St. Anthony Beats T-town, Area Volleyball Roundup

The Bulldogs won in two sets, 25-14, 25-14. Andrea Rudolphi led the winners in kills with seven. Hailey Niebrugge and Maddie Kibler had two aces each. Addie Wernsing finished with 14 assists. Anna Niemeyer led in blocks with two.

"We were unable to pass or play defense effectively, giving up seven aces and seven overpassed serves," said T-town Coach Jim Dietz. "Sometimes you want to win really bad, you get amped up. When that happens, sometimes finesse skills like passing suffers from the adrenaline. That happened tonight which is a pity given that when we were able to hit a ball, we were doing well. It was great though to have our students travel for the game. I think we had a larger student section than the host school. Now, I just want us to get healthy so that we're back at full strength for the homestretch."

The Shoes were led by Claresa Ruholl with nine digs, RyLee Dittamore with six kills and one ace, Sara Zumbahlen with five assists and TaNeal Einhorn, Molly Pals and Sara Niemerg with one block each.

In the junior varsity match, Teutopolis was a 19-25, 25-16, 25-22 winner. Elise Pals led the Shoes in kills with 12 and blocks with two. Kaley Jordan had 18 assists and two aces and Olivia Coles 15 digs.

T-town also nabbed the freshman/sophomore match, 25-16, 25-21.

At St. Anthony

Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Ruholl, 9 digs; Niemerg, 1 block, 3 digs, 2 kills; Wall, 1 dig; Ruholl, 1 dig; Dittamore, 1 ace, 6 kills; Pals, 1 block, 1 kill; Deters, 2 digs, 1 kill; Einhorn, 1 block, 1 dig, 2 kills; Zumbahlen, 2 digs, 3 assists; Jordan, 1 dig, 5 assists; Tebbe, 1 dig

St. Anthony -- Wernsing, 14 assists; Rudolphi, 7 kills, 1 ace; Coffin, 1 kill; Niebrugge, 2 aces; Vonderheide, 7 assists; Hatton, 6 kills, 1 ace; Nuxoll, 2 kills, 1 block; Thoele, 1 assist; C. Hatton, 3 kills, 1 block; Kibler, 2 aces; Niemeyer, 4 kills, 2 blocks

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Miller, 3 kills, 1 dig; Jordan, 2 kills, 2 aces, 18 assists; Gardewine, 1 dig; Brummer, 6 kills, 1 block, 2 assists, 1 dig; Swingler, 1 ace, 8 assists; Tegeler, 8 kills, 3 digs; Coles, 1 ace, 15 digs; Swingler, 2 kills; Horn, 1 kill, 1 ace; Pals, 12 kills, 23 blocks

At Effingham

Taylorville tallied an Apollo Conference win over Effingham in Thursday competition.

The Tornadoes won 25-21, 25-21.

EHS was led by Bella Austin with 10 kills, Hannah Thompson in assists with 18, Bria Beals with one ace, Sidney Donaldson with three blocks and Berkley Pullen with nine digs.

Talorville also nabbed the junior varsity match, 27-25, 29-27. EHS was led by Ashlyn Davis with eight kills, Alyssa Martin with two aces and Averie Wolfe with 12 digs. Berkley Pullen and Cami Burgholzer had nine assists each. Ryley Engel, Reaghan Delong and Mckenzie Love had one block each and Alyssa Martin led in aces with two.

The Tornadoes won in freshman/sophomore play, 19-21, 21-11, 15-14.

EHS won't be back in action until Thursday, Oct. 5 hosting Altamont.

At Effingham

Varsity Match

Effingham -- Ballman, 1 assist, 6 digs; Donaldson, 2 kills, 3 blocks; Pullen, 4 assists, 9 digs; Thompson, 3 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs; Delong, 1 kill, 1 dig; Beals, 3 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 5 digs; Katt, 3 kills, 1 block; Austin, 10 kills, 1 dig

Junior Varsity Match

Effingham -- Wolfe, 1 assist, 1 ace, 12 digs; Hecht, 4 assists, 2 digs; Engel, 1 kill, 1 block, 7 digs; Pullen, 3 kills, 9 assists, 2 digs; Newlin, 1 assist; Delong, 6 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 dig; Frey, 4 kills, 1 ace, 4 digs; Martin, 3 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces, 8 digs; Burgholzer, 2 kills, 9 assists, 7 digs; Love, 3 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Davis, 8 kills

At Strasburg

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg improved to 18-4 on the season with a win over North Clay Thursday. The Hatchets remained unbeaten in the National Trail Conference with a 7-0 record.

