High School Girls Volleyball
Lady Railers sweep Lanphier Lions

 

[September 27, 2023] 

Each of the Lady Railers volleyball teams defeated the Lanphier Lions on Tuesday night inside the historic Lober-Nika Gym in Springfield.

The freshman team started the evening off by winning 15-5, 15-2 and 15-3.

The JV team won 25-7 and 25-8.

The Varsity team won 25-6 and 25-2.

Peyton Sasse led the Varsity team with 10 kills.

Alyssa Company had 9 kills.

Kloe Froebe added 8 kills.

The Lady Railers are now 22-2 on the season and 7-0 in the Central State Eight Conference.

Lanphier is really struggling with an 0-19 record this season.

Lincoln will play at University High in Normal on Thursday night.

Going into that contest, Lincoln is ranked no. 1 in the Class 3A MaxPreps poll and U-High is ranked no. 2 in the poll.

U-High has a 20-2 overall record.

The two teams are also in the running for the CS8 championship this season. Lincoln currently has a 7-0 conference record and U-High has a 6-0 conference record.

In less than 25 minutes the Lady Railers defeated Lanphier inside the Lober-Nika Gym. The historic gym will be demolished as soon as the new gym is completed.

Get in the gym early as it is sure to be packed!

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

It is also worth mentioning that according to MaxPreps, senior setter Addison Qualters leads the state with 534 assists and senior libero/defensive specialist Becca Heitzig leads the state with 237 digs.

Varsity stats versus Lanphier

Sasse 10 kills 5 digs 1 block
Company 9 kills 2 blocks
Froebe 8 kills 2 digs
Qualters 25 assists 2 digs 1 kill 1 block
Heitzig 12 digs 2 assists
Bowman 4 digs
Tedrick 2 digs 1 assist
Burge 2 kills
Holmes 4 digs
Stoltzenburg 3 digs
Long 1 dig
Hassebrock 1 kill

[Teena Lowery]