Gibault falls just short in volleyball supersectional

Corey Saathoff- November 9, 2014

Gibault’s Kelly Dooley prepares to hit the ball against Nashville. (submitted photo)

Gibault’s bid for a trip to the Class 2A state volleyball tournament ended in heartbreak on Saturday.

The Hawks lost in three entertaining sets to Albion (Edwards County) in the Vandalia supersectional.

But they didn’t go down without a fight.

Actually, Gibault (24-14) was in control of things early, taking the first set 25-19.

Edwards County showed why it’s making a third straight trip to the state tourney by bouncing back to claim the second set, 25-17.

The third set was a back-and-forth battle to the end, as it took five match points to determine the victor. After Edwards County took a large lead, Gibault stormed back with a 14-5 run to set up match point at 26-25.

But Edwards County stayed cool under pressure and pulled out the set, 29-27, to win the supersectional title.

Lauren Goldschmidt, the Republic-Times Athlete of the Week, led the Hawks with 17 kills for the match. Kelly Dooley added 10 kills for Gibault.

Read more in the Nov. 12 print edition of the Republic-Times newspaper.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.