Lexington beats Crete, Schuyler in Central Conference triangular
Lexington's Rylee Church (24) attacks the ball Saturday in the Minutemaids' win over Schuyler during the Central Conference in Lexington.
Lexington's Parker Tufford serves in the first set of the Minutemaids' win over Schuyler Saturday during the Central Conference in Lexington.
Lexington's Kipley Kuecker (10) attempts to block an attack by Schuyler during the Central Conference Saturday in Lexington.
Lexington's Evee Mins (11) serves an ace in the second set of the Minutemaids' win over Schuyler Saturday during the Central Conference in Lexington.
The Central Conference volleyball tournament was held Saturday in Lexington.
A point system played through triangular games set up the final tournament, putting Grand Island Northwest at No.1 Saturday.
Aurora was seeded No. 2, York as No. 3, Columbus Lakeview at No. 4, Adams Central at No. 5 and Seward at No. 6.
Lexington, Crete and Schuyler were placed into a triangular. The Minutemaids pulled off both wins, defeating Crete 18-25, 25-17, 25-22 and winning 25-8, 25-17 over Schuyler.
Crete won 25-17, 25-12 over Schuyler.
Northwest battled a gritty Aurora team in the championship. The Vikings claimed the title 26-24, 25-23.
York defeated Adams Central 25-22, 25-23 to take third. Lakeview secured fifth place after winning 25-19, 27-25 over Seward.
MAIDS VS. SCHUYLER
Lexington kicked off the first set with a 7-0 run, where Rylee Church and Josslyn Mins claimed one kill each. Brynn Kaiser had two aces in the Maids' run.
A Schuyler kill ended the Maid run, but Lexington responded with an 8-1 run to pull away at 15-2 off a Warrior attack error.
An Evee Mins ace followed a Kipley Kuecker and Lorelai Rickertsen block, pushing Lexington up 19-3.
A Kuecker ace followed by a Josslyn Mins kill extended the Maids' lead 23-5. Josslyn Mins and Church teamed up for a block, giving Lexington set point 24-7.
Church cleaned up the set with a kill, awarding Lexington an easy 25-8 first set win.
Schuyler came to play in the second set, pushing the Maids until the end. Josslyn Mins' ace gave Lexington an early 3-1 lead.
Piper Roberts knocked down back-to-back kills, extending the Maids' lead 5-2.
Lexington led 9-5 after a Schuyler attack error, and later, pushed their lead to 11-6 on an Kuecker ace. Schuyler battled their way back, pulling within two at 12-10.
Schuyler took the lead 14-13 off an ace, but Sydney Reutlinger-Maravilla responded with back-to-back kills. Lexington gained the lead back 15-14.
Later, a Roberts kill pushed the Maids up 18-16. After a Lexington error pulled Schuyler behind 18-17, the Maids finished off the match with a 7-0 run. Evee Mins had three aces, and her third ace sealed the match win 25-17.
LEX STATS
Church had four kills, one solo block and two block assists. Evee Mins finished with four aces.
Reutlinger-Maravilla and Roberts had three kills each. Roberts had one solo block.
Josslyn Mins added two kills, two aces and one block assist. Kaiser finished with two aces.
