Mavericks Sweep Wildcats and Lions

The North Country Mavericks swept their matches against Harlem and Lustre last week. On Sept. 21 they hosted Harlem Wildcats in Whitewater. North Country won 25-21, 25-19, 25-10. The team was in Hinsdale on Sept. 24, hosting the Lustre Lions. The Mavericks won 25-11, 25-4, 25-12.

Coach Charlene Wasson said of her team's match against the Wildcats, "We finally got rolling in the third set of this match. Our tempo and timing has been off the past two weeks, but I think we will settle into our rotation and start working more fluid in our matches. We were able to see some players really get their timing down on their hits and we really dominated the front row with blocks and touch blocks."

North Country Stats

Aces: Zandora Longtree 5, Jaycee Erickson 3, Teagan Erickson and Mattea McColly each with 1

Kills: Teagan Erickson 9, Paige Wasson 8, Mattea McColly 3, Zandora Longtree, Jaycee Erickson, Berkley Hillman, Shelbi LaBrie each with 1

Assists: Jaycee Erickson 10, Zandora Longtree 6, Paige Wasson, Berkley Hillman, Shelbi LaBrie each with 1

Digs: Zandora Longtree 7, Jaycee Erickson and Kora LaBrie each with 5, Paige Wasson 3, Teagan Erickson, Mattea McColly, and Shelbi LaBrie each with 1

Blocks: Teagan Erickson 3, Mattea McColly 1

The Mavericks brought experience and a height advantage to their match against Lustre, who fields only three veterans this year. "We had some good flow to our game and we worked on some rotations and let our JV kids play in the last set so all 12 players served in the match," Wasson said. "We were bale to work on a few things specifically in this match, asking kids to spot serve and run some different sets on offense we hadn't had a chance to in the season so far."

North Country Stats

Aces: Zandora Longtree 11, Jaycee Erickson 5, Shelbi LaBrie 3, Teagan Erickson 2

Kills: Paige Wasson 6, Teagan Erickson 5, Jaycee Erickson 4, Berkley Hillman 4, Mattea McColly 3, Zandora Longtree, Codi Donniaquo, Jessa Erickson and Layna Jones each with 1

Assists: Jaycee Erickson 8, Paige Wasson 5, Zandora Longtree, Ava Reyes, Shelbi LaBrie each with 1

Digs: Kora LaBrie 2, Zandora Longtree, Paige Wasson each with 1

Blocks: Paige Wasson 1

The Mavericks travel to Glasgow on Thursday, Sept. 30, with JV action beginning at 4:30 p.m. On Friday, Oct. 1, they play Plentywood in Saco with JV action starting at 4:30 p.m. The team will travel to play Froid/Lake on Saturday, Oct. 2.