Although the Borgia volleyball Knights made some teams sweat Saturday at the Missouri Boys Volleyball Class 3 District hosted by Webster Groves, it didn’t advance beyond that level.
Borgia went 0-4 in the event to finish at 4-20 on the season.
“All in all I am pretty proud of these boys for their hard work which enabled them to compete at a very high level this season,” said Borgia Head Coach John Nieder.
In pool play competition, Borgia:
• Lost to Webster Groves, 25-12, 25-12;
• Lost to Ft. Zumwalt North, 22-25, 25-7, 15-10;
• Lost to Kirkwood, 25-21, 25-16; and
• Lost to University City, 25-23, 25-23.
“We competed well in both the Ft. Zumwalt North and Kirkwood matches but just had too many bad runs,” Nieder said. “That’s kind of been the story for us most of this season, but I guess you could expect that from a first-year varsity program.”
Borgia’s highlights came in the middle two matches. The Knights took the first game from Ft. Zumwalt North, but got down in both the second and third games and couldn’t recover.
Against Kirkwood, Borgia played with the Pioneers for much of the first game before fading late.
And the Knights came up just short against University City in the final match of the day.
Borgia had several highlights through the season. Senior Ryan Maune, who has signed with Hannibal-LaGrange University to continue his volleyball career, was named to multiple all-tournament teams. Senior Alex Severino also earned honors.
Borgia’s other senior at the end of the season was Joe Rhyne.
In the Webster Groves match, Maune led the team with five kills, four digs, one block and one ace.
Severino had four kills, eight assists and six digs.
Michael Ince had three kills and one block.
Alex Blechle posted one kill, four assists and four digs.
Tyler Howell posted seven digs. Jimmy Pak recorded four digs and an ace. Korey Fumagalli had two digs and one ace. Ryne ended with one dig.
Against Ft. Zumwalt North, Maune paced the team with 12 kills, 10 digs, two blocks and one ace.
Severino recorded 10 kills, 20 assists, eight digs and one block.
Howell had three kills and 15 digs.
Blechle recorded three kills, 10 assists and five digs.
Fumagalli ended with two kills, six digs, a block and an ace.
Ince had two kills, two blocks and an assist.
Pak had six digs and two aces. Rhyne ended with one dig.
In the Kirkwood match, Maune ended with 12 kills, nine digs and two blocks.
Severino closed with six kills, 16 assists, six digs and two blocks.
Ince recorded four kills, two blocks, one assist and one dig.
Blechle had three kills, seven assists and three digs.
Howell posted 15 digs and two aces.
Pak ended with nine digs. Fumagalli had five digs and a block.
Against University City, Maune led the team with eight kills, five digs, three aces and two blocks.
Severino recorded three kills, 12 assists, four digs and one block.
Howell ended with three kills, four digs and an ace.
Ince had three kills and two blocks.
Pak posted one kill, five assists and three aces.
Fumagalli and Jacob Maune each had two digs. Rhyne posted one dig.
