Volleyball Playoffs Results Monday, October 19th
OA-BCIG At Kuemper- Class 3A Region 2
Kuemper 3
OA-BCIG 0
25-10, 25-17, 25-13
Kuemper came out sharp on Monday, serving, hitting and passing the ball well. The Knights never trailed and were only tied twice during the match. Both of those ties came in set one. Kuemper got out quickly as Kenya Prescott served them on a 6-0 run to go up 7-1. The Falcons answered with a 6-0 run but Kuemper resonded with service runs by Kamryn Venner and Avarie Pedelty. Kuemper went on a 14-1 run to put the 1st set away. Ashlyn Badding was finding all of the hitters early and Kenzie Schon and Julia Mikkelsen had big first sets.
Schon put Kuemper ahead in set two with a 5-0 service run to start the set. Ashlyn Badding followed that with an 8-0 service run to put the Knights up 13-2. The Falcons kept fighting and cut the deficit to 21-16 but Mikkelsen again came up with a couple big kills to get Kuemper the momentum back and they won 21-17.
Ashlyn Badding put Kuemper in control in set 3 starting it with a 7-0 service run to put them up 8-0. The Falcons pulled within 4 but never got closer as the Knights advance to the Regional Semifinals on Wednesday against MOC Floyd Valley at Orange City on KCIM.
Julia Mikkelsen had a great night as the senior played her last home match. She led the Knights with 15 kills and was followed by a balanced attack with Kenzie Schon and Sophie Badding each with 9 kills, Kamryn Venner added 7 kills. Ashlyn Badding moved the ball around well and finished with 36 assists to go with 8 digs and a team high 3 aces. Kenya Prescott led an active back row with 20 digs, Kenzie Schon finished with 17, Kamryn Venner added 11 and Avarie Pedelty had 10. Frannie Glynn led the Knights with 3 blocks.
The win moves Kuemper to 21-10.
Kuemper Stats
Kenya Prescott 6 Assists, 20 Digs, Ace
Ashlyn Badding 2 Kills, 36 Assists, 8 Digs, 3 Aces
Kamryn Venner 7 Kills, 11 Digs, Ace
Frannie Glynn 4 Kills, Assist, Dig, 3 Blocks
Daisy Haukap 1 Ace
Kenzie Schon 9 Kills, 17 Digs, Block, 2 Aces
Sophie Badding 9 Kills, 3 Digs, Block
Avarie Pedelty 10 Digs, Ace
Julia Mikkelsen 15 Kills, Assist, 3 Digs, Block
Other Region 2 Scores
MOC Floyd Valley 3 Heelan 0
Humboldt 3 Algona 0
Greene County 3 SE Valley 2
Ogden At IKM-Manning- Class 2A Region 4
IKM-Manning 3
Ogden 1
25-22, 23-25, 25-13, 25-13
IKM-Manning dominated sets three and four and got a big night from Bianca Cadwell at the net as they advance to the Regional Quarterfinals with a four set win over Ogden. The Wolves nabbed their third win of the season improving to 3-20. They travel to East Sac on 94.7 KKRL on Wednesday.
Bianca Cadewell had her best hitting night of the season finishing with a team high 15 kills. The junior added 11 digs. Taylor Ferneding kept finding Cadwell and finished with 17 assists. The back row was sharp with 5 players with 10 or more digs led by Lauren Danner with 15, Macie Doyle, Cadwell and Sierra Ferry each had 11 digs and Taylor Ferneding added 10. Ferry had a team high 3 aces.
IKM-Manning Stats
Bianca Cadwell 15 Kills, 11 Digs, Block, Ace
Sierra Ferry 5 Kills, 11 Digs, 3 Aces
Kylie Powers 5 Kills, Ace
Bre Muhlbauer 5 Kills, Ace
Amber Halbur 3 Kills, 7 Digs, Ace
Taylor Ferneding 3 Kills, 17 Assists, 10 Digs, Ace
Lauren Danner 6 Assists, 15 Digs
Macie Doyle 11 Digs
Other Region 4 Scores
South Hamilton 3 Eagle Grove 0
Audubon At Coon Rapids Bayard- Class 1A Region 2
Coon Rapids Bayard 3
Audubon 0
25-17, 25-15, 25-21
Coon Rapids Bayard won a three set match over Audubon in the opening round of Regionals on Monday. The Crusaders advance to 16-3 on the season and will host Riverside on Wednesday on KIKD 106.7. Audubon season comes to an end at 3-12. The Wheelers battled through Covid this season, missing 5 weeks of the season but were playing their best volleyball at the end of the season. The Crusaders looked sharp coming off the conference tournament championship on Saturday.
Alaya Betts led a balanced attack at the net with 9 kills for Coon Rapids Bayard. Alexa Culbertson added 8 kills and Mia Leighty and Brynn Bass each had 5 kills. Cassidy Baker added to her career assist total with 25 more on Monday to go with 10 digs. Brynn Bass led the team with 14 digs, Chloe Parkis had 13 and Lacie Davis finished with 9 digs. Alaya Betts and Brynn Bass each had 2 aces.
Audubon had three players with 3 kills each. Mattie Nielsen, Elizabeth Zaiger and Jaci Christensen paced the Wheelers at the net. Aleah Hermansen had a team high 7 assists. Mattie Nielsen had 8 digs, Jaci Christensen had 5 digs. Elizabeth Zaiger and Kali Irlmeier each had 2 blocks.
Coon Rapids Bayard Stats
Chloe Parkis 13 Digs
Alaya Betts 9 Kills, 4 Digs, 2 Aces
Cassidy Baker 1 Kill, 25 Assists, 10 Digs, 2 Aces
Gracy Johnson 1 Assist, 5 Digs
Lacie Davis 9 Digs
Alexa Culbertson 8 Kills, 3 Digs, Block, Ace
Mia Leighty 5 Kills
Brynn Bass 5 Kills, 2 Assists, 14 Digs, 2 Aces
Audubon Stats
Mattie Nielsen 3 Kills, Assist, 8 Digs
Addie Hocker 1 Kill, 3 Assists, 3 Digs, Ace
Aleah Hermansen 2 Kills, 7 Assists, Dig
Madison Vorm 1 Dig
Elizabeth Zaiger 3 Kills, Assist, 2 Blocks
Johanna Sauers 2 Kills, 2 Digs
Jaci Christensen 3 Kills, 5 Digs, Block, Ace
Kali Irlmeier 2 Blocks
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