The Bishop Kearney girls volleyball team has a favorite sport and it might not be what you guess.
“All they want to do is play dodgeball,” coach Kristin Wulff said. “It’s like an aerobic sport when they play, though. It’s fun to watch. They get really competitive with it.”
Wulff is constantly setting goals outside of winning for the Tigers, who have not lost a league match in 13 years, and senior Caroline Rooney had a bright idea Thursday.
“If they reach their goal, they get to play dodgeball instead of running for warm-ups tomorrow in practice,” Wulff said.
The goal in question Thursday was getting eight kills per set. Sure enough, Kearney exceeded that total in a 25-11, 25-16, 25-16 win against Bishop Ford in CHSAA Brooklyn. Christina Shalhoub had eight kills, Deirdre Smith had six kills and three aces and Meaghan McGoorty had four kills for the Tigers (4-0). Bridget Kinane added 21 assists and four digs.
“It totally worked today,” Wulff said.
Dodgeball it is.
St. Catharine Academy 3, Maria Regina 0: Amarilda Shkoza had seven kills and Alessandra Rosso had five kills to lead St. Catharine (4-0) to a 25-10, 25-16, 25-14 win in CHSAA Bronx/Westchester. Lauren Paylor had 13 assists and Charlayne Hurlington added five blocks for the Crusaders.
PSAL CLASS A
Stuyvesant 2, Washington Irving 0: Melissa Chin had five kills and four aces and Alice Zhang had 11 assists to lead Stuyvesant (1-0) in a 25-6, 25-11 win in Manhattan A4. Alex Albright had three blocks and four digs for the Vixens. Washington Irving is 0-1.
Midwood 2, Lincoln 0: Desarie Torres had five kills and Anna Aleksandrovskay had 11 assists to lead Midwood (1-0) to a 25-6, 25-14 win in Brooklyn A3. Shannon Appel added five aces.
Townsend Harris 2, Queens HS of Teaching 0: Joon Hee Aum had eight assists and Isabella Oledszka and Milerbin Genao each had two blocks to lead Harris (1-0) to a 25-14, 25-21 win in Queens A6. QHST is 0-1.
Edison 2, Van Buren 0: Zeena Cardenas had five kills and Kathleen Ryan and Nicole Brown each had two blocks for Edison (1-0) in a 25-18, 25-18 win in Queens A8. Van Buren is 0-1.
PSAL CLASS B
Goldstein 2, Lafayette 0: Rashelle Ripa had five aces to lead Goldstein (2-0) to a 25-6, 25-20 win in Brooklyn B6. Lafayette is 0-2.
OTHER SCORES
St. Joseph by the Sea 3, St. John Villa 1
All City Leadership 2, Jefferson 0