Fast starts in sets by Southwestern led the Lady Rebels past Jac-Cen-Del in Thursday’s ORVC volleyball match 3-1: 25-11, 19-25, 26-24, 25-22.
“We played strong for most of the match,” said Southwestern coach Chris Johnson. “Our offense was very clean and ran well with Naylor and Ford leading the way. We needed greater consistency with our serving and defense but it was a good conference win for us.”
Southwestern is 6-3 overall and 1-0 in the ORVC.
“After an extremely slow start in the first set, Jac- Cen-Del fought back to win the second set,” said Jac-Cen-Del coach Cat Schmeltz. “In a close third and fourth set, Southwestern was able to leave Osgood with the win. We continue to struggle to stay consistent with our play. We have played a lot of games in the first four weeks with little time for practice. It is my hope, as we are able to get some additional practice time, it will help us gain consistency. After the first set when we woke up, we played some phenomenal volleyball. But with the slow start to sets, it was too much to come all the way back from. We continue to see progress in overall play which is positive and something we continue to build on.”
Southwestern reported stats:
- Marissa Naylor- 15 kills on 30 for 34 hitting, 16 for 17 serving with 3 aces
- Elle Ford- 13 kills on 35 for 36 hitting, 11 for 13 serving with 2 aces
- Kylie Eccles- 9 kills, 4 aces and 3 digs
- Riley Scroggins- 6 kills on 22 for 25 hitting
Jac-Cen-Del reported stats:
- Serving- Olivia Strunk 14/15 with 5 aces, Julia Meyer 13/13 with 3 aces, Aundrea Cullen 15/16 with 2 aces
- Serve receive- Cullen 33/41, Lexus Jones 14/16, Brailea Kieffer 13/14, J. Meyer 8/8
- Hitting- Desiree Sparks 23/28 with 9 kills, Strunk 16/20 with 5 kills, J. Meyer 18/19 with 5 kills
- Blocks- Karen Nuku 1 solo, Maria Meyer 1 solo, J. Meyer 1 solo
- Setting- Newhart 55 attempts with 13 assists, Katelyn Wagner 36 attempts with 5 assists
- Digs- Cullen 26, Kieffer 11, Wagner 9
Southwestern won the JV match 2-1: 25-22, 16-25 and 15-9.
Southwestern reported stats from coach Bridget Skvara:
- Riley Scroggins- 15 for 15 serving with 6 aces
- Jaden Davidson- 34 for 35 setting with 13 assists and had 5 kills
- Emma Long- 9 for 9 hitting with 8 kills. Raygan Crawford had 8 digs.
We thank coaches Schmeltz, Johnson and Skvara for the information.