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Dakota Brighton

Cougars

Bulldogs

The Brighton (MI) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Dakota (Macomb, MI) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Dakota	25	25	2
Brighton	18	12	0

Final score provided by S. Pitcher.

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Match Stats

Brighton (22-23)

Dakota

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	50.0	36	9	.250
8	Alyssa Balcom (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	2	-1.000
9	Lexi Brown (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Bella Austin (Sr)	2	3	1.5	50.0	6	0	.500
12	Emma Thamarus (Sr)	2	2	1.0	16.7	12	4	-.167
13	Nina Wyka (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Erin Madigan (Sr)	2	8	4.0	100.0	8	0	1.000
18	J. Tillman 2024 (Jr)	2	5	2.5	62.5	8	3	.250

Brighton

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5	30.0	50	10	.100
1	Sophie Lerch (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Ruby Pennala (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Delaney Gilmore (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Abby Mainka (Jr)	2	5	2.5	35.7	14	3	.143
7	Alyssa Swanson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
8	Abby Churches (So)	2	2	1.0	50.0	4	1	.250
9	Emily Kramer (Jr)	2	5	2.5	38.5	13	3	.154
12	Lea Gage (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	8	2	-.250
13	Megan Jagst (Sr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	0	.429

Dakota

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	8	4.0	18.6	43	3	93.0	27
8	Alyssa Balcom (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Lexi Brown (Sr)	2	2	1.0	15.4	13	0	100.0	10
10	Bella Austin (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
12	Emma Thamarus (Sr)	2	2	1.0	18.2	11	1	90.9	7
13	Nina Wyka (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5	4
14	Erin Madigan (Sr)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	1	88.9	6
18	J. Tillman 2024 (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Brighton

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	5.9	34	2	94.1	15
1	Sophie Lerch (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
2	Ruby Pennala (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	4
4	Delaney Gilmore (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	2
4	Abby Mainka (Jr)	2	1	0.5	10.0	10	1	90.0	5
7	Alyssa Swanson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Abby Churches (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Emily Kramer (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
12	Lea Gage (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5	4
13	Megan Jagst (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	0

Dakota

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	4	2	1.0
8	Alyssa Balcom (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
9	Lexi Brown (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Bella Austin (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Emma Thamarus (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Nina Wyka (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Erin Madigan (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
18	J. Tillman 2024 (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5

Brighton

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	6	4	2.0
1	Sophie Lerch (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0
2	Ruby Pennala (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
4	Delaney Gilmore (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
4	Abby Mainka (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
7	Alyssa Swanson (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
8	Abby Churches (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0
9	Emily Kramer (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
12	Lea Gage (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
13	Megan Jagst (Sr)	2	1	3	4	2.0

Dakota

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5
8	Alyssa Balcom (Sr)	2	0	0.0
9	Lexi Brown (Sr)	2	4	2.0
10	Bella Austin (Sr)	2	8	4.0
12	Emma Thamarus (Sr)	2	1	0.5
13	Nina Wyka (Jr)	2	0	0.0
14	Erin Madigan (Sr)	2	2	1.0
18	J. Tillman 2024 (Jr)	2	0	0.0

Brighton

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0
1	Sophie Lerch (Jr)	1	1	1.0
2	Ruby Pennala (Fr)	2	1	0.5
4	Delaney Gilmore (Fr)	2	1	0.5
4	Abby Mainka (Jr)	2	6	3.0
7	Alyssa Swanson (Jr)	2	0	0.0
8	Abby Churches (So)	2	0	0.0
9	Emily Kramer (Jr)	2	3	1.5
12	Lea Gage (Jr)	2	2	1.0
13	Megan Jagst (Sr)	2	0	0.0

Dakota

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	44
8	Alyssa Balcom (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
9	Lexi Brown (Sr)	2	1	0.5	3
10	Bella Austin (Sr)	2	1	0.5	1
12	Emma Thamarus (Sr)	2	1	0.5	2
13	Nina Wyka (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1
14	Erin Madigan (Sr)	2	14	7.0	37
18	J. Tillman 2024 (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0

Brighton

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	48
1	Sophie Lerch (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0
2	Ruby Pennala (Fr)	2	2	1.0	6
4	Delaney Gilmore (Fr)	2	5	2.5	15
4	Abby Mainka (Jr)	2	0	0.0	2
7	Alyssa Swanson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
8	Abby Churches (So)	2	0	0.0	0
9	Emily Kramer (Jr)	2	0	0.0	2
12	Lea Gage (Jr)	2	6	3.0	22
13	Megan Jagst (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1

Dakota

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	R/S
	Team Totals	2	27	13.5
8	Alyssa Balcom (Sr)	2	0	0.0
9	Lexi Brown (Sr)	2	8	4.0
10	Bella Austin (Sr)	2	10	5.0
12	Emma Thamarus (Sr)	2	8	4.0
13	Nina Wyka (Jr)	2	1	0.5
14	Erin Madigan (Sr)	2	0	0.0
18	J. Tillman 2024 (Jr)	2	0	0.0

Brighton

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	34	9	17.0
1	Sophie Lerch (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
2	Ruby Pennala (Fr)	2	13	6	6.5
4	Delaney Gilmore (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Abby Mainka (Jr)	2	7	1	3.5
7	Alyssa Swanson (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
8	Abby Churches (So)	2	3	0	1.5
9	Emily Kramer (Jr)	2	7	1	3.5
12	Lea Gage (Jr)	2	3	0	1.5
13	Megan Jagst (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Dakota's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Brighton's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Michigan High School Volleyball - Dakota over Brighton

September 10, 2022: Macomb, MI 48044

The crowd at Saturday's non-league bout between the Dakota Cougars (Macomb, MI) and the visiting Brighton Bulldogs (Brighton, MI), saw Dakota's volleyball squad beat Brighton by a tally of 2-0.

