Trinity, Crothersville win volleyball matches; Seymour loses

The Trinity Lutheran Cougars found themselves in a hardwood showdown with South Ripley on Tuesday night in Bolinger Gymnasium. Last year the Cougars had an easy time disposing of the Raiders, but this time around the Cougars had their hands full.

In the end it was the Cougars prevailing,18-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21, 19-17 to improve to 3-2 on the year.
Cougars Coach Sara Clark knew coming in that her team had a chance to win, but wasn't expecting the Raiders to be that much improved over last year.

The score for the first three games were the same, but the Cougars found themselves trailing 2-1. The Cougars began the first game trailing 6-0 and never recovered. In the second game, the Cougars found themselves leading 7-3, but the Raiders scored 11 straight points to take a 14-7 lead. The Raiders never trailed in the third game.

Dakota Richart was the driving force behind the Cougars success early and often from the serving line. She scored seven points in the third game and finished the night 19 of 19 serving with two aces.

The fourth game started out as a struggle for the Cougars as they fell behind 9-2, but they slowly got back in the game. The Raiders continued to commit errors and the Cougars finally tied the score at 17-all on a Richart ace.

After a South Ripley timeout, the Cougars scored eight of the final 12 points of the game to take the win and tie the match at two games apiece.

In the fifth game, the score went back-and-forth but in the end it was the Cougars who scored the final two points of the night for the win.
The Cougars finished the night 121 of 143 hitting with 44 kills. Sarah Onken was the team leader in that category as she was 47 of 51 with 18 kills. Kendall Lambring was 30 of 36 with 12 kills and Alexis White was 29 of 32 with 11 kills.

Sam Stuckwisch was 30 of 36 setting with 12 assists. Lambring had 15 service points with two aces, and Stuckwisch was 13 of 13 serving.

The Cougars will travel to Lanesville on Thursday and then travel to play in the Orleans Invitational on Saturday.

Other matches
Crothersville defeated Edinburgh  25-7, 25-15, 25-11, and Seymour lost 25-14, 25-13, 25-19 at Floyd Central
Crothersville coach Zabrina Nicholson said her team started out strong and never let up.

"Our serving was prettygood, and our serve reception was on from the beginning. We covered well. We took some extra time hitting and the girls were on."

CHS had 32 attack kills with Coleigh King leading with nine.
The Tigers are 5-1 and will travel to Medora Thursday.

At Galena, Floyd Central handed the Owls their second straight loss.
The Owls had 18 attack kills with Erin Murphy having eight. Murphy had 10 digs, while Emily Krumme had 22 assists.

Seymour started out the season 9-0 and that is the Owls' best start since the 2005 team started out 12-0 before losing.

The Owls are 9-2 and will travel to Jennings County Thursday night.

Results

At Crothersville
Crothers def. Edinburgh 25-7, 25-15, 25-11
CHS serving: Prather 14-14,  Schmelzle 13-13-5, team 67-73-13; hitting:  King 20-20-9, Lucas 10-10-5, Prather 11-12-6, team 57-61-32 ; assists: Luedeman 32;  blocking: Lucas 5-6, King 5-5, team 12-14

JV: CHS won 19-25, 25-15, 15-6; serving   Schoefelder 14-15-4, Barnett 11-12-2, team   40-57-9; hitting:  Allen 14-15-4, Sawyer 8-11-4,  Schoenfelder 8-9-3.team 41-48-14 CHS record 5-1.

At Galena
Floyd Central def. Seymour 25-14, 25-13, 25-19
SHS serving: Krumme 9-9-1, C. Hendrix 11-11, Joray 7-7, team 44-45-1; hitting: Turner 15-23-3, Murphy 20-24-8, M. Hendrix 13-15-4; team: 69-85-18; assists: Krumme 77-82-22; digs: Murphy 10

JV:  FC won 17-25, 12-25.
SHS serving: Johnson 5-5, Prange 5-5, team 21-22; serving: H. Carmichael 12-15-4,  Lorenzo 9-12-7,  Johnson 6-8-2, team 39-47-15; assists: Prange 36-36-12

Freshmen: FC won 25-19, 24-25, 15-13.
SHS serving: Tormoehlen 11-14-3, Updike 11-12, Wieneke 8-8, Herron 7-8-1, team 51-57-4; hitting: Wieneke 18-19-5, Herron 13-14-3, Royalty 16-22-5; team: 52-64-15, assists: Tormoehlen 14

At Trinity
TLHS def. South Ripley, 18-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21, 19-17
TLHS serving: Richart 19-19-2, Lambring 15-15-2, Stuckwisch 13-13, team: 78-89-9; TLHS hitting: Onken 47-51-18, White 29-32-11, Lambring 30-36-12, team: 121-143-44; setting: Stuckwisch 30-36-12.
Junior Varsity: TLHS won 18-25, 25-23, 15-11
TLHS serving: Elkins 16-16-2, Hackman 8-8-1, Franke 7-7, team total: 51-55-7; TLHS hitting: DeVore 14-15-5, Franke 7-10-2, Hackman 9-13-1, team: 57-77-16; setting: Elkins 83-94-11.