COLONY — The Crest High School volleyball team broke the record for the most wins in school history on Tuesday with victories over Southeast-Cherokee and Yates Center.
The Lady Lancers (26-6; 10-1) also celebrated senior night as McKenna Hammond, Kamryn Luedke, Allyssa Adams and managers Sydney Stephens and Brinley McGhee were honored.
“Kamryn Luedke is such a good teammate, a hard worker, positive. If she does make a mistake she’s tough and is going to make the next one. Allyssa Adams, she works hard,” said Crest head coach Abigail Hermreck. “McKenna Hammond, her passing is one of her best assets. All three will be missed next season.”
Crest took their first matchup with Southeast-Cherokee in two sets, 25-12 and 25-12.
The Lady Lancers then won their second match against Yates Center, 25-22 and 25-12.
“We came out more level headed, not as intense and fired up. We played relaxed and that was big,” Hermreck said. “I think in our sub-state we’ll be first, which hasn’t happened in a long time so that will be big.”
The last time the Lady Lancers finished this strong was when sophomore Delaney Ramsey’s mom was a senior on the 1988 team which finished as substate runner up.
“It’s a really big accomplishment to be that many years. I think it’s just a great feeling, a great accomplishment to have a goal and work at something. It wasn’t our main focus, we were just focused on winning. They weren’t adding that pressure on themselves and focused on team values,” Hermreck said.
McKenna Hammond was one of the leaders at the serving line, going 22-of-24 for 92% from the line along with four ace serves. Hammond also managed 10 kills, 14 digs, one block and an 86% serve receive mark.
Kayla Hermreck led Crest with 19 kills and two blocks while also hitting 12 assists, 16 digs, and going 10-for-12 from the serving line. She also registered three ace serves.
Kinley Edgerton led the way with 23 assists and had one kill, four digs, one block while also going 18-for-19 from the serving line with four ace serves.
Karlee Boots led at the serving line going 19-for-19 on serves and registered 18 digs. Boots also ripped one ace serve, seven kills and one assist.
“I’ve had outside coaches say they get along, when you get girls together it’s not always the case. It’s something we’ve worked through and we’ve come back together. We have leaders that can say get the next one. It’s taken all 16 players,” said Hermreck.
Delaney Ramsey knocked four kills, one assist and went 10-for-11 from the serving line with four aces. Allyssa Adams knocked five digs, Kamryn Luedke recorded one kills and went seven-for-11 from the serving line with three ace serves and one dig.
Brooklyn Jones ripped eight digs while Kaelin Nilges went one-for-one from the serving line.
Crest hits the road to take on Le Roy on Thursday.
