With their season winding down, the JV volleyball girls beat Nicollet but lost to non-conference Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial. But they bounced back to beat Sleepy Eye and then Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther.
Maile Meissner’s kill put the Clippers up 2-0 in game one against visiting Nicollet on October 3. On an ace block a Clipper hit out of bounds and a kill, the Raiders scored the next three points but errored equally after that, and the Clippers never trailed from there.
Anna Lamont’s kill put the Clippers up 6-4. The start of a 6-point run, Kaitlyn Flowers’ push found an open slot. Valentina Rohlfing followed with a service ace, and Meissner dropped in back-to-back kills. With a Jocelyn Kortuem ace tip, the Clippers had a cozy 17-9 advantage.
Down the stretch, Aubrey Blaschko swung for a kill and pushed over an ace. Keira Shipper’s kill set up game point, which happened when the Raiders hit into the net for a 25-13 Clipper triumph.
A Flowers ace serve put the Clippers in front 2-1 in game two. After an Evelyn Keltgen kill, Nicollet capitalized on a pair of Clipper errors and an ace serve for a 6-4 lead.
From there, Blaschko hit another winner, and the Raiders sent the ball out of bounds to stalemate the game 6-6. After missing a serve, the Clippers went on a five-point run, which included a pair of Schipper ace serves, but errored on the next three points, and with an ace serve, the Raiders tied the game 11-11.
After Nicollet hit into the net, Flowers scored on an ace roll for a 13-11 Clipper lead. The Raiders came up with a kill, but the Clippers scored 12 of the next 13 points for a 26-12 victory.
Cheyenne Lotspeich’s ace serve was the first point of a for-practice game three. She flowed up with an ace serve, and with a pair of Blaschko kills and two more Lotspeich ace serves the Clippers were up 6-0 before Nicollet got on the board.
Later, Liviana Lee, up from C squad, swung for a kill for a 7-1 Clipper advantage. The Clippers scored the last five points, which included an ace push and ace serve from Lamont and a Flowers kill. The game ended 15-6 when Nicollet hit out of bounds.
Meisner had five kills, one solo ace block, two digs and one ace serve. Kortuem had three kills,11 assists, four digs and one ace block assist. Schipper had two kills, one solo ace block, one ace block assist and two ace serves. Flowers had five kills, two set assists, two digs and one ace serve. Blaschko had three kills and one dig. Keltgen had one kill. Lamont had two kills, one set assist and one dig. Lotspeich had six set assists, one kill, one dig and three ace serves. Rohlfing had nine digs. Amelia Chmiel had five digs and one ace serve. Lee had one kill.
Four days later, the Clippers got off to a slow start against visiting Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, committing five errors in a five-point Knight run. Flowers swung for back-to-back kills to get the Clippers on the scoreboard. Meissner and Kortuem followed with ace blocks to knot the game 5-5.
The Knights scored the next six points though. A pair of ace serves were winners in the mix. But with service aces from Flowers and Lamont and a Blaschko kill, the Clippers led 11-10.
Winners from Lamont and Lotspeich put the Clippers in front 19-14. The Knights pulled within two, 19-17 but the Clippers scored the next four points with the last two on kills by Flowers and Blaschko.
But down the stretch, the Clippers only scored on a hit out of bounds. They needed one more point for a win but couldn’t put together an over. Keeping the Clippers off balance, the Knights came up with an ace serve and an ace tip before winning the game 26-24 with another ace serve.
With a Meissner ace serve and a Lamont kill in the assortment, the Clippers had a 12-8 advantage in game two, but with the Clippers struggling on their attack, it was all LCWM after. The game ended 25-15 on a Clipper hit out of bounds.
Blaschko had five kills and two digs. Flowers had three kills, one solo ace block, nine digs and three ace serves. Schipper had one kill, two solo ace blocks and two block assists. Rohlfing had nine digs. Chmiel had four digs. Kortuem had 11 set assists, eight digs, one block assist and one ace serve. Chyenne Lotspeich had three digs. Lamont had one kill and two digs. Meissner had one solo ace block, one ace block assist and one ace serve.
An amalgamation of C and JV in its first match this season, the Clipper B squad played after and beat LCWM 25-14, 25-16.
Blaschko had five kills, one block assist, one dig, one set assist and one ace serve in that match. Flowers had four kills, nine digs, one set assist and one ace serve. Lee had six kills, one block assist, two digs and one ace serve. Ava Kluntz had two kills and three ace block assists. Lamont had two kills and one set assist. Cheyenne Lotspeich had 15 set assists, two digs and one ace serve. Jesselynn Milnes had one set assist. Sierra Lotspeich had one set assist. Chmiel had one set assist
At Sleepy Eye on Tuesday, the JV girls won 25-10, 25-19
Kortuem sent over seven ace serves, set up nine points and excavated five digs. Blaschko had nine kills. Flowers had one kill, nine digs and two ace serves. Meissner had three kills, one dig and one ace serve. Cheyenne Lotspeich had one kill, three set assists and one ace serve. Lamont had two kills, five digs and one ace serve. Chmiel had five digs and one set assist. Keltgen had one kill.
Against visiting GHEC/T/ML on Thursday, the JV Clippers won easily, 25-15, 25-12, 15-6.
Flowers had eight kills, one ace block assist, four digs and one ace serve. Chmiel had four digs, two set assists and four ace serves. Cheyenne Lotspeich had five digs, four set assists and four ace serves. Kortuem had 29 set assists, eight digs, one ace block assist and one ace serve. Lamont had 10 digs and three kills. Blaschko had four kills, two ace block assists and four digs. Keltgen had one dig. Meissner had one kill, one solo ace block, one ace block assist and one dig. Schipper had eight kills and one block assist. Lee had three kills. Kluntz had one kill.
The season ends for the JV girls on Monday when they take on visiting Sibley East.
Above: Keira Schipper and Anna Lamont lengthen for a block during the match against Nicollet.
