Cyclone volleyball season ends in four-set thriller

Glenwood wins three out of four hard-fought sets to knock out HCHS in Class 4A regional opener

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 17) -- Harlan Community volleyball coach Willie Baughman has often compared the Cyclones’ 2018 season to a roller coaster ride full of ups and downs and twists and turns - sometimes all during the same match.
 Wednesday night’s Class 4A first-round regional at Glenwood may have been the perfect microcosm of it all.
 In a highly-competitive four-setter, HCHS battled from behind numerous times but was able to get over the hump just once, falling to the host Rams by a 3-1 final (28-30, 25-22, 18-25, 22-25) and finishing with an 18-21 overall record.
 Glenwood, which had lost two out of three matches to Harlan during the regular season - including a 3-0 sweep in conference play - improved to 17-13 and will play at 15th-ranked Lewis Central (20-13) in a Region 2 semifinal Tuesday night.
 Wednesday’s Cyclone rallies included turning a 21-11 set-one deficit into three set-point opportunities that they failed to capitalize on. They rallied to win set two after falling behind 6-1 early, but in set four they scored the first six points and ended up losing.
 “There was a lot of ups and downs,” Baughman said. “Three of the four sets we started out down... then we started up (6-0) and (lost). I told them in (the locker room) it was a fun match, even though it didn’t end our way."

Glenwood 30-22-25-25, HCHS 28-25-18-22
Harlan Community Stat Leaders
 Serving: 84/93 (90.3%), 5 aces -- Elise Juhl 19/20, Kara Weis 15/18 (1 ace), Hayley Hopkins 15/18 (1 ace), Ashley Hall 13/15, Olivia Petersen 11/11 (2 aces), Haley Manz 11/11 (1 ace). Hitting: 131/146, 50 kills (12.5 per set), .240 kill eff. -- Hopkins 32/35, 14 kills (.314 eff.); Anna Ahrenholtz 29/37, 12 kills (.108); O. Petersen 28/29, 10 kills (.310); Macie Leinen 18/19, 7 kills (.316); Zophi Hendricks 20/21, 6 kills (.238). Assists: 49 -- Weis 44. Blocks: 14 (all assists) -- Ahrenholtz 4, O. Petersen 4, Leinen 3. Digs: 89 -- Hall 23, Hopkins 23, Juhl 13, Weis 12, Manz 7. Serve Receive Average: 2.14/3.00 (86 att.) -- Manz 2.69 (16), Juhl 2.40 (15), Hall 2.12 (32).

 
 

 

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