With the win, Dakota upgrades its record to 6-2 on the year. The Cougars host Bloomfield Hills (Bloomfield Hills, MI) to play the Black Hawks in a non-league bout on Saturday, September 10. The Black Hawks go into the bout with a record of 9-4. Bloomfield Hills lost 2-0 in their recent non-league bout against Mercy (Farmington Hills, MI)

The Bulldogs now own a 10-6 record. They play next when they host Novi for a Kensington Lakes - West bout on Tuesday, September 13. Brighton will play a Wildcats squad coming off a 3-0 league win over Salem (Canton, MI). The Wildcats record now stands at 9-2.

Players of the Match

Dakota (22-23)

Dakota has not selected any Players of the Match.

Brighton (22-23)

Congratulations to #13 Megan Jagst for being selected the Brighton Volleyball Player of the Match.

Dakota vs Brighton Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Sep. 10, 2022 @ 4p

MiElite Program Cup (Silver M5)

The Brighton (MI) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Dakota (Macomb, MI) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Dakota (22-23)

MI	Class
12	11

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
36-6	13-0	11-1	11-0	14-5	.857	1.000	89	21

Brighton (22-23)

MI	Class
92	51

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
17-24-1	6-4	5-4	2-3	10-17-1	.417	.600	49	60

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Dakota	24.1	24.4	22.9	25.3	-	2.1
Brighton	20.9	20.8	18.8	21.8	16.0	1.2

Head-to-Head

Dakota won on 9/10/2022

9/10 @ 4p S1 S2 Wins

Dakota 25 25 2
Brighton 18 12 0

The Dakota (Macomb, MI) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Brighton (MI) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Dakota won on 10/27/2022

10/27 @ 7p S1 S2 Wins

Dakota 25 25 2
Brighton 18 21 0

The Dakota (Macomb, MI) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away non-conference match against Brighton (MI) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

Team Stat Comparison

Dakota		Brighton
1016	Kills	1112
200	Total Blocks	137
189	Serving Aces	193
876	Digs	1566
974	Assists	1056
1246	Receptions	1820

Team Leaders

Dakota		Brighton	National Avg.
#11 Olivia Gardner228	Kills	#4 Abby Mainka290	53
#14 Erin Madigan59	Total Blocks	#13 Megan Jagst89	12
#9 Lexi Brown39	Serving Aces	#12 Lea Gage67	16
#14 Erin Madigan149	Digs	#1 Sophie Lerch315	84
#14 Erin Madigan765	Assists	#12 Lea Gage513	50
#10 Bella Austin268	Receptions	#1 Sophie Lerch405	87

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Dakota	11-4		Brighton	7-6-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/20/22	Dakota	Mercy	(L) 2-0	9/17/22	Mercy	Brighton	(L) 2-0
9/10/22	Troy	Dakota	(W) 2-0	8/20/22	Troy	Brighton	(T) 1-1
9/10/22	Dakota	Davison	(W) 2-0	9/10/22	Davison	Brighton	(W) 2-1
9/24/22	Dakota	Davison	(W) 2-1
9/20/22	Romeo	Dakota	(W) 3-1	8/27/22	Romeo	Brighton	(W) 2-0
10/18/22	Dakota	Romeo	(W) 3-0	9/10/22	Romeo	Brighton	(W) 2-0
9/24/22	Dakota	Holly	(W) 2-0	8/20/22	Holly	Brighton	(W) 2-0
9/24/22	Dakota	Hartland	(W) 2-0	9/8/22	Brighton	Hartland	(W) 3-0
				10/22/22	Hartland	Brighton	(L) 2-0
10/15/22	Dakota	Novi	(W) 2-1	8/27/22	Novi	Brighton	(L) 2-1
				9/13/22	Novi	Brighton	(L) 3-2
10/15/22	Bloomfield Hills	Dakota	(W) 2-0	10/15/22	Brighton	Bloomfield Hills	(L) 2-0
10/15/22	Marian	Dakota	(L) 2-0	10/15/22	Marian	Brighton	(L) 2-0
10/22/22	Dakota	Marian	(L) 2-0
11/10/22	Dakota	Marian	(L) 3-0
10/27/22	Dakota	Walled Lake Western	(W) 2-0	10/27/22	Walled Lake Western	Brighton	(W) 2-0
10/27/22	Dakota	Flat Rock	(W) 2-0	10/27/22	Flat Rock	Brighton	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Dakota (22-23)		Brighton (22-23)
36-6	Overall	17-24-1
13-0	League	6-5
17-1	Non-League	5-11
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
11-4	Common Opponent	7-6-1
11-1	Home	5-4
11-0	Away	2-3
14-5	Neutral	10-17-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
36-6	In-State	17-24-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0