Cowgirls defeat Cardinals to advance to regional finals

Last Tuesday night in Forest City, the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows volleyball team continued their strong postseason play in a four-set win over Garner-Hayfield/Ventura. Scores were: L26-24, W25-19, W15-13 and W25-20. 

“We came out and took care of business,” said a pleased head coach Katrina TerHark. “We let a close first set get away from us, but I couldn’t be more proud of how the girls fought all night long. One of our goals on the night was to serve aggressively. We did that in the first set, but we zoned in a little more on some of their passers and were able to force them to be out of their system. Once we got the momentum in the second set, we were able to then dominate the third set. Our serve-receive and defense was unbelievable. We need to have that to win these games. We knew that they would come back tough in the fourth, which they did. We had a few calls that took a little longer to get figured out, but we were able to stay loose and come out on top.”

The enjoyment of the postseason run ended this past Monday night, as the Wolverines spoiled the party with a win in three straight sets at Hampton by scores of 25-6, 25-7 and 25-12. This was the first time since the 2000 season that the Cowgirl volleyball team reached the regional final round.

For the full story on both meets, plus info on the JV and freshman volleyball teams, see the November 3 edition of the Monitor.