Bulldogs Take Third, Newton Second At Casey-Westfield Tournament

CASEY -- Effingham St. Anthony finished 4-1 at the highly competitive Casey-Westfield Volleyball Tournament Saturday and captured third place.

The Bulldogs started off winning their pool and going into bracket play as No. 1. St. Anthony defeated Mount Zion 25-12, 25-17 then won over Tolono Unity 25-14, 25-18. The Bulldogs downed Edwards County (Albion) after a hard fought battle against them last Thursday, 25-18, 25-20.

St. Anthony then went into bracket play where they again faced Edwards County for the third time this week and lost 25-21, 25-20. The Bulldogs dropped into the third place match and beat Casey-Westfield, 25-18, 18-25, 15-8.

Newton also went 4-1 in the tourney. The Eagles won their opener 25-9, 25-21 then picked up 25-7, 25-7 and 25-19, 19-25, 18-16 wins. Newton won again 28-26, 25-19 then lost 25-23, 25-21 to Edwards County to finish second.

Teutopolis finished eighth out of 12 teams. Casey-Westfield beat T-town 25-20, 25-9. T-town lost to Fairfield 25-14, 25-21. The Shoes then beat Heritage 25-23, 25-18. Hartsburg-Emden downed T-town 25-20, 25-21 and Cisne won over the Shoes 25-13, 25-23.

Tournament Statistics

St. Anthony -- Mathis, 32 kills, 7 blocks, 28 digs, 8 aces, 51 assists; Dammerman, 32 digs, 1 ace; Schmidt, 7 kills, 10 digs, 4 aces; Wendt, 17 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs, 5 aces; Braunecker, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Mumm, 31 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Nuxoll, 18 kills, 31 digs, 9 aces, 1 blocks; Woltman, 14 digs, 3 aces, 21 assists; Schultz, 23 digs. 1 ace

Newton -- Zerrusen, 4 kills, 52 set assists, 8 aces, 4 digs,1 block, 6 block assists; Jansen, 1 kill, 35 set assists, 9 aces, 10 digs; Swingler, 9 aces, 48 digs; Hardiek, 32 kills, 5 aces, 31 digs, 5 block assists; May, 12 kills, 3 digs, 2 aces, 1 dig, 11 blocks, 13 block assists; Probst, 7 kills, 5 blocks, 8 block assists; Cartright, 33 kills, 10 aces, 14 digs, 2 blocks, 4 block assists; Mammoser, 10 kills, 2 set assists, 1 dig, 4 block assists; Johnson, 3 digs

Teutopolis -- Grimes, 1 assist, 6 kills, 3 blocks, 5 aces, 1 dig; Wente, 1 ace, 4 kills, 7 aces, 16 digs, 3 assists; Ruholl, 1 ace, 52 assists, 3 kills, 13 digs, 1 block; Summers, 4 aces, 25 kills, 22 digs, 3 blocks; Niemerg, 5 aces, 1 assist, 18 kills, 32 digs, 5 blocks; Schmidt, 5 aces, 5 kills, 3 digs, 4 blocks; Breer, 1 dig; Swingler, 1 block; Deters, 2 digs; Deters, 11 digs