Clearwater-Orchard Goes 1-1 In Double Triangular At Home

The Lady Cyclones split a pair of games in their double triangular at home on Thursday night.

Clearwater-Orchard struggled early against Niobrara-Verdigre and dropped the first set 25-22, but came back swinging in the final two sets to win, 25-17 and 25-23.

"It would be best not to say anything about the first set," Coach Shelly Mlnarik said. "The second set, the girls really started to gel together and hit hard. We played pretty scrappy and picked up a lot of stuff they threw at us the last two sets."

Junior hitter Mallory Cooper led the Lady Cyclones with 12 kills and 20 digs and senior Briana Stelling with 7 kills and 19 digs, while Katie Funk recorded 17 set assists. Click here for stats vs. Niobrara-Verdigre.

Clearwater-Orchard played their final game of the night against Spalding Academy. It was a close game throughout, but the Lady Shamrocks prevailed, 25-20 and 25-21.

"The girls played a hard fought game," Mlnarik said. "They battled both sets and fought to the finish!"

Stelling led the Lady Cyclones with 9 kills and 15 digs. Click here for stats vs. Spalding Academy.

Clearwater-Orchard (6-6) will travel to Spencer to compete in a triangular with Boyd County at 5 p.m. and Niobrara-Verdigre at 6 p.m.

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