Lady Cougars win one, lose one at Manhattan
Centre High School volleyball team traveled to Manhattan Sept. 23 to play Flint Hills Christian School and White City.
The girls defeated Flint Hills in two games with scores of 25-16 and 25-12.
Laura Klenda and Megan Gutsch were leading scorers in game one with four points each. Brianne Stahlecker had eight points in the second game. Rally points were 11 and seven respectively.
Klenda, Jill Fenske, and Gutsch led defensively with 39 successful spikes out of 53 attempts. Stahlecker and Jirak made perfect settings.
The cards were turned when the Lady Cougars played White City. They lost in two games, 9-25 and 13-25.
They had a hard time scoring in the first game with no one individual scoring more than one point. Five rally points were awarded.
In game two, Fenske scored four points, and eight rally points were added.
STATISTICS
Centre vs. Flint Hills
Scoring: Game 1 (25-16), Laura Klenda 4, Megan Gutsch 4, Jackie Klenda 2. Game 2 (25-12), Brianne Stahlecker 8, Fenske 3, Ashley Griffith 2, L. Klenda 2.
Rally points: 11, 7.
Team serving: 22/24; 25/26.
Individual aces: L. Klenda 3, J. Klenda 2; Selena Seifert 1, Fenske 1.
Setting: Stahlecker 10/10, Raschelle Jirak 21/21.
Spikes: L. Klenda 13/16, J. Klenda 3/8, Fenske 14/16; Gutsch 12/13.
Kills/blocks: L. Klenda 9/0, J. Klenda 0/1, Fenske 4/0, Gutsch 5/0, Stahlecker 0/1.
Centre vs. White City
Scoring: Game 1 (9-25), Fenske 1, Stahlecker 1, L. Klenda 1, Gutsch 1. Game 2, Fenske 4, Gutsch1.
Rally points: 5, 8.
Setting: Stahlecker 14/17, Jirak 12/15.
Spikes: L. Klenda 8/15, Gutsch 6/9, Fenske 7/11, J. Klenda 2/3, Alisha Barney 5/6.
Kills/blocks: L. Klenda 3/2, Gutsch 1/3, Jirak 0/1, Fenske 2/0, J. Klenda 1/0, Barney 1/1.
The junior varsity played two games against Flint Hills. They won the first 25-22, including four points by Seifert, three by Tiaira Turner, two each by Gloria Belton, Alyssa Luna, and Chelsey Tajchman,and 12 rally points.
They also won the second (time-limited) game 7-1.
