Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor 

Cape Girardeau, Missouri – The Dexter Lady ‘Cats varsity volleyball team finished second among eight schools represented at the Notre Dame Volleyballfest on Saturday. 

They defeated Notre Dame 25-21, 25-20 in the semifinal and lost to undefeated St. Pius 25-23, 25-20 in the championship game.

“I just told the girls we are better today than we were yesterday and we are better yesterday than we were this time last week,” stated head volleyball coach Carmen Morgan.  “We are looking at the end.  This is a marathon! We are not in a sprint.”

The varsity Bearcats defeated Ste. Genevieve 25-14, 25-19, beat Cape Central 25-13, 25-7, and tied St. Pius 27-26, 26-27 in pool play action.

Ashlyn Werneck completed the tournament with a team-high six aces.  Kristen Garrison had three aces.

Julia Hahn tallied a team-high 60 assists along with Garrison who added 36 assists.

Shyann Jines had 24 digs, Brittany brown added 21 digs, and Jessica Lindsey tallied 19 digs.

Jessica Lindsey had 1 team-high 60 kills during the tournament followed by Shyann Jines who had 23 kills and Kristen Garrison who added 21 kills.

Dexter varsity is currently 6-2-1 on the season following the tournament.  They went on to defeat Bloomfield on Monday and Richland Tuesday improving their record to 8-2-1. 

The JV is currently 7-1-1 following the tournament and also defeated Bloomfield on Monday and Richland on Tuesday improving their record to 9-1-1. 

Dexter will host the Bernie Lady Mules on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the Bearcat Event Center then they will begin a two-day 48-team Dig for Life Classic on Friday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

“We have a buy week coming!” Morgan said.

VARSITY POOL PLAY SCORES

Pool A

Perryville beat Notre Dame 25-15, 25-16

Perryville beat Jackson 25-16, 25-13

Perryville beat St. Vincent 25-12, 25-?

Notre Dame tied Jackson 23-25, 25-19

Notre Dame beat St. Vincent 27-26, 25-19

St. Vincent beat Jackson 25-7, 25-22

Pool A Standings:

1. Perryville 6-0

2. Notre Dame 3-3

3. St. Vincent 2-4

4. Jackson 1-5

Pool B

Dexter beat Ste. Genevieve 25-14, 25-19

Dexter beat Cape Central 25-13, 25-7

Dexter tied St. Pius X 27-26, 26-27

St. Pius beat Ste. Genevieve 25-9, 25-22

St. Pius beat Cape Central 25-8, 25-17

Ste. Genevieve beat Cape Central 25-9, 25-11

Pool B Standings:

1. Dexter (5-1) +47

2. St. Pius X (5-1) +44

3. Ste. Genevieve (2-4)

4. Cape Central (0-6)

BRACKET PLAY

Semifinal: St. Pius X beat Perryville 27-25, 13-25, 25-15

Semifinal: Dexter beat Notre Dame 25-21, 25-20

Championship: St. Pius X beat Dexter 25-23, 25-20