High School Girls Volleyball
Lady Railers dominant in win over Southeast

 

[August 30, 2023] 

The Lady Railers dominated the Springfield Southeast Spartans on Tuesday night in Central State Eight volleyball action. In fact, Peyton Sasse led all players with 11 kills and she was definitely in control every time she touched the ball as the Lady Railers Varsity won 25-7 and 25-10.

Varsity

Set one

Sasse was just getting warmed up when she notched her first kill of set one to make the score 5-3. A kill from Alyssa Company in the middle added another point. With Addy Qualters serving, the Lady Railers lead would increase to 11-3. Kloe Froebe also had a kill during this run. Lily Holmes recorded her first kill of the set to make the score 12-4. With Company at the service line, the lead increased to 14-4. She has perhaps the most wicked serve on the team. Another kill by Sasse put Lincoln in a double-digit lead, 15-5 the score. With Sasse and friends playing lights out the remainder of the set, the Lady Railers were able to cruise to a 25-7 victory.

Set two

Sasse was on fire to start set two and she really never let up. Her first two kills were literally hit so hard that you could hear the ball deflate as it hit the court on the other side of the net. She can absolutely annihilate the volleyball. Lincoln was on the board with a quick 2-0 lead. Then back-to-back kills by Sasse and Company put Lincoln up 4-2. After a tip by Company, the Lady Railers were up 6-2. Lincoln then went on a 6-1 run with Sasse, Froebe and Company creating the highlights. Sasse’s was a kill, Froebe’s was a tip (and even the JV team cheering said, “That was good!”) and finally Company earned a point for her team with a magnificent block from the middle and then she did a slide, that resulted in a kill and another point.

Perfect set by Qualters on that play. The team was obviously having a blast with the score 11-3. With Froebe serving consistently in the middle of the set, the score would reach 19-8. Sasse tallied a couple monster kills to make the score 21-9. Sasse would even end the game on a kill, no surprise here. Although, it took about thirty- seconds of standing around waiting for the referee and the Southeast coach to settle their differences, before Stoltzenburg could serve game point.

The Southeast coach had already received a yellow card in set one, and it’s a good bet the referee was telling him, “You need to calm down” here in set two as the game was nearly over. Game point was quick, as Stoltzenburg’s serve was received well and the Lady Railers offense was quick to see Froebe pass it off to Qualters and she put it in the air for Sasse to hammer down.

The Southeast defender laid herself out on the floor, making a good effort for the ball, but she missed and quickly sprung up as if she was just doing a quick push-up.

The Lincoln players were quick to the net to shake hands and exit the gym with a 25-10 win.

One really nice thing about being back in the CS8 is leaving a sporting event while it is still daylight out. The game was over at 7:48 p.m. and the players were back on the bus just ahead of 8:00 p.m.

Head coach Kaylee Beekman offered these post game comments, as her team improved to 2-0 in the Central State Eight:

“The girls did a great job playing through the constant momentum shifts throughout the night. Taryn Stoltzenburg had a great game defensively. Addy Qualters ran the offense very well and Peyton Sasse led the team with 11 kills and 6 digs.”

The Varsity team improved to 3-0 overall on the season.

The Lady Railers Junior Varsity won 25-7 and 25-13.

They improved to 3-0 on the season.

The Lady Railers Freshman played three sets to 15 and won each set. The scores were 15-10, 15-4 and 15-9.

They are now 3-4 on the season.

Lincoln will host Jacksonville on Thursday night.

Freshman @ 5:00 p.m.
Junior Varsity @ 6:00 p.m.
Varsity @ 7:00 p.m.

Varsity stats versus Springfield Southeast

Peyton Sasse 11 kills 6 digs
Alyssa Company 5 kills 1 block
Rebecca Burge 5 kills 1 block
Kloe Froebe 2 kills 4 digs
Taryn Stoltzenburg 8 digs 1 assist
Addy Qualters 18 assists 6 digs
Becca Heitzig 5 digs 1 assist
Lily Holmes 2 kills
Makia Hassebrock 1 dig

[Teena Lowery]