Round 1 - Loaded Pleasanton Bulldogs looking to continue winning ways in 2020

2019 Pleasanton Bulldogs, Photo contributed by Coach. TEAM: PLEASANTON BULLDOGS CLASS: D1 LOCATION: Central Nebraska in Buffalo County NSAA TEAM ENROLLMENT (female, grades 9-11): 30 CONFERENCE: Fort Kearny Conference COACH: Shane Nordby Our final match of the first round pairs C1 Lincoln Lutheran and D1 Pleasanton Bulldogs in the Sweet Regional of the 2020 Nebraska Prep Dig Team Series. To hear more about your favorite team, hop over to our Twitter feed @nebhsvolleyball to vote them to the second round until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26! UPDATED <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/05/Nebraska-Prep-Dig-Team-Series-Bracket-7.pdf">Nebraska Prep Dig Team Series Bracket</a> The last of the Fort Kearny Conference foes in the bracket, the 32-2 Pleasanton Bulldogs wound up at the top of the conference for the third straight year in 2019. After a fourth-place finish at Class D1 state in 2018 the Bulldogs won the third-place match with a win over Cedar Catholic in 2019. Fifth-year coach Shane Norby comments on the 2019 season, “It was a very successful season. We had a lot of returning talent and expected to be fairly successful. We fell a bit short of where we wanted to be, but with 32 wins it has to be considered a successful year. We have a lot of returning players again next season. Graduating two important defensive specialists, the Bulldogs return many key players including Kaci Pierce, Isabelle Paitz, [player_tooltip player_id="82574" first="Natalie" last="Siegel"], [player_tooltip player_id="58234" first="Katy" last="Linder"], Kinsey Linder, and Chelsea Fisher. Coach Norby on the upcoming season, “We are hoping for another successful season. With a lot of returning players, our sights are set high. The group of seniors returning lends itself to a great year. I am looking forward to getting these girls in the gym and working on volleyball again. The returning players have a ton of experience that should help them be successful in highly stressful situations. Returning players ⇒Kaci Pierce | 2021 | 5’8" OH 2019 Awards:All-Conference 2nd Team 2019 Stats: Kills/Set, Total, Hitting Percentage: 2.7, 234, .223 Serving Percentage: 91.8 Digs/Set, Total: 3.6, 309 Receptions/Set, Total: 3.5, 304 Coaches Comments: Very hard worker. Will do whatever is asked of her Kaci’s Comments: Most of us have been playing sports together our whole lives. The whole team has built really good chemistry. There’s not one selfish player on our team and I love playing with our group of girls. ⇒Isabelle Paitz | 2021 | 5’8" OH 2019 Awards: All-Conference 1st team, 2019 Stats: Kills/Set, Total, Hitting Percentage: 3.1, 269, .247 Serving Percentage: 92.1 Digs/Set, Total: 3.8, 332 Receptions/Set, Total: 3.0, 258 Isabelle’s Team Slogan: Today Not tomorrow - We always focus on the game that we are playing that day and do not focus on the games that are coming up ⇒[player_tooltip player_id="82574" first="Natalie" last="Siegel"] | 2021 | 5’6" Setter Club: Kearney Gold 2019 Awards: All-Conference 1st team 2019 Stats: Serving Percentage: 95 Digs/Set, Total: 2.9, 249 Assists/Set, Total: 11.2, 960 Natalie’s Comments: From Freshman year to now I have played multiple positions. Freshman year I played middle and outside hitter. Sophomore year I played middle and now my Junior year I am a setter. ⇒Katy Lindner | 2021 | 6’ MB | Committed to UNK Club: Kearney Gold 2019 Awards: 2019 Stats: All-Conference 1st Team, All-State 1st team, Kearney Hub Player of Year Kills/Set, Total, Hitting Percentage: 4.6, 396, .378 Blocks Total: 84 Digs/Set, Total: 3.3, 284 Receptions/Set, Total: 4.2, 363 Katie’s Comments on scouting another team: When we scrimmage we like to make the one team our opponent and have players from our team be the players from theirs, and we watch film to see what the other team likes to do with the ball. ⇒Kinsey Lindner | 2021 | 6’ MB Club: Pleasanton 2019 Stats: Blocks Total: 42 Coaches Comments: Very high vb IQ. Works hard every day. Kinsey Comments: I have switched positions almost every year so far but as a freshman, I didn’t really know where I was going to play so kinda going through all that has helped me grow as a player ⇒Chelsea Fisher | 2022 | 6’ RS 2019 Stats: Kills/Set, Total, Hitting Percentage: 1.7, 157, .295 Blocks Total: 68 Coaches Comments: A very hard worker. Overlooked player. ⇒Regan Weisdorfer | 2023 | 5’6" MB,DS Regan’s favorite volleyball memory: Going to state with my sister! (2019 Paige Weisdorfer) ⇒Kylee Racicky | 2022 | 5’5" DS ⇒Taryn Flood | 2022 | 5’5" Setter Want more information on the Pleasanton Bulldogs? Vote for them on Twitter @nebhsvolleyball to push them to round 2!