Cyclones outlast ADM in five, advance to face Titans

 HARLAN (Oct. 23) -- “Survive and advance.”
 That was the reaction from Harlan Community volleyball coach Willie Baughman Wednesday night after the Cyclones rallied past Adel-DeSoto-Minburn for a five-set victory in the first round of Class 4A regional play.
 Fighting from behind the whole way, HCHS scored the last three points of the match to outlast the Tigers 21-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14, 15-13. Junior Lauren Andersen, who tied the score at 13-13 with a kill in set five, ended it moments later with a block.
 The Cyclones (12-26 overall) will now play at sixth-ranked Lewis Central (27-6) in a Region 2 semifinal match October 29. LC won the regular season meeting between the two teams in Harlan 3-0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-14).
 “I said to the girls, ‘They have all the pressure.’ They’ve got the pressure to get to state,” Baughman said of LC. “We’re going to go in there and just give it our best shot.”
 Facing elimination after three tightly-contested sets, HCHS dominated the fourth 25-14 and scored the first four points of the deciding fifth.
 ADM (10-22) responded with a 7-2 run, however, and the score was knotted nine times between 5-5 and 13-all. Delaney Bertman’s 11th kill gave the Tigers their final lead at 13-12 before the Cyclones scored the next three points to prevail.
 It was just the second five-set match of Baughman’s three-year head coaching career at HCHS. The first one resulted in a 3-2 loss at Sergeant Bluff-Luton in the 2017 regional semifinals.
 ADM senior standout Josi Lonneman had a monster all-around game, finishing with 23 kills, 24 digs and two ace serves. Lonneman is listed at just 5-foot-6, but consistenly spiked the ball with authority and made some great plays on defense.
 “When (Lonneman) was up front it was hard to handle, and when she was in the back we went on some runs,” Baughman noted.

HCHS 21-25-23-25-15, ADM 25-22-25-14-13
Harlan Community Stat Leaders
 Serving: 94/108 (87%), 12 aces -- Haley Manz 19/20, 2 aces; Jocelyn Cheek 18/20, 2 aces; Ashley Hall 20/24; Dani Arkfeld 13/14, 2 aces; Zophi Hendricks 11/14, 4 aces; Elise Juhl 11/13, 1 ace. Attacks: 143/156, 41 kills, .179 kill eff. -- Hendricks 52/55, 13 kills (.182); Macie Leinen 30/36, 12 kills (.167); Lauren Andersen 22/22, 8 kills (.364); Claire Schmitz 11/13, 4 kills (.154); Manz 13/13, 3 kills (.231). Assists: 40 -- Manz 38. Blocks: 8 -- Schmitz 3 (2 solos), Andersen 3 (2 solos). Digs: 84 -- Hall 27, Hendricks 14, Juhl 13, Leinen 12. Serve Receive Average: 2.52/3.00 (85 att.) -- Leinen 2.71 (21), Hendricks 2.70 (10), Delaney Wegner 2.67 (6), Hall 2.43 (28), Juhl 2.30 (20).

Class 4A, Region 2 Volleyball Tournament
First Round Scores • Wednesday, October 23
Harlan Community 3, ADM 2 (21-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14, 15-13)
Norwalk 3, Winterset 1 (25-10, 25-17, 22-25, 25-16)
Semifinal Pairings • Tuesday, October 29
Harlan Community (12-26) at #6-ranked Lewis Central (27-6), 7:00 p.m.
Norwalk (23-16) at Glenwood (28-12), 7:00 p.m.

 
 

 

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