The Packer Ladies traveled to Hesperia this past Saturday September 30 for the JV Panther Volleyball Invitational. The 12 team invitational includes Fremont, Montague, Hesperia White, Orchard View, Whitehall, Chippewa Hills, Hesperia Green, Holton, Frankfort, Ludington, Pentwater and Shelby. 

Our first match was with Chippewa Hills and the Packer ladies came on strong.  The match went 2 sets  and the Packers took the win with scores of 25/16 and 25/17.  Our second match in pool play was against Holton.  The Packer ladies dominated the match with scores of 25/6 and 25/4 securing the win.  Next up was Hesperia (green) and once again the Packers were unbeatable with scores of 25/10 and 25/8.  The Packers came out of pool play undefeated and seeded in 1st.  

Bracket play began after lunch and the Packers first match was with Montague for the semi-finals.  The Packers swept the semi-finals with scores of 25/10 and 25/12.  This match secured our place in the championship round.  In the championship match the Packers went head to head with Ludington.  Ludington came out strong and won the first set 17/25.  However, the Packers answered Ludington with a second set win of 25/18.  This resulted in a 3rd and final set for the championship.  The Packer Ladies brought everything they had to the court, dug deep and worked as a team to win the last set with a score of 15/10.  

The Packers were undefeated overall and only allowed one team to score more than 18 points for the day.  

Highlights for the tournament included:

Serving: Ashe VandenBerg 47, Grace Evans 29, Cecelia Crisman 21, Rhyse Montague & Allison Weiden, both with 16, Taylor Johnson with 15, Hallie Snyder with 14,  and Kendra Postema with 13.

Passing: Grace Evans with 68, Taylor Johnson with 40, Rhyse Montague with 30 and Ava Krohn with 15

Tips/Attack: Cecelia Crisman 47, Hallie Snyder 36, Kate Mellema 23, Kendra Postema 16 and Cayman Ramsey 13

Honorable Mention for Blocking: Rylee Meyers