Decorah spikers play hard in loss to NH

By Becky Walz,

Savannah O’Reilly had a big night Tuesday with 12 digs (Photo by Becky Walz)

It was an uphill battle much of Tuesday night for the Class 4A No. 15 Decorah volleyball team (8-3 1-1 NEIC) who fell in four sets to New Hampton (10-8, 2-1 NEIC) at home.
Decorah stretched a set one advantage to 8-2 before the Chickasaws began to chip away at their deficit and eventually took the lead 11-10. From their it was all New Hampton as they pulled ahead 20-13. Decorah struggled to swing the momentum in its direction as the Chickasaws continued to pound the ball at the net to win set one 25-14.
Set two began with NH scoring the first point but that would be the only time the Chickasaws would lead in the close game. Decorah managed to maintain the lead throughout when Savannah O’Reilly stepped up to serve for six of the final seven points in the 25-16 set two victory.
The third and fourth sets were closer finishes with neither NEIC team leading by more that five before swapping the advantage. In the end the visiting Chickasaws took both sets 25-22.
As a team, Decorah had 41 kills on 123 attack attempts, 39 assists, 77 digs and served 90.5 percent (76-for-84).
Massman pounded down a team-high 12 kills on 30 attack attempts to go with 14 digs and a 19-for-21 serving performance. Leah Holland provided nine kills, while Sydney Thompson hammered down eight. Dylin Thompson handed out 29 assists and came up with 18 digs and served 15-for-17. Ellie Rolfs, Savannah O’Reilley and Sara Johanningmeier had big nights defensively with 17, 12 and 10 digs, respectively.

Stats vs. New Hampton
Kills – McKinley Massman 12; Leah Holland 9; Sydney Thompson 8; Audrey Essa 6; Renae Wilson 4; Dylin Thompson 2
Assists – D. Thompson 29; Ellie Rolfs 5; Sara Johanningmeier 2; Savannah O’Reilly 2; S. Thompson 2
Blocks (assist-solo) – Holland (0-1); Wilson (0-1)
Digs – D. Thompson 18; Rolfs 17; Massman 14; O’Reilly 12; Johanningmeier 10; Holland 4; Wilson 1; Essa 1
Serving (success/attempts) – Johanningmeier (3-4); Rolfs (8-8); Massman (19-21); Holland (5-6); D. Thompson (15-17); Ella Stille (10-11); O’Reilly (16-17)
Aces – D. Thompson 2; O’Reilly 2; Massman 1; Stille 1

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