Miller sets school assist record against ICCP
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The Fenton girls volleyball team has put up some impressive numbers in recent times.
In the Bison’s 25-23, 23-25, 26-24 Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division loss to IC Catholic Prep, Mackenzie Miller set the school record for assists in a single match with 26. Also in that contest, Julianna Krebasch had 14 kills, while Vicky Krzyszkowski had eight kills and Agata Kukielko had seven kills.
In other recent play, the Bison lost 25-18, 23-25, 25-13 to Illiana Christian in another MSC Blue match. Through late last week, Fenton was 11-19 overall and 0-9 in conference play.
Through the team’s first 30 matches, Kukielko was leading the team with 50 aces. Krzyszkowski was the team-leader in kills with 150. Miller was the leader in assists with 359, while Krzyszkowski was tops in blocks with 40 and Kukielko was leading the team in digs with 118.
Fenton coach Kelly Kleidorfer has seen her team make progress on the offensive end of late. “The offense really has been clicking,” she said. “We are putting up stats that haven’t been seen with Fenton volleyball in many years. We are executing at a pretty high rate right now. The best thing we are doing well right now is executing our offense at a very high level between our setters and middles.”
Fenton also is progressing on the defensive side of the net. “We are showing improvement in all of these areas most of the time,” said Kleidorfer of the team’s defense, blocking and passing skills. “We still have a few moments of not executing like we want, but for the most part we are playing good volleyball.”
Kleidorfer also cited recent strong play from Isa Lozada. “Isa has really stepped up lately,” she said. “We promoted Noha Zaggoti, a sophomore, to be our second setter and Isa has made a great transition to becoming a defensive specialist. She spent the summer and the first month-plus of the season working on setting, but has quickly moved into a defensive-specialist role.”
Kleidorfer was thrilled with how the team competed against IC Catholic Prep. “I’m most impressed with the fight we showed in the ICCP match,” she said. “It is always tough to play them there and they always are a high-level team. We had our chances, but we came up just a little short.”
The Bison played Wheaton Academy earlier this week in a conference match and will host Glenbard South today in another MSC Blue match.
