High School Girls Volleyball
Lady Railers defeat Mount Zion
Win no. 20 is in the books

 

[September 19, 2023] 

The Lady Railers defeated the Mount Zion Braves Monday night in two quick sets, 25-12 and 25-11 the scores.

Set one

Lincoln began to pull away in set one after the score was tied 3-3 early. A tip by Rebecca Burge and two Mount Zion errors put Lincoln in front to stay with the score 6-3. After a kill by Makia Hassebrock later in the set, the Lady Railers held a 9-4 lead. Lincoln used a 4-0 run to take a larger lead over the Braves. The highlight of the run was a kill by Kloe Froebe. With Lincoln up 13-5 the Braves called a timeout. The Lady Railers continued to increase their lead over the Braves with scores of 16-7 and 20-9. The Braves called another timeout with the score 22-11 but this had no ill effect on Lincoln. The Braves buried themselves with errors. Froebe did have one more kill as the game was nearing the end. The set ended on a long serve by the Braves that zoomed past Lincoln’s back row and towards the wall of the gymnasium. Lincoln won the first set rather handily 25-12.

Set two

Lincoln went up 3-1 in set two on the quick set to Froebe, who then earned the kill. After a tip by Alyssa Company, the Lady Railers were up 5-1. Company picked up another point for her team on the kill off the quick set in the middle. A kill by Peyton Sasse made the score 8-2. Burge added two more kills as the Lady Railers were switching things up a bit in the lineup. Lincoln made things look pretty easy with a 12-4 lead. Burge was on a roll from the middle and her third kill of the set put Lincoln up 13-7. Lincoln’s offense really caught fire next and impressively went on an 8-0 run. Hassebrock, Sasse and Froebe each had kills while Taryn Stoltzenburg served three aces to cap off the run at 21-8. Sasse added two more kills at the end of the set and Lincoln was ready to walk off the court at 7:59 p.m. with a 25-11 win.

Coach Kaylee Lowery was pleased to get a win on the road and call it a night early.

“It was a good win,” said Lowery. “We stayed focused and took care of business. We know with being highly ranked that we have a target on our backs and teams are going to come out and give us all they got. We know that we have to come into each game focused and execute. Rebecca Burge has been a huge factor in our last couple wins. Tonight she swung extremely well while providing 6 kills, 1 block, and 2 digs. Kloe Froebe and Peyton Sasse both had 7 kills each and Becca Heitzig and Taryn Stoltzenburg were solid in the back row. It’s great to see us play equally solid. Each player had their moments and it was truly a team win tonight with everyone stepping up and playing their own part and playing it well.”

Lincoln is now 20-2 on the season.

The Lincoln Junior Varsity team defeated Mount Zion in two sets, 25-23 and 25-22.

The Freshman team defeated Mount Zion 19-21, 21-16 and 15-13.

The Lady Railers will welcome the Taylorville Tornadoes to town on Thursday night. This is sure to be a good game between two really good teams. Taylorville finished fourth in the 2022 IHSA Class 3A State Volleyball Tournament.

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

Varsity stats versus Mount Zion

Peyton Sasse 7 kills 5 digs
Kloe Froebe 7 kills 5 digs
Rebecca Burge 6 kills 2 digs 1 block
Alyssa Company 2 kills 2 digs
Addy Qualters 23 assists 3 digs
Taryn Stoltzenburg 8 digs
Becca Heitzig 12 digs
Makia Hassebrock 2 kills 1 block

[Teena Lowery]