Lady Dogies win twice

Dogies prepare for post season

The Newcastle Lady Dogies earned home victories over Sundance and Buffalo before falling in three sets at Torrington during a busy week of volleyball.

Newcastle defeated Sundance in four sets Tuesday, Oct. 13, then swept Buffalo on Friday, Oct. 16. Adalyn Olson finished the three-match week with 26 kills and seven aces, earning praise from coach Mickey Crabtree.

“The girls did great against Sundance on Tuesday and Buffalo on Friday,” Crabtree said. “They really focused on earning their own points and had minimal errors.”

Against Sundance, Newcastle recovered from a 26-24 opening-set loss to win the next three 25-21, 25-20, 25-23.

Olson led the Lady Dogies with 11 kills, four aces and 26 digs. Delainey Dresen added 10 kills, while Lillie Morrill
contributed seven kills, three aces and 25 digs. Kyndal Von Eye finished with 31 assists and 15 digs.

Newcastle totaled 39 kills, 10 aces and 138 digs in the victory.

The Lady Dogies followed with a 25-15, 25-17, 29-27 win over Buffalo. Morrill paced the offense with 12 kills and five aces, while Dresen added eight kills and a team-high 25 digs.

Olson contributed seven kills and 22 digs, and Jenna Dixon and Kaia Pederson each recorded six kills. Von Eye supplied 33 assists as Newcastle finished with 41 kills.

Saturday’s trip to Torrington ended in a 25-18, 25-17, 25-16 loss as Newcastle struggled with defense and serve receive.

“We struggled defensively all together and with serve receive Saturday against Torrington,” Crabtree said.

Newcastle recorded 20 serve receive errors after committing four in each of its two home matches. Olson led the Lady Dogies at Torrington with eight kills, three aces and 11 digs. Newcastle served nine aces without a service error.

“Overall, Adalyn did a great job earning points with attacks and aces this week,” Crabtree said.

The Lady Dogies travel to Buffalo on Friday, Oct. 23, then host Tongue River for senior night Saturday, Oct. 24. Those matches conclude the season for the C team and junior varsity. 

Times for the games this weekend are: 

• Buffalo: 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. for C team, 4 p.m. for JV, 5 p.m. for Varsity 

• Tongue River (Home): 2 p.m. for C team, 3 p.m. for JV, 4 p.m. for Varsity

The varsity will continue into regional competition, which Newcastle hosts the following weekend.

“We are very excited to host regionals this year,” Crabtree said.