RAPID CITY – One streak continued and another ended for the Aberdeen Central volleyball team on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Eagles played in another five-set match, however, unlike the previous two, they came up short this time around, dropping a 23-25, 25-13, 26-28, 25-22, 15-10 non-conference decision to Rapid City Stevens.
“We saw some good things from our kids today,” said Central coach Jackie Bindenagel, “but we made too many errors and they came at inconvenient times.”
The Golden Eagles won the first and third sets by the thinnest of margins. They ended up having to rally to secure both of those, but as a result put the pressure on the Raiders the rest of the match.
“Probably the highlight of the day was being down late in sets one and three, 21-23 in both, and scoring four in a row for comeback wins.”
Lauryn Burckhard led the Central offense with 17 kills, followed by Jaidyn Forsyth and Maria Vrooman with nine each.
After a trio of road matches to start off their campaign, the Golden Eagles will have their home opener on Saturday hosting Huron at 2 p.m. at Golden Eagles Arena.
Serving: Aberdeen Central 86-97 7 aces (Camryn Albrecht 18-18 2 aces, Mya Arampatzis 20-20 2 aces, Alivia Miller 16-18 1 ace, Lauryn Burckhard 9-13 1 ace, Taylin Kleffman 8-11 1 ace).
Hitting: Aberdeen Central 126-161 47 kills (Burckhard 46-57 17 kills, Jaidyn Forsyth 19-25 9 kills, Maria Vrooman 19-23 9 kills).
Setting: Aberdeen Central 134-135 43 assists (Miller 64-65 21 assists, Albrecht 51-51 18 assists).
Digs: Aberdeen Central 76 (Kleffman 29, Burckhard 19, Vrooman 12).
Blocks: Aberdeen Central 10 assists (Arampatzis 3, Burckhard 3, Kenadi Withers 2, Karlie Nieman 2).
Record: Aberdeen Central 2-1.
