PINEDALE – The Pinedale High School volleyball team had a great last week of the regular season.
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the Lady Wranglers traveled to play 4A Green River. Although Pinedale lost in three sets (25-18, 25-21 and 25-17), the team got better by playing against a good 4A team with a fast offense. The Lady Wranglers stayed with the Lady Wolves for most of each set.
Pinedale traveled to Lyman for the final conference game of the regular season and came away with an exciting four-set win: 25-21, (24-26), 28-26 and 25-18.
The Lady Wranglers improved at defense and blocking this week and met a passing goal they set for themselves this season. The team continues to work on its offense as well.
The Pinedale junior varsity and freshman teams also ended the season with close three-set wins in Lyman.
The Lady Wranglers’ varsity team ended up with a 5-5 conference record, sitting in fourth place going into regionals. Three of the conference losses were in games that went into close five-set matches, so good things could happen at regionals.
Pinedale hosts the 3A West Region volleyball tournament on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Information on the tournament, including a schedule and live bracket, is posted at the Wyoming High School Activities Association website, www.whsaa.org/volleyball/regionalvolleyball.
The Lady Wranglers play Lyman in the first round at regionals in the Wrangler Gym on Friday at 11:45 a.m.
Come out and cheer them on!
Weekly stat roundup
Senior Alyxis White led Pinedale in attacking this week with 31 kills and a .222 hitting percentage.
Junior Roxanne Melinkovich added 29 kills, junior Anndee Covill 11, sophomore Oakley Francis eight and junior Shaye Mills six.
Mills led the Lady Wranglers in passing this week with a 2.3 rating. Melinkovich, Alyxis White and sophomore Remedios Mata also had a great week of passing as well.
Servers posting a 2.0 service rating or above included senior Megan Boulter (two aces), Mata (three aces) and sophomore Bodie Walker (one ace).
Covill contributed eight blocks, Francis five with four from sophomore Tayahna White, Alyxis White and Mills. Melinkovich rounded the count out with three blocks.
Tayahna White also contributed 40 assists and three kills.
Senior Erin Murphy collected 34 assists and 13 digs.
Alyxis White led the defense with 34 digs, followed by Boulter with 27, Mills 20 and Mata 16.
