FC Volleyball Gets Big Early Win

A year ago, the Three Rivers volleyball race came down to Caledonia, PEM, and FC.  The Falcons fell to the Warriors late.  The league race wound up Warriors (12-0), Bulldogs (11-1), Falcons (10-2).  All three teams figured to be in the hunt this year.  PEM entered its match with FC having already lost to #3 in A Caledonia in five sets.  And in one fell swoop, in just their second league match, the Bulldogs path to a TRC title became infinitely more difficult.  The new-look Falcons posted a big 3-1 win (25-21, 20-25, 25-16, 25-21), avenging a 3-2 loss last season.  Senior Cailey Rindels led the way with a team-highs in kills (14) and digs (20).  Madison Scheevel had 29 assists and went 22-23 serving with four aces.  Kaelyn Marzolf had 13 kills.  Paige Donlinger and Kjerstiana Corson each added 16 digs.  FC then handled Southland in straight sets (25-14, 25-15, 25-10).  Rindels (13 kills on .458 hitting, 11 digs), Marzolf (10 kills on .350 hitting), Scheevel (27 assists), and Donlinger (7 kills, 9 digs, 26-28 serving, 4 aces) led the way.  FC and Caledonia are each out to 3-0 TRC starts.  The Falcons are 5-3 overall.