-55, Kills: 13, Blocks: 2.
‘Birch ? Serving: 50/52, Digs: 41, Passing: 22/27, Attacks: 82/93, Kills: 13, Blocks: 3.
‘Short ? Digs: 37, Passing: 78/119.
‘Van Vlack ? Serving: 33/38, 3 Aces, Digs: 11, Passing: 17/22, Attacks: 5/6, Kills: 2, Blocks: 11
‘Sweet ? Serving: 31/31, 3 Aces, Digs: 31, Passing: 19/21, Attacks: 38/41, Kills: 2, Blocks: 3.
‘Kushuba ? Serving: 5/8, Digs: 7, Passing: 9/10, Attacks: 29/30, Kills: 13, Blocks: 5.
‘Bell ? Serving: 5/7, Digs: 12, Passing: 7/9.
‘Tiedeman ? Serving: 7/10, 2 Aces, Digs: 9, Passing: 8/11.
‘Coates ? Serving: 11/12, 1 Ace, Digs: 5.
‘Amanda Skiver ? Digs: 6, Passing: 2/3.
In their opening match of the GAC season Thursday, Jan. 12, the visiting Martians defeated Hamady 25-7, 25-16, 25-8. The following Martians saw action against the Hawks:
‘Garman ? Serving: 4/6, 3 Aces, Digs: 11, Passing: 3/3, Attacks: 17/19, Kills: 13, Blocks: 1.
‘Birch ? Serving: 18/18, 4 Aces, Digs: 4, Attacks: 15/15, Kills: 6, Blocks: 1.
‘Bertrand ? Serving: 7/7, 5 Aces, Sets: 43/43, Assists: 21.
‘Kushuba ? Serving: 7/7, 4 Aces, Digs: 2, Attacks: 7/7, Kills: 4.
‘Short ? Digs: 9, Passing: 11/13.
‘Sweet ? Serving: 9/9, 3 Aces.
‘Van Vlack ? Serving: 6/6, 2 Aces.