Katelyn Mazour (7) sets the volleyball during the first set of the game. This is one of many assists for Katelyn during the Fillmore Central game. Lawrence-Nelson played in volleyball triangular with Fillmore Central and Thayer County. The girls beat Fillmore Center, but it went three sets. Then they played Thayer County. Thayer County is a good team, but the girls played with a lot of heart and worked hard to dig up the spikes. Photo by Sandra Schendt.
Aleah Heikkinen (3) stretches out for this dig after the opponents spike to save the ball from hitting the floor. Lawrence-Nelson played in volleyball triangular with Fillmore Central and Thayer County. Photo by Sandra Schendt.
Once again a tough schedule has tested the Lady Raider from L-N. Last week games were two again Class C-2 team and a greatly improved D-2 team. The ending of the week saw the girls with a season record of eight wins and eight losses as they cross the half way mark of the year.
L-N hosted all games last week with a triangular on Tuesday and a single game on Thursday.
L-N – FILLMORE CENTRAL: 25-21, 23-25, 25-21: Each Set had its own personality. SET 1: Score was tied seven times in the first half of this set, the last time at 13-13. The Set was close all the way with L-N taking advantage of several FC errors for the win. The longest scoring run by either team was three points.
SET 2: L-N scored first in this set but then gave up two points on hitting errors and those two points would haunt them at the end of the Set. L-N used a 10-5 scoring advantage for the early lead but then watch FC earn a 10-5 scoring run to tie the Set at 15-15.From there on, there was never more than two points separating the team. Two long volleys made the game interesting and the fans and players nervous. The score was tied at 23-23 but L-N hit the ball into the net twice to give FC the win.
SET 3: A couple of Raider hitting errors set FC up with a 4-0 lead and FC kept that lead at 18-12 when Elsa Jorgensen came to the service line for the Lady Raiders. With Elsa serving, L-N ran a 12-0 scoring run: Elsa had three ace serves, FC had a number of hitting errors and the girls found the deep corners of FC were empty, getting a couple of points by pushing balls deep into the FC court.
FC scored three points near the end, but the Raider victory came on another of those back court hits by L-N.
(Kills, Ace, Digs) Sydney Biltoft 1-0-1; Aleah Heikkinen 8-1-10; Emma Epley 10. 0, 10; Elsa Jorgensen 0, 4, 12; Katelyn Mazour 1, 0, 10; Emily Troudt 1, 0, 3; Hanna Skinner 0, 1, 4; Kylie Beard 3, 1, 4; Kara Menke 4, 0, 3.
Assists: Katelyn 17; Emma 9.
Blocks: Sydney 1 solo, 2 Assists; Aleah, Emma, Emily and Kylie 1 Assist each.
Serve Receive: Elsa 22-24, Aleah 17-18.
L-N – THAYER CENTRAL: 21-25, 13-25: The other game of the triangular was against a very good (16-3) Class C-2 Thayer Central team. TC's hitting game earned them 26 kills and their five solo blocks may have been a high for a Lady Raider opponent. L-N's hitting was about average with Aleah and Emma having five kills each and Kara having four.
Hanna Skinner had two ace serves while all of TC totaled only one ace.
After a close first Set, the Lady Raiders had trouble finding their rhythm in the second Set.
(Kills, Ace, Digs) Sydney Biltoft 0, 0, 7; Aleah Heikkinen 5, 0, 2; Emma Epley 5, 0, 9; Elsa Jorgensen 0, 0, 12; Katelyn Mazour 1, 0, 11; Emily Troudt 0, 0, 2; Hanna Skinner 0, 2, 2; Kylie Beard 2, 0, 3; Kara Menke 4, 0, 2.
Assists: Katelyn 9, Emma 4.
Blocks: Emily 1 solo; Sydney and Kylie 1 Assist each.
Serve Receive: Elsa 16-17, Hanna 11-11, Aleah 9-9, Emma 6-7.
L/N – SILVER LAKE: 23-25, 20-25, 21-25: This game was a rematch with Silver Lake from the second game of the season and SL has built a good record for themselves since that time. The game of volleyball is too complicated to point to any one reason for a win or loss, but in this game, SL had more service error than L-N, but they also has nine more service aces than L-N and that seemed to be a big contributor to their win.
SET 1: L-N scored first and remained in the lead until SL tied the score at 20-20 in the middle of a 6-0 scoring run. A couple of Raider hitting errors gave SL an edge they turned into a win.
SET 2: L-N scored first again and during the set the score was tied eight times, exactly like the first Set. The feature of this Set that will be remembered is Ace Serves by SL. They had eight or nine Aces, including four in a row near the end of the Set. Emma Epley recorded a number of her team high 11 Kills in this Set.
SET 3: SL scored first in this set and the score was not tied as often, but the Set lasted just as long as the others. There were a number of semi-long volleys which the teams seemed to split. For L-N Kara Menke picked up a number of Kills when added to Emma's and Aleah's kept L-N in the game. The score was last tied at 18-18 and L-N trailed 20-21 as the game neared the end. A couple of Raider hitting errors contributed to the SL win.
Raider Kylie Beard had three Ace Serves for the night, a high for her this season.
The game could have gone either way and the Raiders may well meet SL again in the Conference tournament and/or the sub-district tournament.
(Kills, Ace, Digs) Sydney Biltoft 3, 0, 1; Aleah Heikkinen 7, 0, 11; Emma Epley 11, 0, 14; Elsa Jorgensen 0, 1, 15; Katelyn Mazour 2, 0, 7; Emily Troudt 1, 0, 0; Hanna Skinner 0, 0, 1; Kylie Beard 1, 3, 1; Kara Menke 7, 0, 2.
Assists: Katelyn 15, Emma 11.
Blocks: Sydney 2, Aleah 2, Kylie 1, all Assists.
Serve Receive: Sydney 7-9, Aleah 5-6, Emma 5-7, Emily 4-5, Hanna 4-7.
This week the Raiders will be playing in the St. Cecilia tournament in Hastings. On Oct. 5, the Lady Raiders will be hosting another triangular in Nelson.
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