South Ripley won the ORVC Volleyball title outright at 6-0 Thursday. The Raiders avoided a potential three-way split with 5-1 Southwestern and 4-2 Shawe by defeating the Hilltoppers 3-1: 30-32, 25-14, 25-20 and 25-19.
South Ripley’s Brionna Linkel’s 37 assists Thursday pushed her over 1500 for her career.
Stat leaders via MaxPreps:
- Kills- (SR) Sarah Meyer 20, Rachel Meyer 15, Katelynn Samples 8; (SM) Emmaline Leatherman 23, Lina Leatherman 15, Allison Knoebel
- Aces- (SR) Lydia Cornett 2, Samples 2, R. Meyer 2; (SM) L. Leatherman 3, Knoebel 2, Harlee Hill 2
- Total Blocks- (SR) R. Meyer 5, Brionna LInkel 2, Gracie Gunter 2; (SM) E. Leatherman 16, Hill 6, L. Leatherman 6
- Digs- (SR) Cornett 17, Linkel 7, R. Meyer 7; (SM) Lauren Grote 18, Hill 15, Knoebel 10
- Assists- (SR) Linkel 37; (SM) Hill 42
- Serve Receive- (SR) Cornett 23, Gunter 20, R. Meyer 17; (SM) Knoebel 34, L. Leatherman 21, E. Leatherman 12, Grote 11
The South Ripley junior varsity, who also won the ORVC Thursday after topping Shawe 2-1, is now the winningest JV volleyball program in school history with 21 wins.
We thank both volleyball programs and South Ripley assistant coach Kyle Jolly for the information. We thank Lori Samples via Facebook for the photo.