The Cougars opened their home season tonight against the Spartans of St. Thomas. Both teams came to play and fought hard as each set went back and forth. The Spartans took the first set 20-25 after an 8 point comeback behind the serving of Sophomore Zadie Marshall. Set 2 belonged to the Cougars with a 25-19 set score. The teams pushed the third set into extra points and the Cougars came up short 24-26. The final set was 19-25 in favor of the Spartans. Leading the Cougars was Sophomore Zadie Marshall with 5 kills, 12 assists, 21 digs, and 2 aces. Sophomore Ashlynn Williams added 5 kills, 11 assists, 8 digs and 7 aces while Senior captain Emma Rodenhiser added 5 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore Ivy Armstrong-McEvoy had 11 kills, 10 digs and 2 blocks and Junior Brynn Frosch had 3 kills and 8 digs. The Cougars move to 1-1 on the season and will host Milford next Tuesday 9/12.