The Ionia Freshmen Volleyball team came out strong against the Orioles.  Ionia's Ava Bowen made a strong run behind the service line putting the Bulldogs up 17-1.  The Orioles never really gained any momentum in game one with Bulldogs taking the win with a final score of 25-4.  In game two the Bulldogs came out flat.  The Orioles served tough and the Bulldogs had troubles giving a solid pass to set up their offense until a late in the game run of 8 points.  The run proved to be too late with the Bulldogs dropping set two 25-26.  

In the final set of the evening the Orioles got out to a quick 5-2 lead but the Bulldogs fought hard to stay within a couple of points until tieing up the game at 8.  From 8 points on the Bulldogs took charge of the game and finally beat the Orioles 15-10.  

Tonight was a night of ups and downs and momentum swings.  "I am so proud of my team tonight.  Tonight was the first night they really experienced huge momentum swings in a game.  Yet, they didn't give up and they dug in to take the win," said Coach Frias.  .  

Ava Bowen led the Bulldogs with 9 aces, Gena Rogers added another 4 aces behind the service line.  Erin Steffen led the Bulldogs with 2 kills.  The Bulldogs are now 9-4 for the season.  They play again on Thursday at Greenville HIgh School at 5:00.