Cardinals Sweep Past Roadrunners in three

Kristen Becht,(l) Emileigh Rettig (c), and Ashley Cabrera (r) are the WCAC's top three leaders in digs for the 2012. Pictured here at the FCA Tune Up tourey, the three were selected to the all tournament first team.

Fresh off an exciting WCAC win over defending champions Good Counsel and a split in the Alexandria City tourney, Bishop Ireton (9-3, 3-2) headed to Bladensburg to challenge Elizabeth Seton. The Cardinals started fast and furiously to pound the host ‘runners 25-8, 25-8, 25-15 Monday.

Coach Kathy Gutmann’s squad had an exceptional day from the service line, drilling 13 aces, including 8 from Emileigh Rettig and Ashley Cabrera. As a team, they put 90% of their serves into play, a strong indication of the accuracy of the 2012 squad continues to demonstrate from the service line.

When the Roadrunners did get the ball into play, they ran into strong play from Ireton. Julia O’Brien increased her team lead in blocks with 3 unassisted blocks. Ashley Cabarera added 15 assists, often to the outside hitters including to Rettig or sister, Stephanie Cabrera, who together scored 13 of Ireton’s 21 kills in the match.

The win pushed the season record to 9-3, 3-2 in the WCAC. Next up for the Cardinals is a date Wednesday with St Johns College High School. It is a tripleheader event with freshmen playing at 4pm, JV and varsity to follow.

News and Notes:

– Alexandria Sportsman’s Club honored senior outside hitter Emileigh Rettig as the athlete-of-the-month for September. Rettig is second in the WCAC in kills, 6th in the Wash Post list of all metro area, as well 11th in digs in the Post, 2d in the WCAC. She was named tourney MVP at the Fredericksburg Christian Academy Tune Up tourney in early September, an 8-team event won by the Cardinals.

– Kristen Becht, Rettig, and Ashley Cabrera rank 1, 2, and 3 in the WCAC in digs, and 5th, 11th, and 33rd in the metro area overall.

– Julia O’Brien is tied for 27th with 14 unassisted blocks in the Wash Post, good for 5th in the WCAC.

– WCAC announced the semi-finals and finals of the 2012 championship tournament will be held at Trinity University in Washington on Friday, Nov 2 and Sat, Nov 3.