The Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team has the right to question why the Nebraska School Activities Association bothers with classifications. The Raiders are in Class D-2. This is determined by enrollment. One look at their schedule belies this fact. The Raiders have games against five D2 schools. They go against 11 D1 schools, five C2 schools and a C1 school. Since wild card points are one way to qualify for a spot at districts, Lawrence-Nelson is behind before they begin. In spite of this they rank higher in the wild card race than schools with a winning record while they sit with a 6-13 record. Their only option is to sweep through sub-district and district play to qualify for the state match. This reporter sees them with a strong possibility of doing just that.
The Raiders played at the Hastings St. Cecilia Tournament last Tuesday and Thursday. You guessed it. They played four C2 schools with winning records. They played a single D1 school.
The Raiders fell to in-county rival Superior in two sets, 26-28 and 13-25 last Tuesday. It took the Wood River Eagles three sets, 25-20. 17-25 and 23-25, to put the Raiders away. Hastings St. Cecilia swept the Raiders, 9-25 and 16-25, in two sets Thursday. Cross County handed the Raiders a two set, 13-25 and 19-25, loss. Lawrence-Nelson took the measure of Heartland Community in two sets, 25-21 and 25-18.
The Raiders competed at a triangular match at Kenesaw along with Red Cloud Tuesday with results unavailable at press time.
Sydney Biltoft posted seven kills against Superior. Kara Menke and Hanna Skinner added six kills each. Brook Combs and Jessica Sole had one kill apiece.
Skinner slipped through two aces. Biltoft scored with an ace.
Menke came up with six digs. Addi McCloskey kicked in five digs. Biltoft and Val Koehler added three digs each. Skinner and Sole put up two digs apiece. Josie Hajny had a dig.
Menke led the Raider killers against Wood River with 18. Biltoft listed eight kills for the match. Skinner was in with four kills. Natalia Wehrman had one kill.
Skinner lined through two aces. Biltoft and Koehler each scored an ace.
McCloskey reported 17 digs. Koehler netted 11 digs. Skinner took care of 10 digs. Sole accounted for eight digs. Biltoft lifted up four digs. Hajny added two digs. Combs and Wehrman had one dig each.
Menke posted six kills against Hastings St. Cecilia. Biltoft acted on two kills. Hajny, McCloskey and Skinner had one kill apiece.
McCloskey led the diggers with six. Skinner tallied four digs. Sole added three digs. Koehler came away with two digs. Biltoft and Wehrman finished the match with one digs apiece.
Biltoft topped the kill list against Cross County with five. Skinner followed with four kills. Menke pounded down three kills. Hajny had a kill.
Sole scored with an ace.
Biltoft and Skinner listed six digs each. Menke put up four digs. McCloskey and Wehrman closed out with a dig each.
Skinner plowed her way to 10 kills against Heartland community. Biltoft produced nine kills. Menke deployed six kills. Hajny posted four kills. Koehler had one kill.
Biltoft, McCloskey and Skinner each scored with an ace.
Menke manufactured 10 digs. Biltoft and Koehler put up nine digs each. Skinner landed eight digs. Sole took care of five digs. McCloskey was good for three digs. Combs had a dig.
The Raiders travel to Blue Hill Tuesday for a match with the Bobcats.
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