Lake Central finished 3-1 at the Kokomo Invitational over the weekend, with the loss to Fishers 25-20, 28-26.
Indians coach Tina Tinberg was disappointed her team got off to a slow start, losing the first match, but was pleased with her team’s intensity the rest of the way.
“We came out a little flat in the first match against Fishers,” she said. “If we would have focused on first-ball contact and served a little more aggressively, we would have won that match But the rest of the day, we kicked it into gear.”
LC (4-1) defeated Indianapolis Lighthouse (25-3, 25-1), Richmond (25-16, 25-12) and Kokomo (25-15, 25-9) as it tied for third place in the tournament.
Top 10 rankings: Valparaiso tops the Region in the early going.
Here’s the top 10:
1. Valparaiso; 2. Munster; 3. Lake Central; 4. Bishop Noll; 5. Crown Point 6. LaPorte; 7. Andrean; 8. Wheeler; 9. Hanover Central; 10. Chesterton.
Player of the Week: Valparaiso junior Rachel Bontrager picked up where she left off last season, recording a team-high 26 kills in a thrilling five-game win Thursday over Munster. Bontrager led her team with 360 kills as a sophomore as the Vikings reached their first semistate match in 23 years.