BURLINGTON — The Humboldt High School volleyball team won its first match but dropped the second to end their season at the Burlington substate meet on Saturday.
The Lady Cubs (31-6; 3-0) began by knocking off Burlington in three sets, 20-25, 25-19 and 25-19.
Kinley Tucker, Natalie Wells and Shelby Shaughnessy led Humboldt from the serving line with two ace serves apiece. Skylar and Kenisyn Hottenstein and Wells each went a perfect 100% from the line. Shaughnessy went 93.8% and Karley Wools served at a 93.3% success rate.
Shaughnessy led offensively with eight kills, followed by Wools’ seven kills and K. Hottenstein’s three kills. Ricklyn Hillmon also mashed two kills while Tucker made one kill.
Defensively, Shaughnessy led with three blocks and K. Hottenstein totaled two blocks. S. Hottenstein knocked 29 digs, Wools had 26 digs and Shaughnessy registered 23 digs. K. Hottenstein also managed 10 digs while Tucker and Wells hit three digs.
“I am proud of how the girls worked all season. We are a young team and ready to see what we can do next season,” said Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows.
The Lady Cubs fell to Eureka in two sets, 25-18 and 25-13.
K. Hottenstein led at the serving line with two aces while Wools, Tucker and Hottenstein each recorded one ace. K. and S. Hottenstein, Wells and Shaugnessy each went a perfect 100% from the serving line while Tucker registered an 87.5% from the line.
Shaughnessy knocked seven kills and Wools ripped five kills to lead Humboldt offensively.
Defensively, Shaughnessy totaled 10 digs, followed by S. Hottenstein’s eight digs and Wools seven digs. Wells ripped four digs while Tucker managed three digs in the setback
