Honors begin rolling in for Woodward-Granger netters

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The W-G netters let loose after winning their third consecutive WCC crown -- all of them with undefeated records. The Hawks have lost two sets in WCC play over the three-year span. Photo submitted.

WOODWARD — The West Central Conference released their postseason honors recently, and to no surprise, the lists are dotted with players from league champion Woodward-Granger.

W-G finished 31-8 overall and 8-0 in WCC play this season. The Hawks are 48-2 in the last six seasons of WCC play and have won five titles in that stretch. W-G is 24-0 in WCC action over the last three years, and in winning three outright titles have dropped a total of two sets.

Head coach Meg Jackson was named WCC Coach of the Year for 2016; she is 290-141 (.673) overall in 15 years at W-G. The Hawks have not lost to a school their size or smaller, aside from the playoffs, in the last three seasons.

Seniors Olivia McCune, Mary Hansen, Bree Lesch and Kara Bodensteiner were all named to the All-WCC First Team, with McCune and Hansen unanimous choices.

McCune had 94 kills, 16 aces serves and 14 blocks and Hansen 71 kills, 14 aces, 105 assists and 40 digs in 25 sets of WCC play. Lesch finished with 59 kills, 24 aces and 91 digs with Bodensteiner talllying 17 aces and 80 digs.

Junior Alyssa Bice was a Second Team choice. She had 20 kills, 17 aces, 137 assists and eight blocks.

Named Honorable Mention were juniors Julie Pitman and Ashley Gales. The former had 22 kills and 11 blocks in WCC play, with the latter recording 24 kills and seven blocks.

Several Hawks set, or came close to, school records in their final year.

McCune leaves as the school’s all-time leader in blocks with 197, with Lesch now first, and Hansen second, in career ace serves with 253 and 239, respectively. Lesch finished with 1,431 career digs, coming up just shy of the mark of 1,472 established by Abby Musser (Class of 2015).

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