South Ripley volleys past Jac-Cen-Del in three

In a rare Friday night match for high school volleyball, South Ripley defended its home court and defeated rival Jac-Cen-Del 25-16, 25-10, 25-22.

Jac-Cen-Del coach Cat Schmeltz said the Lady Eagles played evenly with the Raiders through the first half of set one but then struggled through the second half and the majority of set two. JCD was able to mount a comeback and stay close in the third set before eventually losing to the Lady Raiders.

Jac-Cen-Del stat leaders from coach Schmeltz:

Serving- Julia Meyer 12/12 with 2 aces, Emma Newhart 11/12, Aundrea Cullen 6/6
Serve Receive- Cullen 27/30. Brailea Kieffer 14/14, Lexus Jones 15/18
Setting- Newhart 40 attempts with 11 assists, Katelyn Wagner 21 attempts with 6 assists
Attacking- Desiree Sparks 15/22 with 7 kills, Maria Meyer 11/12 with 5 kills, J. Meyer 14/15 with 4 kills
Digs- Cullen 9, Newhart 8, Olivia Strunk 7

South Ripley stat leaders from MaxPreps:

Attacks- Sarah Meyer 24/28, Rachel Meyer 17/22, Kaitlynn Samples 12/12
Kills- S. Meyer 17, R. Meyer 9, Samples 6
Serves- Cassie Franklin 18/20, Brionna Linkel 14/15, Samples 12/13, Lydia Cornett 11/12
Aces- Linkel 3, Samples 3
Total Blocks- R. Meyer 4, Cornett 2
Digs- Cornett 9, Gunter 9, Linkel 6
Assists/sets- Linkel 31/61
Serve Receive- Gunter 13/13, S. Meyer 10/10

We thank coach Schmeltz and South Ripley volleyball via MaxPreps for the information.