Placed 7th At Circle Tournament The Eureka Lady Tornado volleyball team celebrated individual milestones for their seniors and battled through three days of action.
On Monday, Oct. 5, Eureka volleyball recognized its two seniors for outstanding career accomplishments. Elle Coulter was honored for reaching 100 career ace serves, while Kinlee Sanchez celebrated reaching 500 career digs.
Eureka hosted its final matches of the season, facing Altoona and Fredonia. The varsity team defeated Altoona in two sets, 25-9 and 25-4, before falling to Fredonia, 21-25 and 22-25. The junior varsity and C team also faced Fredonia, with the JV falling 12-25 and 10-25 and the C team losing 9-25 and 15-25.
On Thursday, Oct. 8, the Lady Tornadoes traveled to Cherryvale, where Eureka’s varsity team picked up a three-set victory over the Chargers, winning 2624, 20-25 and 25-16. The varsity squad then fell to Humboldt, 16-25 and 1325.
The junior varsity dropped both of its matches at Cherryvale, falling to the Chargers 18-25 and 1325 and to Humboldt 11-25 and 13-25. The C team battled Cherryvale in three sets, 11-25, 25-20 and 5-15.
On October 10, the Lady Tornadoes traveled to compete in the Circle Volleyball Tournament, facing challenging competition from 4A, 3A and 2A schools.
Eureka opened the tournament against Conway Springs, falling 12-25 and 14-25, before dropping its match against Eudora, 4-25 and 13-25. The Tornadoes also fell to Winfield, 17-25 and 7-25.
The team responded in its final match with a strong performance against Lyons, earning the victory, 25-18 and 25-11, to place seventh.
Eureka will travel to Sedan on Thursday of this week to face the Blue Devils and the Bluestreaks of Neodesha. Matches are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. The Tornadoes will then participate in 2A Regionals on Oct. 19, with brackets slated to be announced on Monday of this week. (Courtesy photo)