"The girls looked good tonight," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "It's fun watching them. Gabby has really turned the switch on and I'm excited about that as we start preparing hard for the second part of the season. Looking forward to meeting up with Teutopolis again tomorrow. Always fun to play them."

The Hatchets won in two sets, 25-15, 25-9. Halle Moomaw led in kills with 11, Ainslie Eident had two aces, Ella Kinkelaar led in assists with 22 and had three block assists. Kinley Quast and Anna Albert had six digs each. Ellie Wittenberh had one solo block.

The Hatchets won the junior varsity match, 25-20, 25-14 and improved to a perfect 15-0.

Kendra Hayes, Zaida Wascher, Mya Friese, Katelyn VonBehrens and Alaira Friese had two aces each. A. Friese led in kills with seven. Brinlie Durbin and Hayes had seven assists each. Wascher led in digs with six. McCormick, Sophi Greuel, Brooke Schumacher and A. Friese had one block assist each.

At Strasburg

Varsity Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Kinkelaar, 1 ace, 2 kills, 22 assists, 2 digs, 3 block assists; Vonderheide, 7 kills, 5 digs; Moomaw, 1 ace, 11 kills, 1 assist, 2 block assists; Quast, 1 ace, 6 digs; S. Hayes, 4 kills; Eident, 2 aces, 2 digs; Wittenberg, 1 kill, 1 solo block, 1 block assist; Albert, 6 digs; Friese, 1 dig

Junior Varsity Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Durbin, 2 kills, 7 assists; K. Hayes, 2 aces, 7 assists, 3 digs; Wascher, 2 aces, 6 digs; M. Friese, 2 aces, 3 kills; McCormick, 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 block assist; VonBehrens, 2 aces, 5 digs; Beitz, 1 kill; Greuel, 1 kill, 1 block assist; Schumacher, 1 kill, 1 block assist; Carroll, 2 digs; Starwalt, 2 digs; a. Friese, 2 aces, 7 kills, 2 assists, 3 digs, 1 block assist

Freshman/Sophomore Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Kasey, 1 ac,e 2 assists, 2 digs; Carey, 1 ace, 4 assists, 2 digs; Holland, 8 assists, 2 digs; VonBehrens, 4 assists, 1 dig; Schumacher, 1 kill, 1 dig; Thompsom, 2 digs; Mccormick, 2 kills, 2 digs; Kull, 3 kills; Antrim, 1 assist, 5 digs; Wascher, 2 aces, 2 kills, 1 dig; Gee, 3 digs; K. Hayes, 5 kills 2 digs; Conder, 3 kills; Depoister, 4 kills

At Cowden

Neoga tallied a varsity win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Thursday.

The Bobcats took the opener 25-16 but Neoga came back with 25-13, 25-16 scores for the match.

CHBC was led by Karlee Smith with six kills and three blocks, Ellie Miller with four aces, Marissa Summers with nine assists and Birgen Schlanser with 12 digs.

The Bobcats won the junior varsity match, 26-24, 25-17.

Neoga claimed the freshman/sophomore contest, 25-21, 26-24.

At Cowden

Varsity Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Smith, 6 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 2 digs; Miller, 1 kill, 4 aces, 4 digs; Summers, 5 kills, 1 ace, 9 assists, 8 digs; Rodman, 1 kill, 6 digs; Schlanser, 12 digs; Wallace, 3 kills, 1 dig; Arnett, 7 digs

At Newton

Newton swept Robinson in all three matches Thursday.

The Eagles won the varsity contest, 25-17, 25-12 to improve to 15-9.

Bennett and Schafer had one ace each. Zumbahlen led in kills with eight. Mahaffey had 15 assists. Kessler had one block and Bennett led in digs with seven.

Newton also claimed the junior varsity match, 25-13, 25-17 and won the freshman contest, 25-13, 25-22.

Newton is back in action Tuesday against Mount Carmel.

At Newton

Varsity Match

Newton -- Bennett, 1 ace, 2 assists, 7 digs; Schafer, 1 ace, 6 kills, 12 assists, 6 digs; Zumbahlen, 8 kills, 4 digs; Frichtl, 6 kills, 3 digs; Martin, 5 kills, 7 digs; Kessler, 4 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Stanley, 1 kill, 2 digs; Mahaffey, 15 assists, 2 digs

At Altamont

Altamont downed Dieterich in a tough-fought contest Thursday evening in a Pink Out match.

The Indians won the opener 25-21 but Dieterich came back to take the second set, 25-21. The two teams then battled before Altamont pulled out a 36-34 win.