Volleyball: Tigers sweep HCHS
RED OAK (Sept. 28) -- Harlan Community suffered its fourth straight Hawkeye Ten Conference volleyball loss on Tuesday night, recording zero ace serves and no blocks in a 25-17, 25-9, 25-17 defeat at Red Oak.
The Cyclones, who have now lost eight of their last 10 matches, fell to 12-14 overall and 2-4 in conference play. They will have a week off to prepare for Tuesday’s triangular at Council Bluffs St. Albert (4:30 p.m.) vs. the No. 12 (1A) Saintes and fifth-ranked (4A) Glenwood.
HCHS committed 27 attack errors in just three sets against the Tigers (12-9, 4-1 H-10), finishing with a kill effiency of .000. Zophi Hendricks led the team with 11 kills and had an efficiency of .139, putting 30-of-36 hits in play.
Maci Schmitz set 17 assists and also had a team-high 17 digs. Laney Wegner, Savanna Musich and Hendricks added 10 digs each.
Red Oak had a very efficient night at the net with 36 kills and just five hitting errors in 88 attempts (.352 efficiency).
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Red Oak 25-25-25, HCHS 17-9-17
Harlan Community Stat Leaders -- Serving: 38/45 (84.4%), 0 aces - Madison Kjergaard 9/9, Savanna Musich 7/7, Claire Schmitz 6/6, Laney Wegner 7/8. Attacks: 77/104, 27 kills (.000 eff.) - Zophi Hendricks 30/36, 11 kills (.139); Lauren McLaughlin 11/18, 5 kills (-.111); C. Schmitz 8/11, 4 kills (.091); Shelby Sisson 12/17, 3 kills (-.118); Maci Schmitz 8/9, 2 kills (.111). Assists: 27 - M. Schmitz 17, Kjergaard 4, Wegner 3. Digs: 52 - M. Schmitz 17, Musich 10, Hendricks 10, Wegner 10, Kjergaard 4.
Red Oak Stat Leaders -- Serving: 63/67 (94.0%), 5 aces - Tory Carrick 15/17 (3 aces), Ashlyn Blackman 15/15, Lennon O’Neal 12/13 (1 ace), Lainey DeVries 10/10. Attacks: 83/88, 36 kills (.352 eff.) - Lexi Johnson 26/28, 14 kills (.429); Liz Carbaugh 12/12, 8 kills (.667); Carrick 11/11, 4 kills (.364). Assists: 32 - Merced Ramirez 14, Jordan Carlson 10. Blocks: 9 - Carbaugh 4 (2 solos), Payten Bass 2, Johnson 2. Digs: 49 - Carrick 12, Blackman 11, Ramirez 8, Johnson 6.