Launch the media gallery 1 playerLady Spartans Travel to Plainview for Round Robin
August 31, 2022
The Lady Spartans traveled to Plainview on Saturday August 27th to open the 2022 season in a 4 team round robin. Match one saw Boyd County taking on Stuart. BC struggled in serve receive which resulted in very little offense for the match. BC works to find a grove with a youthful Spartan team. Lady Spartans lost 10-25, 16-25. Amelia Hoffman had 2 kills with Paige Drueke and Mazee Johnson adding 1 each. Blocking was led by Leah Jockens 4 and Brynn Almgren 3. Lanie Lechtenberg and Drueke (1 ace) each had 3 service points. Almgren recorded 5 set assists. Hoffman notched 8 digs while Johnson had 7.
The second match of the day saw a match up with Plainview. The Spartans showed improvement all over the court and made a late charge in set one. Despite some hustling efforts, they dropped both sets, 22-25 and 15-25. Defense and coverage improved, but too many hitting errors plagued the Spartans. Defensively Drueke and Hoffman dug up 13 and 10 balls, with Johnson and Almgren each knocking down 2 blocks each. Elizabeth Bernt had 8 set assists with Almgren adding 6. Hoffman and Drueke led the way attacking with 6 and 4 kills. Hoffman had 6 service points (1 ace), Almgren (1 ace) and Bernt added 4 service points each.
Match 3 on the day for the Lady Spartans paired them against C1 Columbus Scotus. Boyd County continued to show improvement on the day and really competed well, taking a lead during both sets. In the end, the Shamrocks would prevail and win in two, 20-25, 20-25. Drueke was all over on defense and pulled up 15 digs with Almgren adding 10. Johnson, Almgren, Jockens and Sabrina Ziebro each had 1 block. Hoffman had 5 kills, Drueke 4 and Jockens added 3. Bernt had 7 set assists. Overall, the Lady Spartans continued to improve all day and grow as a team unit.
In JV action, Boyd County lost to Plainview 18-25, 21-25 and Columbus Scotus 10-25, 9-25.
