Northeast Nebraska Sports

RANDOLPH —The Randolph Lady Cardinals split a pair of NENAC Conference games last week.
Randolph dropped a hard-fought decision to Neligh-Oakdale Tuesday, then bounced back strong to defeat Crofton here Thursday.

The Lady Cards put on an impressive showing for the hometown fans as they earned a big sweep over the Crofton Lady Warriors during Thursday night home action.
The Randolph JV earned 25-20, 25-7 victories, while the Randolph C team defeated Crofton  25-21 and 25-18.
Randolph   25       15       25    12    15
Crofton       16        25     20     25    5

ACE SERVES
Randolph –  Michaela Strathman, 7; Haley Schnoor, 4; Emily Schnoor, 2; Brenna Thies, 2; Sadie Linville, 1.

KILLS
Randolph – Kirsten Fink, 18; Brenna Thies, 6; Michaela Strathman, 5; Danielle Backer, 3; Kathryn Kuchta, 2.
SET ASSISTS
Randolph – Sadie Linville, 14; Haley Schnoor, 10; Kathryn Kuchta, 2.
BLOCKS
Randolph – Kirsten Fink, 6; Kathryn Kuchta, 2; Malerie Hixson, 1; Michaela Strathman, 1; Danielle Backer, 1.
DIGS
Randolph  - Brenna Thies, 21; Emily Schnoor, 17; Michaela Srathman, 15;  Haley Schnoor, 8; Malerie Hixson, 5; Kathryn Kuchta, 5; Kirsten Fink, 3; Danielle Backer, 3; Sadie Linville, 3.

The Lady Cards fell a little short against Neligh Tuesday as the Lady Warriors earned the four-set decision.
The Warriors earned the 25-23 first-set decision, then won 25-22 in the second set, but Randolph turned the tables on them in the second set for the 25-22 win. Neligh then ended the contest with a thrilling 26-24 win in the fourth set.
The Big Red offense was led by a dominating net performance by Kirsten Fink, who slammed down 18 kills on the night.
Emily Schnoor paced the Randolph defense in the contest with a 20-dig performance.
Erin Keetle had 15 kills for Neligh-Oakdale during the conference win over Randolph.
The Randolph girls only have one contest this week — a Thursday match-up with state-rated Cedar Catholic.
Randolph will be in Laurel next Tuesday for a quad-tournament with the Bears. The Lady Cards drew Creighton for their first-round game.
Neligh-Oakdale    25    25  22   26
Randolph               23     22  25   24

DIGS
Randolph – Emily Schnoor, 20; Brenna Thies, 19; Michaela Strathman, 10; Sadie Linville, 10; Haley Schnoor, 6; Malerie Hixson, 3; Kirsten Fink, 1; Ashley Schmit, 1. Neligh - Emily Anderson, 8; Joselyn Lemm, 7;

KILLS
Randolph - Kirsten Fink, 18; Brenna Thies, 11; Michaela Strathman, 7; Danilelle Backer, 4; Danilelle Backer, 4; Kathryn Kuchta, 3; Kathryn Kuchta, 3; Malerie Hixson, 2; Haley Schnoor, 1. Neligh –  Erin Keetle, 15; Kelley Carden, 8;  Kelley Carden, 4;
Joselyn Lemm, 3;

ACE SERVES
Randolph - Haley Schnoor, 4; Emily Schnoor, 3;  Brenna Thies, 3;  Ashley Schmit, 2; Sadie Linville, 1. Neligh - Melissa Doerr, 3.

SET ASSISTS
Randolph - Sadie Linville, 19; Haley Schnoor, 14; Malerie Hixson, 5; Kathryn Kuchta, 3; Brenna Thies, 1. Neligh -  Kimmie Murray, 24;

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