Imperials Fall At The Net In First Round Of District Play
The District 2 volleyball tournament had first round action on Fri., Oct. 30 in LaMoure. In the first three matches of the day the top seeds came away with 3-0 wins as #1EKM beat #8 South Border, #4 LaMoure-LM beat #5 Ellendale and #2 MPB beat #7 Kidder County. The Imperials were the #6 seed and faced the #3 seed Linton-HMB in the final match of the first day and Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter was hoping to change the tide, but that didn’t happen as the Lions competed the 3-0 sweep by the higher seeds on the day.
In the first set for NGS head coach Kali Fettig and her squad, had passing as an issue. NGS found themselves trailing 3-10 before losing 7-25. In the second set the Imperials picked it up a notch and hung with the LHMB as they found themselves trailing 4-9 early before pulling to within two, 9-11. The Imperials continued to whittle away at the Lion lead and pulled to within one, 14-15 at the midway point. The Lions then went on a 7-1 run to hold a 16-22 lead, before the Lions closed out the second set 25-17.
The Imperials now faced the must win set in order to advance in the championship bracket. This set was tied at 3 early on. . .