Volleyball: Tigers cruise past Wildcats

With 22 ace serves, the Pine River-Backus Tigers opened up their season in a big way with a 3-0 thrashing of the Laporte Wildcats Thursday, Aug. 26.

The Tigers held Laporte to three points in the first match, and eight in the second before sealing the sweep with a 25-15 victory.

Claire Dahl and Chloe Andrus each finished with seven ace serves. Hannah Barchus posted five kills, five ace serves and three digs while Emily Hanneken led the Tigers with eight kills.

Laporte 3 8 15

Pine River-Backus 25 25 25

Pine River-Backus statistics

Hannah Barchus 5 kills, 5 ace serves, 3 digs

Chloe Andrus 1 set assist, 1 kill, seve ace serves, 1 dig

Averie Sawyer 2 digs

Kaitlyn Rilea 2 digs

Meagen Irish 3 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace serve, 2 digs

Alaura Dahl 18 set assists, 1 block

Claire Dahl 3 kills, 1 block 7 ace serves, 7 digs

Emily Hanneken 8 kills, 1 block, 2 digs

Anneka Lindquist 1 ace serve

Andrea James 2 digs

Kassidy Bristow 1 ace serve, 1 dig

Cate Travis 7 digs

Conference: PRB 1-0. Overall: PRB 1-0.