Area volleyball roundup: Rawlins County. Oberlin

Rawlins County

spikers rout

WaKeeney

WaKEENEY, Kan. -- The Rawlins County volleyball squad came out strong during their first matches of the season Tuesday night at WaKeeney-Trego.

The Buffs defeated WaKeeney 25-14, 25-7.

"The girls were excited and that showed throughout the match," said Rawlins County coach Kelley Dewey.

"The Lady Buffs did an excellent job at the net, and keyed in on who they needed to. The Lady Buffs did a great job all-around."

Oberlin

volleyball

1-2 at Oakley

OAKLEY -- The Oberlin High School varsity volleyball team posted a 1-2 record at the Oakley Traingular Tuesday.

The Red Devils now have a 3-3 record on the young season.

The Red Devils lost to Phillipsburg 25-23, 25-19 and Oakley 25-20, 25-20 and defeated Leoti 25-20, 25-18.

The Oberlin junior varsity lost to Phillipsburg 18-25, 25-22, 25-22 and Oakley 25-14, 25-21.

The Oberlin ninth grade squad lost to Leoti's JV 25-13, 25-23.

Oberlin Varsity Stats:

Oberlin vs. Phillipsburg

Top Server: Tricia Dorshorst 10/10

Top Passer: Lauren Fortin 18/20 with 2 digs

Top Setter: Heather Williams 49/52

Top Hitter: Kaitlyn Stapp 7/7 with 4 kills

Top Blocker: Lydia Karnopp 7 point blocks

Comments from Oberlin coach

Pat Dorshorst on

Phillipsburg match:

"Oberlin played extremely well early in the match. In the first game we had a 22-14 lead.

"We got out of our rhythm and started playing their off speed game. With our size we need to stay aggressive and powerful at the net to defeat other teams."

Oberlm Vs. Leoti

Top Server: Christa Hardy 6/6 with 1 ace

Top Passer: Kaitlyn Stapp 20/20 with 7 digs

Top Setter: Heather Williams 32/34

Top Hitler: Emmie Pauls 8/8 with 4 kills

Top Blocker: Lydia Kamopp 5 point blocks

Comments on Leoti match:

"We played consistently the entire match against Leoti. We dominated the net like we needed to and stayed aggressive through most of the match.

For the first time when a team was making a charge at getting back in the match we fought them off for the win.

Oberlin Vs. Oakley

Top Server: Tricia Dorshorst 11/11

Top Passer: Lauren Fortin 20/21 with 9 digs

Top Setter: Heather Williams 30/30

Top Hitter: Lydia Kamopp 8/9 with 5 kills

Top Blocker: LydiaKamopp 3 point blocks

Comments on Oakley match:

"We were very fatigued when we played Oakley. It was late and we had just played the Leoti match.

"We did some good things but we were not in condition to play back to back matches in a hot gym.

"Oakley made some nice save on some of our power hits and we were not ready for the quick return.

"They scrapped well against us, we did not have the energy late in the match to fight back."