Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Tigers Fall To State Ranked Comets

 TIPTON — The Tipton Tigers hosted Class 3A No. 8 West Liberty to begin the 2020 season and their River Valley Conference season. There, the Comets were too much for the Tigers, sweeping the Tigers 3-0.
 The Tigers have a whole new lineup with only a couple players with any sort of varsity experience
back. The new group of Tigers struggled in the first set as West Liberty took a 1-0 match lead after winning the first set 25-5. The Tigers had glimpses of what is to come with mini rallys in each of the second and third sets. The Tigers fell 25-10 in the second set and 25-15 in the third set, scoring more points in each set as the match went one.
 Tipton had seven kills in the match led by Hailey Stewart, Rachel Bierman, and Avary Calonder with two each. Kelley Lieser had one-kill. Calonder led THS with four assists and Carly Langenburg had one assist.
 The Tigers had five digs in the match with Langenburg leading with two while Lieser, Bierman, and McKenna Gade each had one. Tipton served 26-for-31 with two aces. Langenburg was 7-for-7 to lead the Tigers. West Liberty had 37 kills in the match with junior Macy Daufeldt leading with 15 and senior
Martha Pace also reaching double digits with 11. Brooklyn Buysse had 32 assists. The Comets had 34 digs led by Monica Morales with eight while five others each had four digs. The Comets served 67-for-73 with 10 aces in the match. Macy Daufeldt was 19-for-20 with four aces and Isabel Morrison was 12-for-13 with an ace.
 Tipton is off until this Thursday when they travel to Class 2A No. 4 Wilton for their second
RVC match of the season. The Tigers are scheduled to play in Marion this Saturday at the Linn-Mar Invitational. Tipton will host Durant for parent’s night on Tuesday, September 15 and travel to North Cedar on Thursday, September 17.

Tigers Take On Two High Ranked Teams
 MOUNT VERNON — The first of four weekend tournaments saw the Tipton Tiger volleyball team take on two highly ranked squads and two other solid programs at last Saturday’s Shirley Ryan Invitational. The format for the tournament was changed with each team playing only their pool teams, instead of having bracket play after pool play like past years.
 The Tigers played four matches and lost all four. Two foes were highly ranked in Class 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon, and Class 4A No. 8 Waverly-Shell Rock. With the losses, the Tigers fell to 0-5 on the season.
 Tipton struggled to get points against the Mustangs as Mount Vernon beat the Tigers 21-2 and 21-5. Kelley Lieser and Rachel Bierman each had a kill in the match. Avary Calonder had four digs and Carly Langenburg had two. Calonder led THS in serving, going 3-for-3.
 The Tigers lost to Waverly-Shell Rock by twin scores of 21-7. Kelley Lieser had two kills and Bierman had one. Ashley Hatland had three assists. The Tigers served 14-for-14 with an ace. Hatland and Hailey Stewart each were 3-for-3. Stewart led Tipton in dits with six.
 The Tigers played Des Moines Christina tough before falling 2-0. Tipton nearly won the first set, falling 21-17 before the Lions beat Tipton 21-4 in the final set. The Tigers had 7 kills with Kelley Lieser and Hailey Stewart each with two. Avary Calonder
had four assists and Sydney Barton led THS with nine digs. The Tigers served 18-for-22 with two aces in the match. Calonder was 6-for-6 with an ace and Barton was 5-for-5 with an ace.
 The Tigers fell 21-7 and 21-8 to Iowa City West. Three Tigers had two kills each in Hailey
Stewart, Kelley Lieser, and Avary Holstein. Calonder had four assists and Stewart had six digs. The Tigers served 12-for-14 in the match. Calonder was 4-for-5 to lead the Tigers.

West Liberty 3, Tipton 0
Thursday, September 3
At Tipton
West Liberty 25 25 25
Tipton 5 10 15
Tipton Statistics:
Attacks (32-for-44 7 kills): Kelley Lieser 7-for-12 1kil, Avary Calonder 8-for-9 2 kills, Emma Hartman 5-for-6, Rachel Bierman 5-for-6 2 kills, Hailey Stewart 4-for-6 2 kills, Courtney Peterson 2-for-3, Liz Bierman 1-for-1, Carly Langenburg 0-for-1. Assists (5): Avary Calonder 4, Carly Langenburg 1. Digs (5): Carly Langenburg 2, Kelley Lieser 1, McKenna Gade 1, Rachel Bierman
1. Serving (26-for-31 2 aces): Carly Langenburg
7-for-7, Ashley Hatland 4-for-4, Hailey Stewart 4-for-4 2 aces, Sydney Barton 3-for-4, Avary Calonder 2-for-4, Kelley Lieser 3-for-3, McKenna Gade 0-for-1.

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