Coyotes top Sedgwick, Burns before falling in title game

The Potter-Dix Coyotes hosted their volleyball tournament on Saturday and beat all comers before falling in the championship game to Leyton.

The Coyotes opened up with a straight-set win over the Sedgwick County team from Julesburg, Colo. The home team's 2-0 victory included set wins of 25-23 and 25-15.

It took the host team three sets and two overtimes to dispatch Burns, Wyo. 25-21, 26-24 and 28-26.

The championship match was also close with the Coyotes dropping two staight games to Leyton 25-22 and 25-20.

"Overall we were pleased with the way the girls played in the tournament," said Coyotes Head Coach Kristi Jung. "We have a tendency to get off to a slow start which happened a couple of times today. But the girls hung in there and found a way to fight back - especially in the third set against Burns."

Regyn Hicks and Morgan Wolf were tops for the Coyotes in kills against Sedgewick County with seven and five respectively. Potter-Dix scored 10 points with Wolff at the service line.

Defensively, Wolff led the way in digs with eight. Sharman Dawson contributed seven digs and Kinley Vowers and Alexus Rozelle had six each.

Hicks and Rozelle were the service leaders in the tough three setter against Burns. The Coyotes scored 12 points with Hicks at the line and 11 with Rozelle. Hicks and Rozelle matched those numbers with 12 and 11 kills respectively.

Potter-Dix had six players in double figures in digs against Burns including Hicks (19), Vowers (17), Dawson (16), Wolff (14), Taylor Juelfs (13) and Rozelle (11).

Juelfs was strong at the service line in the championship match as the Coyotes scored 12 points off her serve. Hicks had 13 more kills while Vowers had 13 digs. Wolff and Dawson had nine and eight digs respectively.

The Coyotes are at South Platte Tuesday night for a 5 p.m. start.