YATES CENTER — Crest High head volleyball coach Abigail Hermreck described her mood as happy, but hardly satisfied Tuesday.
The Lady Lancers ended their evening with straight-set wins over host Yates Center High, 25-15 and 25-17.
But Crest’s opening match against Jayhawk-Linn was a bit more frustrating.
The Lady Lancers were unable to hold onto an early 9-4 lead in the first set, and wound up dropping the match, 25-19 and 25-20.
“We were unable to get our offense constantly going against Jayhawk-Linn,” Hermreck said. “We struggled with serve receive and stopped attacking. Jayhawk continued to set the ball up and attack.”
But with the disappointment came an opportunity to bounce back.
Crest did that in the win against Yates Center.
“We had more success with serve receive passing and were able to utilize the better passing with attacks,” Hermreck said.
Aggressive serving played a role as well. Sophomore Sydney Stephens served 10 straight points in the YC match, including five aces.
Senior Aubree Holloran led the team in serve receive passing, had 13 assists, nine kills and went 13/14 in serving at 93% with two ace serves.
“She hit the floor a ton for us, and came up with some nice saves,” Hermreck said.
Freshman Kayla Hermreck led the team with 11 kills and had eight assists. She served 82% and had four ace serves.
Sophomore McKenna Hammond had 13/13 serving with one ace. She had four kills and a block.
Sophomore Sydney Stephens went 94% in serving and led the team with six ace serves.
Sophomore Hailey Beckmon had one ace serve. Sophomore Brinley McGhee had a kill and two ace serves. Junior Anna Hermreck had one kill and three touches on blocks.
Junior Lindsey Godderz led the team in digs and served 92% (11 of 12).
