Gina Pelgrin, 22, of the Lady Dutch, gets one of her three kills in the second game of last night’s match against the Clearfield Lady Bisons at the SMAHS gym.

By JIM MULCAHY
Daily Press staff

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch volleyball team saw their record slip to 5-6 on the season as they lost a 3-0 match to the Clearfield Lady Bisons last night at the SMAHS gym

The Lady Bisons won the first game by a 25-17 margin. They took the second game 25-20 and won the third game by a 27-25 score.

The first game went back and forth after St. Marys had taken a 3-0 lead early. Clearfield was able to come back and tie the game at seven then slipped out to a 12-9 lead. Clearfield maintained three-point lead taking an 18-15 lead. The Lady Bisons scored four  straight points to lead 23-15. St. Marys got the serve back and cut it to 23-17. Clearfield won the last two points to win the game  25-17.

Just as the first game was, the second game was close until Clearfield broke open a 6-6 contest to lead 9-6. The Lady Bisons increased their lead to 19-13. St. Marys cut it to 19-14. With Joesey Williams serving, St. Marys got two points off of aces, 19-16. A kill by Gina Pelgrin made it 19-17. Pelgrin cut it to 19-18 with another kill. A carry gave Clearfield the 20-18 lead. A kill by Heidi Rupprecht gave St. Marys the serve back. The teams traded points, 21-19. Clearfield went on to win 25-20.

The third game of the night went the way of the first two, going back and forth. With the game tied at 12, the Lady Dutch went up 15-12 behind the serving of Tia Cunningham. However, Clearfield ran off eight straight points to take a 20-15 lead. Clearfield slipped out to a 22-20 lead. With Casey Gahn serving, the Lady Dutch got a kill from Rupprecht and an ace by Gahn, 22-22. St. Marys went up 23-22 then 24-22 on a kill by Becky Hoffman. Clearfield cut it to 24-23 then tied it on an ball out bounds. Clearfield went up 25-24. A point by Rupprecht tied the game at 25-all. Clearfield won the next two points to win the game 27-25 and the match 3-0.

Gina Pelgrin led the Lady Dutch with seven kills in game three and three in game two.

“Joesey Williams and Angie Dempsey had good defensive games and Heidi Rupprecht had a goo game,” said St. Marys coach Erica Vogt.

“We couldn’t get the intensity tonight. The overall atmosphere in the gym was a little dead. We’re hoping to bring it up with intensity on Thursday night. We hope to see more people here with a little more enthusiasm,” added coach Vogt.

In junior varsity action St. Marys won 2-1.

Clearfield took the first game 25-19. The Lady Dutch won the second game 25-20 and won the third game 15-12 to win the match.

The Lady Dutch will return to action Thursday when they play host to the Kane Lady Wolves. Junior varsity action begins at 6 p.m. with varsity action to follow.