Erin Grezeszak bumps one up at Saturday's Gladwin Invitational.
Linda Eyer
Erica Loomis had 37 kills as the Cardinals reached the semifinals of the Gladwin Invitational.

GLADWIN - Jan. 7, 2006 - The Whittemore-Prescott volleyball team reached the semifinals of the Gladwin Invitational on Saturday before bowing out with a loss to Ogemaw Heights.

The Cards went 2-1-1 in pool play, splitting with Ogemaw 25-21, 19-25, losing to Gladwin 23-25, 18-25, topping Oscoda 25-16, 25-10, and edging Tawas Area 25-20, 27-25.

In a semifinal rematch with Ogemaw, the Cards fell 27-25, 13-25, 7-15.

"We're starting to show some improvement, but we still have some weaknesses," said W-P coach Helen Loomis. "Serving errors and defensive mistakes contributed to our defeat against Gladwin.

"We were very pleased to finally beat Ogemaw (winning one game in the pool play match and semifinal)."

Leading the Cards were Erin Grezeszak with 42 points and 12 aces; Stephanie Aviles with 53 assists and seven aces; Catherine Daniels with 31 points, 11 aces, eight blocks and 21 kills; Erica Loomis with 18 points, nine assists, 24 digs and 37 kills; and Kristie Degesie with 19 digs and Mrianda Oakley with 11 digs.

The Cards (8-6-2) finally get to play their first home match of the season on Thursday, Jan. 12, hosting Standish-Sterling.