PENTWATER – Home court advantage appeared to be in full effect for Pentwater as they claimed consecutive victories over West Michigan D League opponents. The Falcons defeated Baldwin, Thursday, Sept. 12 and Walkerville, Tuesday, Sept. 17, each by a set score of 3-0.
In action with Baldwin, it was Charlie Swanger that owned the night. The Falcons won in three sets by scores of 25-9, 25-20 and 25-14, thanks in large part to 33 points from Swanger at the service line. Swanger also chipped in 14 aces, four kills and three digs along with a perfect 100 percent serving clip.
Pentwater junior Aubrie Adams also had a good night against the Panthers, claiming five points to go along with three aces, eight kills, three digs and another 100 percent serving clip.
A strong serving night like that is impressive, but even more so when it carries over. When Pentwater hosted Walkerville on Tuesday, once again it was the Falcons’ serving that got them up and running.
In the first set, freshman Karina Olivarez rattled off a string of aces. Walkerville tried their best to handle Olivarez, but the Pentwater freshman continually exposed the Wildcats’ back line, finding holes in the defense with ease.
Walkerville did find their footing, squeezing out some nice digs from the likes of Kaydynce Meitner, Isabel Babbin and Kelsey Garrett. It wasn’t enough to hold off Pentwater however, allowing the Falcons to stroll to a 25-13 victory in the first set.
The evening’s second set started off with a much more back-and-forth pace than the first. Pentwater continually found themselves making unforced errors that allowed Walkerville to climb back into the game.
Midway through the second set, Pentwater found a rhythm and, once again, rolled past Walkerville to a 25-12 win.
Needing only one more set victory to end the night, Pentwater held off a mighty attack from Walkerville. The Wildcats scored the most points in a set that they had all night, but the inexperience of the team as a whole showed, allowing the Falcons to come out with a 25-14 win and a 3-0 victory overall.
