Centre volleyball team continues mixed play
The Lady Cougars traveled to White City Sept. 29 for a triangular meet.
Centre defeated Flint Hills Christian of Manhattan in two games with scores of 15-2 and 15-5 and lost to White City in two games, 6-15 and 5-15.
In the first game with Flint Hills, Brianne Stahlecker led scoring with six points, followed by Ashlee Bowman with four and Jill Fenske and Andrea Kleiber with two each. Laura Klenda served for seven in game two, and Raschelle Jirak had five. Heiser spiked the ball a total of six times in as many attempts.
White City proved to be a tougher opponent. Game one saw Stahlecker and Bowman score two points each. Jill Fenske scored three points in the second game.
Centre vs. Flint Hills
Team serving: Game 1 18/21; Game 2 22/23.
Scoring: Game 1, Stahlecker 6, Bowman 4, Fenske 2, Kleiber 2; Game 2, Klenda, 7, Jirak 5.
Individual aces: Jirak 5, Stahlecker 4, Klenda 3, Kleiber 1, Fenske 1.
Setting: Stahlecker 12/12, 6 for a kill; Jirak 9/9, 3 for a kill.
Spikes completed/attempted: Klenda 7/10, Heiser 6/6, Bowman 7/9, Jirak 1/1, Fenske 2/3.
Kills/blocks: Klenda 4/1, Heiser 2/0, Bowman 6/0.
Centre vs. White City
Team serving: Game 1, 17/21; Game 2, 11/14.
Scoring: Game 1, Stahlecker 2, Bowman 2; Game 2, Fenske 3.
Individual aces: Klenda l, Stahlecker 1.
Setting: Stahlecker 18/19, 6 for akill; Jirak 13/13, 6 for a kill.
Spikes completed/attempted: Klenda 16/18, Heiser 8/10, Bowman 4/8, Jirak 1/1, Fenske 4/4.
Kills/blocks: Klenda 6/3, Heiser 2/5, Bowman 2/0, Jirak 0/2, Fenske 1/2.
In a junior varsity match with White City, Centre lost in two games with scores of 8-15 and 5-10. In game one, Jenna Beneke score four points and Kleiber three. In the second game, Jackie Klenda served for two points and Kleiber, Heiser, and Ashley Griffith scored one each.
Herington Invitational
Herington High School hosted an invitational volleyball meet Saturday. Centre was defeated by Herington and Abilene in two games each, but defeated Cair Peravel in three.
In game one of the match with 3A Herington, Jirak served for three points and Fenske for one. Jirak had two individual aces and Klenda had one. Centre lost 4-15.
The girls continued to struggle in game two, as they were handily defeated 5-15. Bowman scored three points and Jirak and Klenda scored one each.
Centre had somewhat of a better showing in the first game of the match with 5A Abilene. They lost 10-15, but could only muster two points in the second game, leaving the score 2-15.
The third match, with Cair Peravel, was more to the Lady Cougars' liking with scores of 15-8, 10-15, and 15-6.
In the first game, Fenske was leading scorer with six points, followed by Stahlecker with five and Jirak with two.
Game two found Bowman with five points and Stahlecker with three. In the final game, Bowman had six points, Stahlecker four, and Jackie Klenda two.
Laura Klenda had a total of 18 spikes out of 25 attempts and Bowman had 12 out of 16.
Centre vs. Herington
Team serving: Game 1 10/10, Game 2 8/10.
Scoring: Game 1, Jirak 3, Fenske, 1; Game 2, Bowman 3, Jirak 1, J. Klenda 1.
Setting: Stahlecker 10/10, 1 for a kill; Jirak 19/20, 5 for a kill.
Individual aces: Jirak 2, L. Klenda 1.
Spikes completed/attempted: L. Klenda 11/15, Stephanie Heiser 4/5, Bowman 7/7, Jirak 1/1, Fenske 3/3
Kills/blocks: L. Klenda 1/3, Heiser 0/3, Bowman 3/0, Fenske 0/2.
Centre vs. Abilene
Team serving: Game 1 21/23, Game 2 9/9.
Scoring: Game 1 Kleiber 4, Klenda 2; Game 2, Jirak 1, Klenda 1.
Individual aces: J. Klenda 1, Kleiber 1.
Setting: Stahlecker 5/7, 0 for kill; Jirak 23/24, 2 for kill.
Spikes completed/attempted: Klenda 5/6, Heiser 2/4, Bowman 7/8, Fenske 7/8.
Kills/blocks: Klenda 2/2, Heiser 0/1, Bowman 1/1.
Centre vs. Cair Peravel
Scoring: Game 1, Fenske 6, Stahlecker 5, Jirak 2; Game 2, Bowman 5, Stahlecker 3; Game 3, Bowman 6, Stahlecker 4, J. Klenda 2.
Team serving: Game 1 22/22, Game 2 18/20, Game 3 22/23.
Setting: Stahlecker 19/19, 6 for a kill; Jirak 36/37, 10 for a kill.
Completed/attempted spikes: L. Klenda 18/25, Heiser 2/2, Bowman 12/16, Fenske 4/7, J. Klenda 3/4.
Kills/blocks: L. Klenda 13/2, Bowman 4/0, Fenske 0/1, Klenda 1/0.
The team is now six and nine on the season.
