PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

The JV Lady Pilgrims hosted their annual JV tournament last Saturday morning. The Lady Pilgrims came out hot and started the morning out with defeating the Rochester Zebras 25-18 & 25-11. The Pilgrims would then take on NLC opponent Mishawka in round 2 of pool play and would defeat them 2-1 with the scores being, 20-25 25-8 & 15-10. It was great to see the girls come back strong in the 2nd set after losing set 1 so tight. The Lady Pilgrims would get NLC rival Mishawaka in round 2 and would get beat in a close match 20-25 in set 1. The ladies though would respond and come back strong in set 2 winning 25-8 and then 15-10 in the final set. This set up a pool winner match with Elkhart with the winner playing in the championship. After playing 3 matches in the week already the Lady Pilgrims had to fight fatigue. The Lions from Elkhart came out strong in the first set winning 16-25 and then won 10-25 in set 2. The Pilgrims then would be taking on Northridge in the consolation match. Northridge would end up defeating the Lady Pilgrims in straight sets 15-25 & 24-25 for the Pilgrims to take 4th place in the JV invite. The girls played very hard and had strong serving and consistent play till they broke down in the final 2 matches. Emaline VanDuyne and Mia Hartley both showed great leadership throughout the whole tournament.