Uniontown High’s Eagles collected two more wins to go to 21-2 on the season. They are no longer No. 1 ranked in Class 2A.
That’s because as of Monday when the Kansas State High School Activities Association released the classifications for 2010-2011, Uniontown High is in Class 3A.
Uniontown’s volleyball team is now ranked fifth in Class 3A. Phillipsburg (17-0), Atchinson County Community (15-0), Osage City (19-1) and Sedgwick (22-2) sit ahead of the Eagles in the Kansas Volleyball Association poll.
The Eagles’ two wins Tuesday were Three Rivers League matches. They beat Marmaton Valley 25-9, 25-13 and host Chetopa 25-13, 25-3.
“We had a good evening of volleyball as the girls really worked at playing our game,” said Jackie Hall, Uniontown head coach. “Jessica Murrow had an awesome night serving.”
Murrow had nine consecutive serves in each game against Marmaton Valley and finished with 17 service points. She had 35 service points against Chetopa and 11 came from ace serves.
In the Marmaton Valley match, Jacy Ermel had four kills and Hayden Rathbun had three kills. Tayler Shook was credited with six set assists and Tiffany Poyner had 16 digs.
“We struggled all the way around in the two matches,” said Lindsay Ermel, MVHS head coach on Tuesday’s matches. “We also had to make a new lineup on the bus going to Chetopa because we were without Hannah Endicott.”
Against Uniontown, the Wildcats got five ace serves from Maggie Meiwes and Cheyanne Miller had three ace serves and two kills. Kailey Boyd had 12 digs and Kacie Shadden had five digs.
“We did a good job of shutting down Jacy Ermel, Uniontown’s big hitter, but we couldn’t get anything going on our side of the net.”
Uniontown’s Ermel put down 10 kills against Chetopa with Jessie Camac downing four kills and Hope Jurgensen had three kills. Shook had 16 assists and Lauren Rockhold had five assists. Poyner had 11 digs.
Marmaton Valley was able to go 1-1 in league play, defeating Chetopa 19-25, 25-17, 25-14.
Kayla McNutt had five ace serves. Meiwes had seven ace serves and five kills. Boyd had six digs.
Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs and Yates Center High’s Wildcats were at Frontenac Tuesday.
The Lady Cubs defeated Yates Center 26-24, 25-20 and lost to Frontenac 25-16, 25-21. Frontenac beat Yates Center 25-14, 25-21.
“We played really well on the night. Our passes were good and we were covering well,” said Stephanie Splechter, Humboldt head coach.
In the Yates Center match, Melissa Davidson had nine kills and two blocks for Humboldt. Brandi Malloy had eight kills and Kindahl Young had three kills and one block.
Humboldt’s Amanda Maxton had 13 set assists and seven service points. Hannah McCall served seven points.
Davidson had eight kills and five blocks for Humboldt against Frontenac. Maxton had five assists.
The Register did not receive reports from Yates Center or Southern Coffey County.
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