Stew-Stras Takes Second at Pana Tournament; Effingham Wins Consolation Bracket

Stewardson-Strasburg overcame a slow start to reach the championship match of the Pana Tournament Saturday before falling to Rochester.

The Comets lost in its first pool play match to Shelbyville, 25-23, 26-24 and then lost to Rochester in pool play 25-20, 25-20, before rebounding to win over Effingham 25-18, 25-11 and then defeat Pana 25-20, 25-19.

In a rematch with Rochester for the championship, Rochester won over Stew-Stras 25-23, 25-20.

Rochester defeated Effingham in the Hearts' first pool play match, 25-21, 25-14, but Effingham bounced back to defeat Shelbyville 25-22, 25-13.  Stew-Stras then won over Effingham to put the Hearts in the consolation bracket where they defeated Decatur LSA 25-13, 21-25, 15-2 and then defeated Neoga for consolation honors 25-15, 25-19.

Stew-Stras' Kendall Knop made the All-Tournament Team.

Here are the numbers for Stew-Stras:

Becca Schlechte--five aces, 18 kills, 40 assists, 32 digs, seven blocks

Baylee Quast--four aces, nine kills, 46 assists, 13 digs, three blocks

Kendall Knop--four aces, 31 kills, two assists, 28 digs

Brittani Tabbert--two aces, 31 kills, one assist, 17 digs, one block

Morgan Stremming--four blocks

Sarah Locke--one ace, three assists, 27 digs

Clara Kaufman--seven aces, nine kills, three digs, seven blocks

Here are the numbers for Effingham:

Bethany Donaldson--25 digs, 17 kills, two aces

Brittany Beals--three digs, one assist, 13 kills, five blocks

Josie Zerrusen--34 digs, five aces

Chandler Ramey--30 digs, 35 kills, three aces

Shelby Nunamaker--two digs, three assists, 15 kills, five blocks

Felicia Totten--eight digs, 70 assists, four kills, three aces

Stephanie Robb--three digs, 19 kills, eight aces, three blocks

Rachel Weis--four digs, five assists

Jennifer Fred--17 digs, one assist, three aces