ELY— The Ely volleyball juggernaut continues to plow through its rivals. On Monday, they made victims of International Falls, as they dominated the Broncos in straight sets, 25-15, 25-11, and 25-13, to improve to 7-0.
Ely Head Coach Andrea Thomas said the team needed to adjust to some early Broncos’ success, but cruised much of the rest of the way. “International Falls had a good block on us early on and our hitters were able to adjust and work around it,” Thomas said. “Rachel Coughlin had a nice string of serves in set two and we used that momentum to pull ahead and not look back.”
Rachel’s sister McKenna also had a good night, notching eight kills, six digs, and five ace serves. Junior Kellen Thomas posted nine kills, while Rachel Coughlin added six kills and two ace serves. Sophomore Madeline Kallberg added four aces, while junior setter Katrina Seliskar posted 26 assists and two aces.
Monday’s win was not just the team’s seventh straight match win, it was the 21st straight game win as the Timberwolves have yet to lose a single set since the start of the season.
It was more of the same last Thursday, as Ely cranked out another win, this time against Mesabi East. The Wolves won 25-13, 25-15, and 25-17.
“We had strong serving and lots of girls contributed with kills,” said Thomas. “Our defense was tested more in this game than it has been all season and the girls stepped it up and played controlled volleyball.”
McKenna Coughlin had a huge night, posting 14 kills, nine digs, and two ace serves, while Rachel added eight kills and two blocks and sister Kate Coughlin tallied eight digs and three ace serves. Thomas added three kills, seven digs, and three blocks, while Kallberg posted four kills and seven digs.
The Wolves were set to travel to Duluth Marshall next Tuesday. Varsity game time is set for 5:30 p.m.