Ladycats have strong showing in Columbus Tournament

The Weimar Ladycats volleyball team is back in action and decided to start their season by participating in the Columbus Varsity Volleyball Classic.

The Ladycats ended up coming in second in the Silver Bracket of the tournament and faced plenty of challenges throughout the tournament.

Day one

The Ladycats opened the tournament in the morning slate being the first game of the first day of the tournament. The Ladycats got right down to business despite the 8 a.m. start and took down East Bernard in two sets.

The scores of the sets were 25-18 and 25-22 giving the Ladycats a good early test to get things started. The tournament only got more competitive in game two when it took all three sets to decide a winner against Lexington.

The Ladycats lost the first set, an intense and tightly contested game, by 29-27. They bounced back in the second set, which was just as fierce and competitive as the first, but the Ladycats won with a score of 26-24.

In the third set was also extremely competitive as the race to 15 points was on. The Ladycats stayed strong in their pursuit of victory and walked away with a 1512 win.

Sitting with a 2-0 record the Ladycats came into to game three against Devine looking to close out day one with a perfect record. The game went three sets again in another good test for the Ladycats.

Devine took the first set 25-23 with Weimar bouncing back again in the second set with a 25-20 win. The third set came down to the wire with a final score of 1512, the Ladycats making a strong push at the end but falling just short of their first loss of the tournament.

Day Two

Day two was a rough one for the Ladycats, once again they were the first game of the day at 8 a.m. against Schulenburg. The Ladycats once again went the distance playing all three sets where they lost the first set (25-22) won the second set (25-21) and lost the third set (16-14).

The Ladycats then played the eventual tournament champs, Victoria West, before playing Burton in back-to-back games. The Ladycats lost both games in two sets giving them a 2-4 record overall and a spot in the Silver Bracket.

In the Silver Bracket the Ladycats knew they needed get back in the win column somehow and they found a way against a familiar foe. The Ladycats found themselves matched up with Devine again in the Silver Bracket and this time it only took two sets for the Ladycats to be declared the winner.

They won the first set 25-11 and the second set 25-21 where they set up a game against Schulenburg. In the last game of the tournament, the Ladycats again used all three sets to find a winner.

In the first set the Ladycats won with a score of 28-26 before losing set two 25-20. The third set felt like a playoff game with both teams leaving it all on the court with Schulenburg coming away with the win 25-21.

The Ladycats put the tournament in their rear view and look ahead to their next two games against Brazos on Tuesday, Aug. 20, and Columbus on Thursday, Aug. 22 in Schulenburg.