Rams have busy schedule on volleyball court
Published 2:26 pm Wednesday, October 7, 2026
It has been a busy week for the MVAOCOU volleyball team that ended with them hosting their home tournament on Saturday, Oct. 3.
At the MVAOCOU tournament, the Rams lost to Logan-Magnolia (10-21, 12-21), Woodbury Central (5-21, 21-15, 9-15), Remsen St. Mary’s and Alta-Aurelia.
Prior to the tournament, MVAOCOU faced Woodbury Central in a back and forth battle on Thursday, Oct. 1. The Rams won the opening set, 25-22, but the Wildcats won the next two, 19-25, 21-25. MVAOCOU won the fourth, 25-20 to force a fifth set. The Wildcats got win 15-8 to take the match.
The Rams also had a tight battle with Lawton-Bronson on Tuesday, Sept. 29. MVAOCOU won the match in third straight sets, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23.
MVAOCOU also picked up a conference win on Sept. 22 over Siouxland Christian (25-21, 27-25, 25-20, 25-19). Three Rams were in double figures in kills as Bryndall Paterson had 16 kills, Irelynne McNamara had 14 and Taya Ohlmeier had 12.
McNamara and Caitlee Koenigs each had 20 assists on the night.
Chloe Hamman led the team with 11 digs while Ohlmeier had nine. Hamman also had a team-high four ace serves.
On Saturday, Sept. 19, MVAOCOU completed in the Boyer Valley Tournament and went 4-1 on the day to finish second overall.
The Rams beat Siouxland Christian (21-15; 21-16), Woodbine (21-14; 23-21), Ar-We-Va (21-19; 21-17) and Boyer Valley 21-16, 22-20. Their only loss was to Logan-Magnolia (21-19, 21-10).
Bryndall Paterson and Irelynne McNamara were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Paterson finished the Boyer Valley tournament with 23 kills and 10 digs. McNamara had 23 kills, 39 assists and eight digs.
Other stats for the Rams from the tournament: Kills: Taya Ohlmeier-24, Chloe Hamman-14, Rowan Blake-3; Assists: Caitlee Koenigs-23; Digs: Chloe Hamman-13, Olivia Pithan-7, Taya Ohlmeier-18, Caitlee Koenigs-6.
The Rams hosted Kinglsey-Pierson on Tuesday, Oct. 6 and will take part in the Western Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 10.