The Ionia Volleyball teams hosted Alma tonight and welcomed the 5th - 8th grade teams for Youth Night to recognize all of their hard work this season! The Varsity team took to the court ready to play and jumped out to a quick lead that they maintained through the set finishing 25-21. The Bulldogs continued their consistent play to once again close out the set 25-21. After a short break to introduce and recognize the youth teams & coaches, Ionia closed out the match strong with a 25-17 win for the sweep to complete the program wide win for the night. 

Offense paced the Bulldogs tonight led by Logan Thomas with 13 kills while Amaya Frias added 12 and Molly Waterman put down another 8. Grace Droste kept the offense in rhythm with 27 assists while Alli Shaw added another 11. Behind the service line Paislie Patterson dropped in 3 aces while Alexias Daugherty and Shaw each had 2. Defensively Patterson kept the Bulldogs in system with 21 digs while Thomas and Droste each kept 10 in play. At the net Josie Lee and Tessa Lemke each had 2 blocks. 

The Bulldogs are now 18-9-1 overall on the season and next travel to Eaton Rapids for a CAAC match up. 

Thank you to all of the youth players and coaches that were able to attend and for cheering loud! See you on the court soon!