It was quite a volleyball contrast for Spring Grove, which began the week with a home victory versus winless and hapless Schaeffer Academy (0-2, 0-1 SEC) and then went on the road to take on state-ranked No. 2 Mabel-Canton (9-0, 3-0 SEC). The Lions overwhelmed those Schaeffer Lions, 3-0 (25-9, 25-4, 25-8) and then won the first set at Mabel-Canton before being overtaken by the Cougars, 3-1 (25-22 SG, 25-20 MC, 25-15 MC, 25-19 MC). In a battle for the league lead, it was the first setback of the season for Spring Grove (3-1, 3-1 SEC), and Mabel-Canton remained the only SEC team without a loss.
Photo by Lee Epps
SG 3, Schaeffer 0 (25-9, 25-4, 25-8)
It was decided with the serve. Spring Grove served a whopping 27 aces and with 12 service errors, scored most of the visitors’ 21 total points. Each of the six SG servers had at least two aces. Emerson Ingvalson served three times with two aces. Kendal VanMinsel scored with six aces on only 12 servers, Jada Strinmoen five aces on 11 serves and Katie Klug four instant winners on only seven serves.
Schaeffer managed only 28 attacks, while Grove scored with 28 kills. Joelle Halverson scored with eight kills on only nine attacks (no errors), Ingvalson six kills with only eight attacks and VanMinsel 4 kills on only seven attempts (no errors).
The B-team defeated Schaeffer 2-0; the junior high Red Team won 2-1
Mabel-Canton 3, SG 1
It was an exhilarating start and first-set win for Spring Grove, but overall, the Cougars were the better handlers, mounting 21 more attacks, resulting in 10 more kills. Each team served 90%, but serve receive was strong, and aces were difficult to achieve (MC 7, SG 2). Both squads served more errors than aces.
Neeley was the most efficient Lion at the net (47% efficiency) with 18 kills. Hailey Normann (30%) put away 12 kills and VanMinsel had 36 assists. Sydney Holland was busy on defense with 19 digs while Katelyn Kraus dug 13 times along with 11 digs from Halverson and 10 from VanMinsel.
In set one (25-22), each team had 15 kills, two blocks and no ace serves. The Lions had three fewer errors and won by three points. Grove led 17-10 before the Cougars fought back within one (22-21) before the Lions prevailed with kills from Normann and Neeley.
In set two (25-20), Spring Grove had both the most kills but also the most total errors and fell by five points. It was tied for the seventh time at 19 before four Lion errors helped the Cougars close with a 6-to-1 run.
In set three (25-15), the Lion offense created the fewest attacks and fewest kills of the match. Mabel-Canton led throughout and won comfortably by 10.
In set four (25-19), the Lions led early 6-1, but the Cougars used six straight kills on only seven attacks to move ahead 21-16. With three more earned points and three fewer errors, Mabel-Canton won by six.
The Lions won the B-team match, 2-0 while the C-teams tied 1-1. In junior high, Mabel-Canton defeated both the Lion Red team 2-1 and the Black team 3-0.
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Match Totals vs. Schaeffer Academy
Earned Points: SG 58 (28K, 3B, 27A), SA 7 (4K, 3A)
Total Errors: SG 14, SA 19
Attacks: SG 43, SA 28
Kills/Errors: SG 28/1, SA 4/9
Hitting Efficiency: SG 63%, SA 0%
Ace Blocks: SG 3, SA 0
Serving: SG 84% (62-74), SA 77% (17-22)
Aces/Errors: SG 27/12, SA 3/5
Digs: SG 14, SA 13
Lion INDIVIDUALS: Digs 14: Sydney Holland 3, Joelle Halverson 3, Kendal VanMinsel 2, Emerson Ingvalson 1, Katelyn Kraus 1, Katie Klug 1, Jordis Neeley 1, Izabel Kaufmann 1, Jada Strinmoen 1
Set Assists 26: Kendal VanMinsel 15, Jada Strinmoen 6, Sydney Holland 3 , Jordis Neeley 1, Joelle Halverson 1
