The Pioneer Varsity Volleyball Team placed 3rd at The Romulus Invite through great teamwork! 

Pool Match Scores

Pioneer vs Lincoln HS: 25-22 / 25-22 

Pioneer vs Annapolis HS: 25-14/ 25-9

Pioneer vs Franklin HS: 23-25/ 25-21

Bracket Match Scores

Pioneer vs Franklin HS: 25-13/ 18-25/ 9-15

The team moved to the Gold Bracket with +34 points and then finished 3rd Place in bracket play.

Libero, Laine Chagnovich had a great performance with 70 defensive plays and only 7 errors! The defensive specialist, Lis Cordeiro had 22 defensive plays and just 3 errors. Defensive specialists Hannah Bondy and Sarah Lewis also delivered great passes. The precise performance of our 4 defensive players can be seen by our offensive plays.

Attackers were on fire. Jesi Izirein: 57 attacks - 26 kills.  Nicole Hughes: 22 attacks - 14 kills.  Zuri Howard and Maya Todd: both 28 attacks - 9 kills.  Freya Benson: 28 attacks - 5 kills. Gabby DeMott: 21 attacks - 6 kills. Those kills were delivered by the setter Lanie DeSano-Smith with 41 assists along with her amazing serves and 6 aces. Sadie Freisthler was brilliant with her 16 accurate serves and 3 aces, with 0 errors!

It was a great tournament. Family cheers and support were greatly appreciated.