St. Anthony opened play Thursday night in the National Trail Conference Volleyball Tournament by splitting two matches.

The Lady Bulldogs lost their opener to Altamont, but bounced back to beat North Clay to finish 1-1 in pool play. They will now play in the Silver Pool on Saturday. St. Anthony will play at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at The Enlow Center.

In the first match, Altamont won in two games. The scores were 25-8, 27-25.

For St. Anthony, Elizabeth Kabbes had 2 aces, 3 points; Stella Passalacqua 2 kills, 1 block; Taylor Ritz 1 kill, 1 ace, 6 points; Lucy Fearday 5 kills, 1 block, 1 points; Kyra Swearingen 13 assists, 4 points; and Ada Rozene 6 kills, 2 blocks, 2 points.

The Lady Bulldogs then bounced back to defeat North Clay 25-15, 25-16.

For SAHS, Kabbes had 1 ace, 7 points; Claire Scheidemantel 1 kill, 1 point; Passalacqua 5 kills; Ritz 4 kills, 1 point; Fearday 3 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 10 points; Swearingen 2 aces, 17 assists, 2 points; Rozene 4 kills, 1 ace; and Rileigh Haarmann 2 kills, 1 block.