High School Girls Volleyball
Lady Railers earn second place in Edwardsville tournament

 

[September 05, 2023] 

The Lady Railers volleyball team had a busy weekend on the court at the 2023 Tiger Classic Volleyball Tournament in Edwardsville. They played five matches and ended the weekend with a 4-1 tournament record.

After winning two matches on Friday night, the Lady Railers defeated Pleasant Plains and Breese Central before falling to Lincoln Way West in the championship of the Tiger Classic on Saturday afternoon.

On Saturday morning the Lady Railers defeated Pleasant Plains 25-17 and 25-16. Peyton Sasse led Lincoln with 14 kills.

Saturday afternoon the Lady Railers defeated Breese Central in three sets, 15-25, 25-16 and 15-13 the scores. Peyton Sasse led the team with 15 kills versus Breese Central.

In the championship match Saturday afternoon Lincoln fell short against Lincoln Way West, losing in two sets. Those scores were 25-18 and 25-17. Peyton Sasse had 8 kills and Kloe Froebe had 7 kills versus Lincoln Way West.

Junior Peyton Sasse was named to the All-Tournament team for her outstanding performance in the tournament.

Senior Addy Qualters also surpassed 1,000 assists in her career this weekend.

Lincoln head coach Kaylee Lowery was pleased with her team’s performance in Edwardsville.

“Overall we had a great weekend,” said Lowery. “I can’t complain about getting second place amongst a tournament filled with great competition. It was our first real challenge of the season and sadly by the end the girls were a little tired and we didn’t get the win. Lincoln Way West and Breese Central were great teams and we played some other great teams.

"The good thing about it was that it highlighted some of our weak points, so now we know what we need to work on and what we need to improve on. We plan to learn from this weekend and be better because of it. Peyton Sasse had an incredible weekend. She made the all-tournament team and had 62 kills and 25 digs this weekend. Addy Qualters also had a fantastic weekend joining the 1,000 point club (she is now at 1,043 career assists) and had 111 of those assists this weekend. All of our wins were a complete team effort.”

Overall tournament stats highlighted:

Addy Qualters 111 assists

Becca Heitzig 60 digs

Peyton Sasse 62 kills 25 digs

Kloe Froebe 45 digs 31 kills

Rebecca Burge 11 kills 2 blocks

Alyssa Company 16 kills 2 blocks

Taryn Stoltzenburg 25 digs

Lily Holmes 11 kills 4 digs

Lincoln is now 8-1 on the season.

The Lady Railers will play at Rochester tonight.

Freshman @ 5:00 p.m.

JV @ 6:00 p.m.

Varsity at 7:00 p.m.

Stats versus Pleasant Plains

Peyton Sasse 14 kills 5 digs 2 blocks

Kloe Froebe 4 kills 8 digs 1 assist

Addy Qualters 21 assists 1 kill 9 digs

Alyssa Company 5 kills 1 block

Rebecca Burge 2 kills 1 assist

Becca Heitzig 12 digs 4 assists

Taryn Stoltzenburg 4 digs

Lily Holmes 4 kills

Stats versus Breese Central

Peyton Sasse 15 kills 3 digs 1 block

Kloe Froebe 5 kills 6 digs

Addy Qualters 22 assists 4 digs 2 kills

Alyssa Company 3 kills 3 digs 1 block 1 assist

Rebecca Burge 2 kills 1 dig 1 block

Becca Heitzig 10 digs 2 assists

Taryn Stoltzenburg 4 digs

Lily Holmes 2 kills 1 dig

Stats versus Lincoln Way West

Peyton Sasse 8 kills 4 digs

Kloe Froebe 7 kills 8 digs

Addy Qualters 19 assists 1 dig

Alyssa Company 1 kill

Rebecca Burge 1 kill

Becca Heitzig 14 digs

Taryn Stoltzenburg 5 digs

Lily Holmes 2 kills

[Teena Lowery with photos by Dana Holmes, Lady Railer Volleyball]