Stew-Stras Wins Pink Night; Area Roundup

STRASBURG -- Stewardson-Strasburg downed Windsor during Pink Night volleyball festivities Thursday night.

The Comets won 28-26, 25-18 to improve to 7-1 in the National Trail Conference, 9-5 overall. Brittani Tabbert and Kendall Knop led the Comets in aces with two each. Tabbert had eight kills. Knop had 13 digs. Kelsei Walden led in assists with 13.

"We would like to thank everyone for packing the gym in pink to support our Volley for the Cure game," said Stew-Stras Coach Ronda Schlechte. "The support was tremendous. We started off a little sluggish on serve receive before we caught some breaks and could run our offense. We started game two with a lead but let down on serve receive. Windsor has some tough serving so we really had to work to get them."

In junior varsity play, Windsor was a winner 25-19, 25-16. Stew-Stras drops to 1-8 overall. The two teams split freshman/sophomore games with Windsor taking a 25-19 victory and Stew-Stras a 25-19 win.

At Stew-Stras

Varsity Match

Stew-Stras -- Walden, 1 kill, 13 assists, 6 digs; Tabbert, 3 kills, 7 digs, 1 assist block; Burton,1  ace, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig, 1 block assist; Tabbert, 2 aces, 8 kills, 6 digs; Knop, 2 aces, 5 kills, 13 digs; Gratz, 7 digs; Locke, 6 digs

Junior Varsity Match

Stew-Stras -- Jewell, 2 assists, 6 digs; Conder, 2 aces, 1 assist; Kaufman, 1 ace, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Ballinger, 1 kill; Vonderheide, 1 ace, 2 kills, 5 digs; Yakey, 1 kill, 1 dig; Quast, 8 digs; Locke, 4 digs; Qusat, 1 assist

Freshman/Sophomore Match

Stew-Stras -- Caudill, 2 aces, 1 kill, 5 digs; Yakey, 2 digs; Conder, 2 aces, 1 kill, 3 assists, 8 digs; Slifer, 3 aces, 1 kill, 2 digs; Beitz, 4 aces, 2 kills; Ballinger, 1 dig; Quast, 6 digs; Jewell, 1 ace, 2 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs

At Clay City

Dieterich picked up a victory over Clay City Thursday evening, 25-14, 25-20. The win gives Dieterich a 6-8 record.

Madison Boerngen led in points with nine and had five digs and two blocks. Tori Hardiek, Shelby Wendling, Mallorie Vahling and Candace Niemerg had five digs each. Niemerg led in kills with eight. Wendling had 16 assists.

In the junior varsity match, Clay City won 25-17, 23-25, 15-9. Dieterich drops to 2-7.

At Clay City

Varsity Match

Dieterich -- Hardiek, 2 points, 5 digs, 3 kills; Wendling, 5 points, 1 ace, 5 digs, 2 kills, 16 assists, 1 block; Slifer, 2 points, 4 digs, 1 kill, 2 assists; Vahling, 5 points, 1 ace, 5 digs, 3 kills; Niemerg, 5 points, 5 digs, 8 kills, 1 assist, 1 block; Boerngen, 9 points, 1 ace, 5 digs, 3 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks

Junior Varsity Match

Dieterich -- Thoele, 1 point, 1 kill; Winters, 6 points, 2 aces, 3 digs, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Flach, 4 points, 3 digs, 1 kill; Vahling, 2 points, 1 ace; Boerngen, 2 points, 2 digs, 5 assists; Thoele, 3 points, 4 digs, 1 kill; Zacha, 7 points, 2 aces, 6 digs; Dogra, 1 dig

At Altamont

Altamont handed Brownstown a 25-22, 25-14 loss. The Indians improve to 2-4 in the NTC, 3-9 overall.

White led in kills with seven and aces with three. M. Ohnesorge and Wendling had seven assists each. Dorr had five digs. Kopplin had seven kills and two stuff blocks.

Brownstown won the junior varsity match, 25-15, 25-11.

At Altamont

Altamont -- White, 7 kills, 3 aces, 4 digs; Kopplin, 7 kills, 2 stuff blocks, 4 digs; Ledbetter, 3 kills, 4 digs; Wendling, 3 kills, 7 assists, 1 ace, 2 digs; Teasley, 1 kill; Whitt 1 stuff block; Ohnesorge, 2 assists, 2 digs, 1 stuff block, 1 kill, 1 stuff block; M. Ohnesorge, 2 kills, 7 assists, 2 digs

At Marshall

Newton traveled to Marshall and handed the homestanders a 25-21, 17-25, 15-18 loss.

Keidrah Hardiek has 12 kills for the Eagles and five assist blocks. Gabby Zerrusen led in assists with 13. Morgan Swingler, Andrea Cartright and Emilee Johnson had 12 digs each. Hardiek and Sydney May had five assist blocks each.

At Marshall

Newton -- Swingler, 12 digs; Jansen, 12 assists, 2 aces, 2 digs; Zerrusen, 1 kill, 13 assists, 5 digs, 1 assist block; Hardiek, 12 kills, 1 ace, 7 digs, 1 solo block, 5 assist blocks; Cartright, 8 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 12 digs, 1 assist block; May, 3 kills, 3 solo blocks, 5 assist blocks; Mammoser, 2 kills, 2 assist blocks; Probst, 3 kills, 2 digs, 1 solo block, 4 assist blocks; Johnson, 2 aces, 12 digs; Koebele, 1 kill, 1 assist

At Bridgeport

Cumberland defeated Red Hill (Bridgeport) after losing the opening game 26-24. The Pirates came back with 25-8, 25-8 wins for the match.

"We had a lackluster effort early in the varsity match," said Cumberland coach Talia Moore. "The girls were too relaxed and were making lots of unforced errors. We ended up scoring about 37 points in athe first set but the problem with that is we put 13 of those points on the opponent's score. We did respond well in sets two and three."

Kassidy Hunt led the Pirates in kills with 14 and had 11 points, four blocks and 11 digs. Kamisha Holsapple had 14 points, five aces and 18 assists. Olivia Titus led in aces with nine and had 10 digs.

In junior varsity play, Cumberland won 25-19, 25-19.

At Red Hill

Varsity Match

Cumberland -- Drake, 1 point; Holsapple, 2 kills, 14 points, 5 aces, 9 digs, 18 assists; Hunt, 14 kills, 11 points, 2 aces, 4 blocks, 11 digs; Myers, 2 blocks, 2 digs, 2 assists; Nickles, 2 kills, 3 points, 1 ace, 3 assists; Plummer, 4 points, 2 aces, 7 digs; Rhoden, 1 dig; Seibert, 6 points, 1 ace, 4 digs; Titus, 8 kills, 12 points, 9 aces, 10 digs

Junior Varsity Match

Cumberland -- Carlen, 2 kills, 2 digs; Green, 7 points, 2 aces, 8 assists; McMechan, 2 kills, 8 points, 3 aces, 2 digs; Oakley, 5 points, 1 ace; Sowers, 6 points, 2 aces; Myers, 4 kills, 2 points; Ault, 4 points

At Neoga

St. Elmo defeated Neoga in National Trail Conference play, 25-14, 25-14.

Leading Neoga in kills were Courtney Croy and Jillian Deters with four each. The Indians drop to 2-4 in the NTC, 6-12 overall.

At Louisville

South Central picked up a non-conference win over North Clay (Louisville).

The Cougars won 25-13, 25-20 to improve to 12-3. Lincoln Brasel led in kills with seven and blocks with two.