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Luverne hosted Hills-Beaver Creek on Tuesday, Oct. 18, for a cross-county volleyball contest that resulted in a four-game win for the Cardinals with scores of 25-14, 25-22, 23-25 and 25-16.
Coach Sarah DeBeer was able to get everyone on the roster in to play during the night.
Carly Olson recorded 14 digs and completed 22 of 23 serves with one ace from the service line.
Christina Wagner assisted the Cards with two solo blocks, one block assist, 20 of 20 completed serves and three aces.
Elizabeth Wagner played a strong game at the net with six kills and one solo block.
Anja Jarchow led LHS with nine kills. Kamryn Van Batavia recorded 13 digs in the four games. Emma Beyer and Averill Sehr charted 19 and 14 set assists respectively.
Despite losing in four sets, the H-BC players enjoyed one of their best games of the season.
“H-BC showed lots of hustle and better communication,” observed contributing sportswriter Joni Deelstra.
“They are seeing the court better and finding the open spots. One area that the Patriots have struggled with but improved on in this game was blocking.”
She said Lanae Elbers came up huge for H-BC in the third set win with three of her four blocks in the third set along with an ace serve, two kills, and a tip to an open spot to score.
With the help of H-BC setter Bailey Spykerboer, Layla Deelstra played a strong front row and led the team with nine kills.
H-BC’s libero, Grace Anderson, who seldom gets a chance to register a kill, was able to tally two kills for the night.
Elly Klosterbuer was 17/17 serving with one ace and nine digs.
Grace Anderson went 6 of 7 serving with one ace and 13 digs.
Bailey Spykerboer had two kills, four digs, one block, and 22 set assists.
Lanae Elbers was 5/8 serving with one ace, five kills, four blocks and 16 digs.
Larissa Steinhoff had five kills and three blocks.
Brynn Rauk registered three kills and four set assists.
Layla Deelstra was 5/8 serving with one ace, nine kills and one block.
Senior night for Cardinals
The Oct. 18 contest in Luverne included Cardinals’ senior recognition at the final home game of the season.
Luverne’s roster features 12 seniors, including Anja Jarchow, Emma Beyer, Carly Olson, Kamryn Van Batavia, Christina Wagner, Averill Sehr, Elizabeth Wagner, Reese Louwagie, Mallory Von Tersch, Justice Arhendt, Josie Anderson, and Abby Anderson.
The Cardinals travel to Redwood Falls on Friday, Oct. 28, for the first round of playoffs.
Coach DeBeer said she and the team are looking forward to seeing Redwood again, and she said she feels the Cardinals will show up to the match looking like a different team than their last outing against Redwood.
“Our regular season started off strong and then hit a roadblock in the middle of the season,” she said.
“The Cardinals lost some games they really needed to win. We ended our season strong and continued to improve with every game.”
The Cardinals finished the regular season with a record of 15 wins and seven losses.
HBC Star Herald sportswriter Joni Deelstra contributed to this story.