Kills 28: Joelle Halverson 8, Emerson Ingvalson 6, Hailey Normann 5, Kendal VanMinsel 4, Jordis Neeley 2, Brinley Middendorf 2, Katelyn Kraus 1
Hitting efficiency Leaders (K-E/att): Brinley Middendorf 100% (2-0/2); Joelle Halverson 88% (8-0/9); Hailey Normann 83% (5-0/6); Emerson Ingvalson 68% (6-1/8); Kendal VanMinsel 57% (4-0/7); Jordis Neeley 40% (2-0/5); Katelyn Kraus 33% (1-0/3)
Ace Blocks 3: Kylie Hammel 1.5; Joelle Halverson 1.0; Brinley Middendorf 0.5
Service Aces 27: Kendal VanMinsel 6, Jada Strinmoen 5, Izabel Kaufmann 6, Katie Klug 4, Jordis Neeley 4, Emerson Ingvalson 2
Serving 84% (62-74): Emerson Ingvalson 100% (3-3); Joelle Halverson 100% (3-3); Katelyn Kraus 100% (2-2); Brinley Middendorf 100% (3-3); Katie Klug 86% (6-7); Kendal VanMinsel 83% (10-12); Jada Strinmoen 82% (9-11); Jordis Neeley 82% (9-11); Izabel Kaufmann 80% (12-15); Sydney Holland 75% (3-4) ; Kylie Hammel 67% (2-3)
Scoring 58: Kendal VanMinsel 10.0 (4K, 6A); Joelle Halverson 9.0 (8K, 1B); Emerson Ingvalson 8.0 (6K, 2A); Jordis Neeley 6.0 (2K, 4A); Izabel Kaufmann 6.0 (6A); Hailey Normann 5.0 (5K); Jada Strinmoen 5.0 (5A); Katie Klug 4.0 (4A); Brinley Middendorf 2.5 (2K, 0.5 B); Kylie Hammel 1.5 (1.5 B); Katelyn Kraus 1.0 (1K)
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Match Totals vs. Mabel-Canton
Earned Points: SG 54 (45K, 7B, 2A,) MC 67 (55K, 5B, 7A)
Total Errors: SG 35, MC 32
Attacks: SG 140, MC 161
Kills/Errors: SG 45/18, MC 55/19
Hitting Efficiency: SG 19%, MC 22%
Ace Blocks: SG 7, MC 5
Serving: SG 90% (72-80), MC 90% (86-96)
Aces/Errors: SG 2/8, MC 7/10
Digs: SG 75, MC 23
Lion INDIVIDUALS: Digs 75: Sydney Holland 19, Katelyn Kraus 13, Joelle Halverson 11, Kendal VanMinsel 10, Izabel Kaufmann 8, Jordis Neeley 7, Hailey Normann 4, Emerson Ingvalson 3
Set Assists 44: Kendal VanMinsel 36, Sydney Holland 4 , Katelyn Kraus 2, Emerson Ingvalson 1, Izabel Kaufmann 1
Kills 45: Jordis Neeley 18, Hailey Normann 12, Joelle Halverson 8, Katelyn Kraus 4, Kendal VanMinsel 2, Emerson Ingvalson 1
Hitting efficiency Leaders (K-E/att): Jordis Neeley 47% (18-4/30); Hailey Normann 30% (12-4/27); Joelle Halverson 13% (8-4/30); Katelyn Kraus 13% (4-2/15); Emerson Ingvalson 8% (1-0/12)
Ace Blocks: Katelyn Kraus 2.0 (1 solo, 2 assists); Emerson Ingvalson 1.0 (assists); Kendal VanMinsel 1.0 (2 assists); Jordis Neeley 1.5 (3 assists); Joelle Halverson 1.5 (3 assists)
Service Aces 2: Kendal VanMinsel 1, Jordis Neeley 1
Serving: Jordis Neeley 100% (12-12); Jada Strinmoen 100% (1-1); Sydney Holland 96% (22-23)
Joelle Halverson 93% (14-15); Kendal VanMinsel 92% (12-13); Izabel Kaufmann 78% (7-9); Katie Klug 57% (4-7).
Scoring 54: Jordis Neeley 20.5 (18K, 1.5 B, 1A); Hailey Normann 12.0 (12K); Joelle Halverson 9.5 (8K, 1.5 B)’ Katelyn Kraus 6.0 (4K, 2B); Kendal VanMinsel 4.0 (2K, 1B, 1A); Emerson Ingvalson 2.0 (1K, 1B)
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Spring Grove varsity
W at Southland 3-0
W vs. Houston 3-0
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 3-0
L at Mabel-Canton 1-3
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Spring Grove B-team
W vs. Southland 2-0
W vs. Houston 2-0
W vs. Schaffer 2-0
W vs. Mabel-Canton 2-0
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Spring Grove C-team
W vs. Southland 2-0
W vs. Houston 2-0
T vs. Mabel-Canton 1-1
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Junior High Red
L vs. Southland 0-2
W vs. Houston 2-0
W vs. Schaeffer 2-1
L vs. Mabel-Canton 1-2
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Junior High Black
L vs. Southland 0-2
W vs. Houston 2-0
L vs. Mabel-Canton 0-3
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