Wildcat, Shayla Meyer spikes the ball as the Lady Raiders, Emily Miller (13), Emma Epley (4) and Tori Miller (11) react to pick the ball up during the Thursday match-up in Nelson.
The Superior Wildcat Volleyball team traveled to Nelson Thursday, to take on the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders. The matches between these neighboring schools are always exciting. This year didn't disappoint. All three varsity sets were close with Superior coming out on top: 25-22;25-21 and 25-22.
Madison Heusinkvelt: two kills on four attempts and on dig.
Sierra Blackburn: three kills on 14 attempts, two digs, three aces on 15 serve attempts, 17 assists on 48 attempts and four serve receives.
Cailyn Barry: four kills on 11 attempts, three ace serves on 13 attempts, two digs and two assists on four attempts.
Shayla Meyer: 18 kills on 36 attempts, one block, five ace serves on 17 attempts, 13 digs, 20 serve receives and one assist on five attempts.
Ella Gardner: no kills on four attempts, no ace serves on 12 attempts, four digs, six serve receives and 12 assists on 33 attempts.
Laci Kirchhoff: no kills on one attempt, one ace serve on eight attempts, two digs and four serve receives.
Atlee Kobza: no ace serves on nine attempts, 11 digs, 17 serve receives and no assists on two attempts.
Alexa Cox: two kills on 10 attempts and four digs.
Emma Henderson: three kills on 13 attempts, one dig, one serve receive and no assists on one attempt.
Tegan Duncan: no kills on three attempts.
Coach Blevins said, "It was a well played match by both teams. Both teams rallied back and forth throughout all three sets. We are a deeper team this year and have been using multiple players (eight to nine people) to make our rotations be the most competitive they can be."
Only two matches were played vs. Lawrence-Nelson because of lower numbers of girls on the team.
The first set was Reserve. Lilly Edwards was successful from the serving line, tallying a few aces to help the team score some points. Cayce Barry showed some great moves, attacking aggressively from middle front; Haley Blackstone had some impressive digs from the libero position. Great improvement was shown by all.
Junior Varsity played the second and third sets. Neah McMeen scored multiple points with her aggressive jump-float serve at crucial times. Madison Heusinkvelt had some of her best swings from the outside position where she tallied multiple kills. Sadie Rempel was a leader in serve receives and digs from the libero position. She also challenged the Raiders with somey tough serves.
The Wildcat Varsity and J-V teams traveled to Kenesaw on Tuesday, to play in a Tri with Kenesaw and Doniphan-Trumbull. They will host Bruning-Davenport-Shickley (B-D-S) tonight (Thursday.)
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