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Lexington volleyball wraps up regular season with loss to Aurora
Jessica Kennedy
Lexington's Rylee Church attacks the ball for a Minutemaid
kill Tuesday in their regular season finale loss to Aurora in
Lexington.
Jessica Kennedy, Lexington Clipper-Herald
Lexington's Gisselle Maravilla serves an ace in the third
set of the Minutemaids' loss Tuesday to Aurora in
Lexington.
Jessica Kennedy, Lexington Clipper-Herald
Lexington's Lorelai Rickertsen and Kipley Kuecker block an
Aurora attack in the third set of the Minutemaids' loss Tuesday
in Lexington.
Jessica Kennedy, Lexington Clipper-Herald
Lexington's Atley Harris passes the ball on serve receive in
the Minutemaids' loss to Aurora Tuesday in Lexington.
Jessica Kennedy, Lexington Clipper-Herald
The Lexington Minutemaid volleyball team wrapped up their regular season Tuesday, falling to Aurora 25-17, 25-22, 25-14.
The Minutemaids finished the season with an 11-18 record.
Aurora was led by senior Grace Wieseler’s 14 kills.
Lexington was led by Rylee Church and Sydney Reutlinger-Maravilla who each had six kills. Church also had one solo block and two block assists. Reutlinger-Maravilla also had one solo block and one block assist.
Aurora had a kill and an ace to start the first set. Lexington responded with a kill by Church, tying the set at 2-2.
Kipley Kuecker and Josslyn Mins blocked an Aurora attack, tying the set at 7-7. Aurora followed with a 10-0 run, pulling away for 17-7 lead.
Down the stretch, Lexington pulled within four at 19-15 off a Church kill. Mins followed with an ace, cutting the deficit to three.
Aurora used a 5-0 run to reach set point off a kill. Lexington's serve error awarded Aurora the win 25-17.
A Church kill followed by a block from Church and Reutlinger-Maravilla put Lexington up 3-1 in the second set. Aurora gained the lead at 5-3 after a 4-0 run.
A Lorelai Rickertsen kill tied the set at 10-10. The teams battled back-and-forth before an Evee Mins ace pushed Lexington ahead 14-13.
Lexington jumped out to a 17-14 lead, with Kuecker's kill and a block assist with Rickertsen.
Aurora followed with a 5-1 run, gaining the lead 19-18. Mins tied the set with a kill.Â
A pair of Lexington errors gave Aurora the lead 22-19. Gisselle Maravilla followed a Church kill with an ace, pulling Leixngton within one at 23-22.
Aurora finished off the second set with back-to-back kills for the win 25-22.
A Mins kill started off the third set and Aurora answered back with a kill before using a 5-1 run off a block to lead 6-2.
The Huskies jumped to a 12-5 lead off a kill before a Reutlinger-Maravilla kill ended a 5-0 Aurora run.
Kuecker had an ace serve before Aurora used a 7-0 run, pulling ahead 21-9 off a kill.
Later, a Mins' ace cut the Maid deficit to nine. A Lexington attack error gave Aurora match point and Aurora claimed the win off an ace 25-14.
MAID STATS
Josslyn Mins had five kills, two aces and two block assists.
Kuecker had one kill, one ace and three block assists.
Local volleyball subdistricts, districts released
Jessica Kennedy
CLASS B-5 DISTRICT
Lexington Minutemaid volleyball (11-18) received No. 4 seed in the B-5 District tournament, faces No. 1 Gering (27-5) Thursday, Oct. 29 in Gering.
At the time of writing, there was no official time set for the game. Follow the NSAA website or Lexington Public School's website or Facebook page for the game time.
Also in the B-5 District is No. 3 seed McCook (13-13) vs. No. 2 Gretna East (21-9). The game will be played at Gretna East High School Oct. 29.
The B-5 championship match is set for Saturday, Oct. 31, game time is pending.
C1-7 SUBDISTRICT
No. 2 Gothenburg (18-12) faces No. 3 Cozad (17-11) in the Class C1-7 subdistrict volleyball semifinal at 5:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 at Kearney Catholic High School.
No. 4 Minden (13-18) faces no. 5 Grand Island Central Catholic (12-17) in the play-in game at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Kearney Catholic.
The winner between Minden and GICC will face Kearney Catholic at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.
The C1-7 subdistrict championship will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Kearney Catholic.
C2-9 SUBDISTRICT
Hi-Line (14-13) received the No. 4 seed in the Class C2-9 subdistrict tournament. The Bulls face No. 5 H&H (11-19) Monday, Oct. 26 in Elwood at 6 p.m.
The winner will face No. 1 Superior (19-11) in the semifinal at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Superior High School.
Also in the subdistrict is No. 3 Nebraska Christian (14-15) vs. No. 6 Doniphan-Trumbull (5-22). The winner plays No. 2 Kenesaw (22-7) Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Superior.
The C2-9 subdistrict championship match is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Superior.
D2-7 SUBDISTRICT
Overton's and S-E-M's postseason takes place Monday, Oct. 26 in the Class D2-7 subdistrict in Wilcox.
No. 4 Overton (9-18) faces No. 5 Bertrand (7-19) at 4 p.m. Oct. 26. The winner faces No. 1 Wilcox-Hildreth (17-11) at 7 p.m. Oct. 26.
No. 2 S-E-M (15-12) takes on No. 3 Brady (13-12) at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26, in the semifinal.
The D2-7 subdistrict final will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 in Wilcox.
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