Volleyball Action Heats Up All Around the County

Volleyball courts around Fayette County were busy with high school matches last week.

Here’s a roundup:

La Grange

The La Grange volleyball team is still looking for its first victory of the season after falling to Columbus on the road Friday in five sets and then dropping a pair of matches Saturday at home to Splendora and Needville.

On Friday, Natalie Blackwell and Maddi Fritz each had a team-high 10 kills. Brynna Stackhouse led in assists with 18 and Fritz had 11.

Megan Brothers led in digs with 11 and Emma Coltrain had 20. Camille Gonzalez led in blocks with three and Ryann Marshall had two.

Hailey Hill, Fritz and Stackhouse each had two aces.

The Lady Leps (0-4) will play a dual match against Caldwell and Salado Tuesday beginning at 11 a.m.

In subvarsity action Saturday, the La Grange JV lost to Needville 13-25, 15-25 and lost to Splendora 24-26, 14-25 to drop their overall record 0-4.

But the La Grange La Grange Freshmen defeated Needville 25-17, 25-18 and defeated Splendora 25-19, 25-11 to improve their overall record to 3-1.

Fayetteville

The Fayetteville Lady Lions volleyball team continues to roll as they defeated Louise in four sets Saturday.

Fayetteville lost the first set 26-24, but came back to win the next three 25-16, 25-17, 25-20.

Brooklyn Jaeger had 24 kills in that match and Kayme Schley had seven. Jaeger had nine aces, and 25 digs – both team highs. Schley had 19 digs, and Alley Keen and Mattie Konvicka each had 10. Landry Wied had 29 assists. The Fayetteville girls are now 2-0.

RT-C

The Round Top-Carmine volleyball team lost to Caldwell Friday 17-25, 9-25, 25-22, 15- 25.

Ilse Salinas had three kills, two assist blocks, seven digs, three aces, one assist. Mallory Krause had three kills, two assist blocks, eight digs, five assists. Brooke Schobel had eight kills, 11 digs, one ace. Kelsey Lunbeck had nine kills, one assist block. Kennedy Flinn had four kills, one assist block. Alexis Hudgen had six kills, two digs. Kate Eilers had eight digs, 25 assists. Maggie Salinas had two digs. Taylor Nelius had 10 digs and Corina Blazek had four digs.

Flatonia

The Flatonia volleyball team got its first win of the season, beating Nixon-Smiley 25-18, 25-15, 25-17 Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs’ overall record is now 1-2.

Schulenburg

The Schulenburg volleyball team improved its record to 3-2, by splitting doubleheaders Friday in Schulenburg and Saturday in Columbus.

Friday the Lady Horns lost to Brazos in three sets (20-25, 23-25, 17-25), but bounced back to beat Smithville in four sets (26-28, 25-12, 25-19, 25-13.

Against Brazos Erica Otto had team highs in kills (10) and digs (22). Morgan Marburger led in assists with 23.

Against Smithville Otto had 17 kills and Jordan Sommer had 11. Julie Guentert had 39 digs and Marburger had 34 assists.

Saturday the Schulenburg girls lost to East Bernard in three sets (13-25, 16-25, 19-25) but beat Columbus in five sets (19-25, 20-25, 25-12, 25-18, 15-9).

Against East Bernard, Meredith Magliolo had six kills, Guentert had 14 digs and Marburger had 12 assists.

Against Columbus, Otto had 15 kills, Sommer had 12 and Magliolo had seven. Marburger had 29 assists, Regan Lux had four aces, and Marburger had 21 digs. Otto and Claire Antosh each had four blocks.

This week will be another busy one for the Lady Horns varsity. They play Tuesday at Bellville at 6 p.m., then host Goliad Friday at 5:30 before playing at Sealy Saturday against Sealy and Snook.