By Mike Ramczyk
Sports Editor
There is hardly an off night in the Metro Classic Conference when it comes to girls volleyball.
The Catholic Central Hilltoppers experienced that first-hand last week.
On Tuesday night, the Toppers took to the road against conference foe Racine St. Cat’s, Division 3’s sixth-ranked team.
The Toppers took the first game, but St. Cat’s exerted its dominance the rest of the way in a 18-25, 25-9, 25-14, 25-16 victory.
The loss dropped Catholic Central to 3-3 in the MCC. The team is 7-12 overall.
“We came out strong in game one but then allowed their setter to take control of match,” said coach Mae-Mae Oberhofer.
At Saturday’s Westosha Central Smash, the Toppers finished 1-3 against Division 1 and 2 powers.
The win, however, came against Division 3 stalwart Big Foot, 25-19, 25-22.
Abby Tweet led the way with 19 kills, and Olivia Sobbe added 18. Gould had 42 assists.
Tweet and Sarah Hackbarth each tallied four aces. Tweet added 29 digs, and Monica Litman had 28.
Pick up Thursday’s Burlington Standard Press for more on the Lady Toppers.
Waterford wins Topper Invite
The Wolverines went 4-0 to win the Topper Invite Saturday at Catholic Central.
Catholic Central stumbled to 1-3 for the day, but the tournament featured Division 1 schools Badger, Waterford and Franklin.
Monica Litman, Abby Tweet, Sara Hackbarth and Sarah Gould each had more than 25 digs.
As a team, Catholic Central had more than 170 digs.
Also, the girls benefitted from a 93 percent serving efficiency.
Tweet led the team with 29 kills, and Olivia Sobbe added 28.
Gould dished out 78 assists.
Litman, Tweet, Gould and Hackbarth each had five aces.
In the digs department, Tweet paced the squad with 39.
Litman added 36, Hackbarth tallied 26 and Gould had 25.
Catholic Central def. Racine Lutheran, 27-25, 21-25, 26-24, 24-26, 15-6
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