Winner High School volleyball team defeated both Valentine and Ainsworth when they took a road trip into Nebraska.
The Lady Warriors downed Valentine in 3 sets—25-17, 25-17, 25-14.
Sam Marts, Gracie Littau and Abby Marts were 100 percent in serving. Morgan Hammerbeck, Abby Marts and Daesha Klein each with 2 ace serves. Abby Marts had 14 kills and Hammerbeck, 11. Littau had 14 set assists. Alexis Richey was 78 percent in serve receive and Hammerbeck was 75 percent. Richey had 20 digs, Hammerbeck and Klein, 11 each. Ellie Brozik had 2 block assists.
As a team, Winner was 97 percent in serving, 35 kills, 27 assists and were 71 percent in serve receive with 62 digs.
“We came out focused and determined to win,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “Valentine has a great volleyball program and always has competitive teams. We did a great job of serving and kept Valentine out of system,” said the coach. “We did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Valentine scrambling and out of system. We also did a great job of talking and working together as team,” she said.
Winner defeated Ainsworth in 3 sets—25-14, 25-20, 25-11.
Klein and Littau were 100 percent in serving. Klein and Sam Marts had 2 ace serves. Hammerbeck had 9 kills and Abby Marts, 7.
Littau had 14 assists. Hammerbeck was 83 percent in serve receive and Richey was 66 percent. Richey had 16 digs and Abby Marts, 9. Sam Marts had 1 solo block and l block assist and Ellie Brozik had 1 solo block. As a team, Winner was 93 percent in serving with 6 ace serves, 20 kills and 17 assists. The team was 60 percent in serve receive with 50 digs.
“I thought we played aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball and finding the holes,” said Keiser. “We kept Ainsworth out of system and chasing the ball. We did a great job of playing together as a team.
Earlier in the week, Winner played Burke/South Central and the Lady Warriors fell in 3 sets 12-25, 20-25 and 26-24.
Sam Marts and Richey were both 100 percent in serving. Richey had 1 ace serve. Hammerbeck had 10 kills, Abby Marts, 7 and Brozik, 5. Littau had 21 assists. Richey was 73 percent in serve receive. Hammerbeck had 16 digs, Abby Marts, 15. Hammerbeck had 2 solo blocks and Sam Marts, 1. As a team, Winner was 97 percent in serving with 1 ace, 24 kills, 22 assists, 51 percent in serve receive and 70 digs.
Coach Keiser said Burke/South Central has a vey balanced and scrappy team. “We came out flat and not mentally ready to play. We know we would have to play consistent and we dug ourselves a hole by giving them too many unearned points. They did a great job of attacking the ball which kept us playing defense. We struggled getting the ball to target in serve receive and they did a great job of staying in system. Hopefully we get to play them again in the SESD Tournament,” said Keiser.
The next action for Winner will be Sept. 12 hosting Lyman.
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