SELBY – In a match that featured plenty of twists and turns, Herreid-Selby Area found the path to victory in a marathon against Aberdeen Roncalli Tuesday night.
The Wolverines edged Roncalli 25-27, 25-19, 18-25, 25-22, 15-10 in non-conference volleyball action in the regular-season finale for both teams.
“Honestly, tonight we knew was going to be a tough matchup,” said Roncalli coach Leesa Ware, “and we knew Herreid-Selby is a strong offensive and defensive team, but we played some of our best volleyball.”
The Cavaliers pulled out the first set in extra points, before HSA evened the match by taking the second set.
Again, Roncalli took a set lead by grabbing the third set and the Wolverines won the fourth to force a deciding fifth set. The Wolverines secured that set to capture the match.
HSA’s Jordyn Rossow led all players with 25 kills, while Breanna Jochim contributed 20. The Wolverines capped their regular season with a 23-6 record.
Roncalli’s Elyana Roach set a new school record with 61 set assists in the match, eclipsing the previous mark set by Maddie Huber.
The Cavaliers received 16 kills from Jillian Ellwein, 15 from Grace Cogley, and 12 from Rylee Voeller.
Roncalli takes a 16-11 record into next week’s Region 1A tourney.
“I told the girls we are right where we need to be heading into postseason,” Ware said. “I’m super proud of them tonight and they fought very hard. We just got a late start in the fifth set.”
Serving: Aberdeen Roncalli 95-103 4 aces (Rylee Voeller 19-21 3 aces, Morgan Helms 5-5 1 ace); Herreid-Selby Area 102-106 4 aces (Breanna Jochim 14-16 1 ace, Brookly Helm 20-20 1 ace, Alyssa Kaup 21-22 1 ace, Katie Allbee 23-23 1 ace).
Hitting: Aberdeen Roncalli 167-194 72 kills (Jillian Ellwein 37-42 16 kills, Grace Cogley 37-40 15 kills, Voeller 48-57 12 kills); Herreid-Selby Area 196-217 55 kills (Jordyn Rossow 65-72 25 kills, Jochim 67-73 20 kills, Jessie Johnson 20-25 6 kills).
Setting: Aberdeen Roncalli (Elyana Roach 159-159 61 assists); Herreid-Selby Area 197-200 43 assists (Allbee 182-184 41 assists).
Digs: Aberdeen Roncalli 136 (Voeller 29, Cambry Feickert 26, Gabby Thomas 17); Herreid-Selby Area 150 (Kaup 37, Jochim 30, Rossow 29, Helm 23, Allbee 21).
Blocks: Aberdeen Roncalli 2 solo 10 assists (Thomas 2 solo 3 assists, Karsyn Davis 2 assists, Cogley 2 assists); Herreid-Selby Area 2 solo 10 assists (Rossow 1 solo 4 assists, Johnson 1 solo 4 assists, Allbee 2 assists).
Records: Aberdeen Roncalli 16-11; Herreid-Selby Area 23-6.
