The Ionia Freshmen Girls Volleyball Team finished their season strong tonight with a win over Hastings 25-23 and 27-25. The girls started the night with great energy and were scrappy. They were picking up every ball and playing as a team. Hastings had a hard time finding a place to put the ball down. In game two they came out a little bit slower and got down 7-2, but then brought back some aggressive play and tied the game up at 14.  The game continued to be super tight with the lead changing hands several times until Ryley Helmes served a beautiful ace to finish the game.

Erin Steffen had 4 kills McKenna O’connor contributed 2, and Kenadie McCoy and Gena Rogers also chipped in one a piece. Ella Bouwhuis lead the Dawgs with 7 digs and Miah Wittenbach and Brooklyn Nash both had three. Setter Ava Bowen played strong defense covering short balls and tips putting up 8 perfect passes and assists. 

Overall the freshmen girls had a great season finishing 16-14-1. Great season Lady Dawgs!