Competing against larger schools, Niagara placed eighth among 12 teams participating in a volleyball tournament hosted by Wrightstown, Wis.

The Badgers opened the weekend with a 25-17, 25-19 win over Omro. Niagara then lost matches to Seymour, 11-25, 18-25; Sheboygan South, 23-25, 20-25; Two Rivers, 11-25, 27-29; and Houghton, 22-25, 14-25.

“We placed second in our pool,” said Niagara coach Maryellen Allred.

In matches last week, Niagara prevailed 3-2 over both Coleman and Gillett in M&O Conference matches.

Against Coleman, the Badgers won 25-13, 22-25, 25-22, 15-25 and 15-11. The Gillett scores were 25-18, 25-20, 26-28, 26-28 and 15-10.

Bristol Sanicki had 18 kills against Coleman. Grace Payette contributed six service aces and 25 digs. Elesia Sweig registered 21 assists.

Against Gillett, Sanicki totaled 11 kills while Payette delivered eight aces. Sweig had 16 assists and 23 digs.

Wrightstown tournament stats:

Elesia Sweig, 4 aces, 2 kills 34 assists, 29 digs

Lily Steinbrecher, 3 aces, 23 assists, 8 digs

Jaelyn Kleikamp, 6 kills, 1 block, 1 assist, 5 digs

Lexi Champaign, 1 assist, 2 digs

Bristol Sanicki, 3 aces, 28 kills, 6 blocks, 2 assists, 22 digs

Alyssa Hedmark, 12 kills, 3 blocks, 2 digs

Grace Payette, 4 aces, 1 kill, 7 assists, 35 digs

Lexi Johnston, 1 kill, 1 block 6 digs

Annalee White, 4 digs

Brooke Bruemmer, 4 aces, 5 digs

Alivia Kleikamp, 15 kills, 2 blocks, 2 assists, 2 digs

Sydney Swanson, 2 aces, 16 kills, 1 block, 1 assists, 31 digs.