CAM holds off Glidden-Ralston to move to Regional Semifinal

October 22nd, 2018 by admin

The CAM Cougars volleyball team held off the Glidden-Ralston Wildcats 3-1 on Monday night to move on to the Class 1A Region 3 Semifinals. CAM raced out to an early two set lead by taking the opener 25-22 and the second 25-15.

Serve receive and passing were a sore spot in the third set and allowed Glidden-Ralston to use an early runs of 4 and 6 points to grab a lead they would hang on to. The Wildcats took the third 25-23 to send it to a fourth.

The Cougars took control late in the fourth set to run away with a 25-16 set win and take the match. The Cougars scored 14 of the final 19 points to secure the win.

The Cougars got strong play from seniors Madison Gettler, Shelby Stephenson, and Sydney Aupperle in the win. The Cougars improved to 26-9 on the season and will now face Ar-We-Va in the Regional Semifinal on Thursday night in Audubon at 7:00pm. The Cougars have been able to beat the Rockets three times this season already but the last two were tight matches in the conference tournament. We’ll have coverage of that match on Thursday night on KJAN.

Glidden-Ralston’s season ends with a record of 13-10.

Listen to a post-match interview with CAM Head Coach Craig Fredin below.