Sterw-Stras Beats Arcola

ARCOLA – Stewardson-Strasburg tallied a volleyball victory over Arcola in two games, 25-12, 25-8 Monday evening.

“The girls came out and played very well tonight,” said Stew-Stras Coach Ronda Schlechte. “Hitting was strong. We moved well on defense and our serving was on. Mariah Tabbert dominated the serving line with 19 points and six aces.”

Also leading the Comets were Kelsie Walden with 18 assists, Lindsay Burton and Kendall Knop with seven kills each and  Brittani Tabbert and Knop with 11 digs each. The Comets improve to 15-8 on the season.

In junior varsity play, Arcola won 25-20, 25-21.

In action at the Shelbyville Tournament during the weekend, the Comets finished in fifth place with a 3-2 record. Stew-Stras  lost to Rochester 25-16, 25-18, won over Neoga 25-20, 25-21, lost to Shelbyville 25-21, 25-13, beat Nokomis 25-20, 25-9 and downed Neoga 15-7, 15-5.

Walden had 53 total assists. Knop led in kills with 29 and digs with 53. Lindsay Burton had five solo blocks and six assists and let in aces with eight.

Stew-Stras vs. Arcola

Varsity

Walden, 3 aces, 18 assists, 1 dig; M. Tabbert, 6 aces, 1 dig; Burton, 7 kills, 1 dig, 1 block assist; B. Tabbert, 3 kills, 11 digs; Knop, 3 aces, 7 kills, 11 digs, 1 block assist;  Gratz, 2 aces, 6 digs; Locke, 3 digs; Stremming, 3 kills

Junior Varsity

Jewell, 1 kill, 2 assists, 2 digs; Conder, 2 aces, 2 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs; Kaufman, 3 kills; Yakey, 2 kills, 1 dig; Caudill, 1 kill, 5 digs; Locke, 1 kill, 2 assists, 7 digs; Quast, 2 aces, 3 kills, 4 assists

Shelbyville Tournament

Stew-Stras – Walden, 2 aces, 53 assists, 17 digs; M. Tabbert, 7 aces, 8 kills, 1 assist, 13 digs, 2 block assists; Burton, 8 aces, 11 kills, 2 assists, 3 digs, 5 solo blocks, 6 block assists; Tabbert, 2 aces, 25 kills, 28 digs, 3 block assists; Knop, 4 aces. 29 kills, 1 assist, 53 digs, 1 solo block, 2 blocks assists;  Gratz, 2 aces, 1 assist, 25 digs; Locke, 1 kill, 17 digs; Stremming, 8 kills, 1 assist, 5 digs, 4 solo blocks, 2 block assists;  Quast, 2 aces, 19
assists, 3 digs; Kaufman, 3 digs, 1 block assist