The JV Lady started out the season against the Ionia Bulldogs with a tight-fought loss, 26-27. The game saw both teams fight back and forth throughout - with neither gaining more than a 5 point lead at any time. Both teams struggled to find the bottom of the net off of open looks at times, but in the end it was untimely mistakes that came back to bite OE in the end. "We came out with great energy," stated Coach Belill, "but we weren't able to maintain it throughout - and in the end Ionia was able to capitalize off our errors."

The loss moves the JV Lady Marauders to 0-1 on the young season, with action picks back up on Thursday, as OE will welcome the Bath Bees for a 5:30 PM JV tip off.

Carman (5 rebs, 1 assist) and K. Thornton (2 rebs, 1 steal) paced the Lady Marauders with 6 points each. Kurka (5 pts, 5 rebs, 2 blocks), Palus (4 pts, 5 steals), Stoneman (3 pts, 1 steal), M. Thornton (1 pt, 7 rebs,) and McCreery (1 pt, 1 assist) rounded out the scoring for OE.