Eagle volleyball adds three wins in Kansas

The Chadron State Volleyball team improved to 6-2 over the weekend, earning wins in three of their four matches at the Fort Hays State Fall Classic Friday and Saturday, in Hays, Kansas.

The Eagles lost just one set on Friday, sweeping Fort Hays 25-19, 25-19, 25-23, in the first match and defeating the Newman University Jets 25-13, 27-258, 22-25 and 25-14 to close out the day. 

Saturday morning the Eagles dropped their first and only match of the tournament falling 16-25, 25-27, 25-23 and 18-25 against Northwestern Oklahoma State. They followed the loss with a 25-21, 25-18, 25-20 sweep of Southern Arkansas University to close out the tourney. 

On Friday, the Eagles attack was led by freshman Rylee Greiman, of Windsor, Colorado, who had 21 kills and Aracely Hernandez, sophomore of Greeley, Colorado, who had 19. Hernandez had just five kills against Fort Hays, but added 14 against the Jets. Against the Tigers, Shelby Schouten, Senior, of Alton, Iowa, had eight kills on 20 attacks, good for a .400 hitting percentage. As a team the Eagles hit .264 against the Tigers and .248 against the Jets. 

On defense, sophomore Chandler Hageman, of Chadron, had seven blocks against Fort Hays. 

Saturday, the offense was led by Schouten who combined for 15 kills in the two matches. Against Northwestern the team hit just .094. Against Southern Arkansas, both Schouten and Keisel had seven kills with just one error each. The two helped prop up the team’s hitting percentage with Timmi Keisel, senior, of Fleming, Colorado, hitting .545 and Schouten hitting .375. Teammate Tori Strickbine, freshman of Stillwell, Kansas, hit .333 with five kills. As a team the Eagles hit .226. 

Chadron’s 10 errors on the serve didn’t help them in their loss to Northwestern, Saturday, though the rangers had 12 themselves. Against the Muleriders, CSC had seven aces led by Strickbine who had three. 

The four matches were the team’s final out-of-conference contests. 

They’ll spend the remainder of the regular season facing Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opponents beginning with Adams State University on Friday. Saturday they’ll face Fort Lewis College. 

Both games will be at home.