Southwest volleyball team places 2nd at Elm Creek Invitational

ELM CREEK -- Southwest's volleyball team beat out six teams for second place in the Elm Creek Invite, Saturday.

The Roughriders played three very close matches with Pleasanton, Hershey and Elm Creek.

Elm Creek finished third and Hershey took first.

Southwest's Heather Teel and Chelsey Quigley led the team in scoring. Teel accumulated 19 points, most of them against against Hershey.

She had one ace. Quigley totaled 19 points, she also had an ace. Lisa Lord led in blocks with four attempts and eight blocks.

"We played well and faced some very good competition. The Hershey match could have gone either way. The gym was very hot," said Coach Dennis Troester.

Southern Valley also competed winning one match against Pleasanton and taking fifth.

Alyssa Steele led the Eagles in serves and setting. Jenae Perkins and Megan Becker led in attacks.

Coach Suzanne Stanton said, "her team was ready come out and play a tough Axtell team. The girls played hard we just came up short .

"We were disappointed in our play against Cambridge, we just made to many mental mistakes. We were very impressed with the way the girls stepped up against Pleasanton. We never let up and they did what they needed to do.

Wauneta-Palisade beat Cambridge and Pleasanton, but lost to Elm Creek.

Myrah Brown and Betsy Anderjaska led the Broncos in points. Kiane Alberts led in kills and attacks.

Cambridge won the match up with Southern Valley, but lost a close set to Hershey.

Bailey Soucie totaled 13 digs and 56 assists for the Trojans. Cristin Bruckman and Shelby Schultz led in kills.

Roughriders top scorers

Heather Teel one ace and three points

Chelsey Quigley once ace and five points

Lisa Lord one ace and four points

Ashley Weaver two aces and eight points

Jeanie Bayliss two aces and three points

Eagles top scorers

Alyssa Steele 10/11 in serves and 51/52 in setting

Megan Becker went 19/23 in attacks and 7/11 in digs

Janae Perkins went 8/9 in serves received and 14/17 in attacks

Broncos top scorers

Betsy Anderkjaska seven kills, 22 attacks and three digs

Kiane Alberts four kills and 21 attacks

Myrah Brown two aces, one kill and seven attacks

Allison Ellicott 12 points and one ace

Trojans top scorers

Cristin Bruckman 12 kills, 20 attacks, four digs and one ace

Shelby Schultz six kills, 10 attacks, four digs, four aces and 11 points

Kymbree Lytle five kills, seven attacks and one ace

Traci Keyser four kills, nine attacks and three digs

Alysia Mowry five kills, nine attacks and six digs

Eagles top scorers

Trisha Siebels 14/16 in serves, 9/10 in attacks and 5/8 in digs

Ashley Strickland 10/11 in serves, 6/7 in received serves and 10/12 in digs

Jenae Perkins 29/29 in attacks and 6/7 in blocks

Alyssa Steele 13/15 in serves and 62/62 in setting

Megan Becker 18/25 in attacks

Eagles top scorers

Hennessey Hoagland went 10/10 in serves and 5/10 in digs

Ashley Strickland went 8/8 in serves, 11/15 in attacks and 5/7 in digs

Alyssa Steele went 31-32 in setting

Megan Becker went 18/20 in attacks

Broncos top scorers

Kiane Alberts eight kills, 32 attacks and two aces

Betsy Anderjaska four kills, 25 attacks and one ace

Brittany O'Neil three aces and ten attacks

Trojans top scorers

Cristin Bruckman ten kills, 27 attacks and five digs

Shelby Schultz six kills, 21 attacks, five blocks and six digs

Kymbree Lytle three aces and five digs

Alysia Mowry four kills, ten attacks, four digs and one ace

Bailey Soucie seven digs

Roughriders top scorers

Heather Teel seven points

Chelsey Quigley six points

Lisa Lord one ace and seven points

Ashley Weaver two aces and five points

Cayla Skaritka two aces and eight points

Broncos top scorers

Kiane Alberts six kills, 21 attacks and two aces

Blair Dixon two kills and nine attacks

Myrah Brown two attacks, one ace and 15 points

Trojans top scorers

Shelby Schultz six kills, 12 attacks, four digs and one ace

Cristin Bruckman three kills, 14 attacks, three digs and one ace

Traci Keyser four kills, six attacks and two digs

Roughriders top scorers

Heather Teel one ace and nine points

Chelsey Quigley eight points

Lisa Lord one ace and five points

Cayla Skaritka one ace and three points

Jeanie Bayliss seven points

Arapahoe

first at Hitchcock

County tourney

TRENTON -- The Arapahoe volleyball team won the Hitchcock County Tournament on Saturday.

Arapahoe played three close sets with Cheylin and Hitchcock County to take the win.

Hollie Thomas led the Warriors in setting and had five ace serves against Cheylin.

Brittany Fanning had three aces against Hitchcock County.

Abbey Breinig and Cheryl Braithwait led in kills and attempts. Breinig also led in blocks.

Warriors top scorers

Setting: Hollie Thomas 44 attempts and nine assists

Hitters: Abbey Breinig 28 attempts and seven kills

Cheryl Braithwait 13 attempts and four kills

Blocks: Abbey Breinig two solo blocks and one assists

Serves: Hollie Thomas 21 serves and five aces

Defender: Alesa Paulsen 35 digs

Warriors top scorers

Setting: Hollie Thomas 55 attempts and 16 assists

Hitters: Abbey Breinig 35 attempts and ten kills

Cheryl Braithwait 16 attempts and eight kills

Blocks: Abbey Breinig five solos and one assist

Serves: Brittany Fanning 16 good serves and three aces

Defender: Sarah Urbom 37 digs