VOLLEYBALL: Lexington defeats Minden Thursday in four sets

Brynn Kaiser gave the Maids a 2-0 start in the first set.

Sydney Reutlinger-Maravilla put down her first of 13 kills that started a 5-1 run for the Maids.

Lexington led 11-4 after a block by Kipley Kuecker, and Reutlinger-Maravilla followed with an ace.

A kill by Rylee Church gave Lexington an eight-point lead 14-6.

Down the stretch Minden pulled behind 18-14 off a block point.

A second block point for Minden closed the gap to three.

A back row kill by Reutlinger-Maravilla put the Maids up 22-17.

Lexington reached set point off a kill by Church, and Kuecker’s kill won the set 25-20.

Minden jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second set.

Reutlinger-Maravilla’s kill brought Lexington back for a 3-3 tie.

The Whippets extended their lead 14-10 off a block point.

Lexington used a 6-1 run to gain the lead 19-16 off a Minden attack error.

Late in the second set, back-to-back Minden attack errors gave Lexington a 23-19 lead.

A kill by Church gave Lexington set point, but Minden didn’t give up.

The Whippets came a live to push the set into extra points, including a block on Lexington’s fourth set point.

A Church kill gave Lexington set point 25-24, but a serve error kept Minden alive.

Reutlinger-Maravilla put down a kill to give the Maids set point 27-26, and a Lexington block by Kuecker and Greta Rickertsen ended the set.

Three Minden attack errors gave Lexington a 4-0 head start in the third set.

Back-to-back Church kills gave the Maids an 8-2 lead before Minden found their groove.

Minden used a 6-2 run off a kill, pulling behind 10-8.

Lexington led 17-13 off a Mins kill down the stretch, but Minden kept clawing their way back.

Minden had two aces in their 8-1 run to gain the lead 21-18 out of a Lexington timeout.

The Maids couldn’t recover from falling behind, and Minden reached set point 24-20 off a Lexington error.

Lexington held the Whippets to three set points, but a Minden killed won the set 25-22.

An ace by Kaiser jumped the Maids out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth set.

Minden climbed back to tie the set 6-6 off a Lexington error.

The teams traded points down the early stretch until Lexington led 13-11 off a Mins kill.

There were 15 ties throughout the fourth set, and Lexington claimed the 11th tie off a kill by Mins at 18-18.

Lexington trailed by two off back-to-back Minden kills, but a pair of Minden errors followed. The set tied at 21.

A Kuecker kill followed by a Mins kill pushed Lexington up 23-21, but Minden stayed on their heels after a serve error.

The 14th tie of the set came off a Minden kill at 23-23. Lexington reached match point first off a Church kill.

Minden stayed alive off a block point, tying the set for the 15th time.

Lexington finished the win 26-24 off back-to-back Minden errors.

LEX STATS

Reutlinger-Maravilla and Mins had 13 kills each, Church collected 12 and Kuecker had six.

Kaiser and Layla Mariel had three aces each, Parker Tufford had two and Reutlinger-Maravilla and Mins had one each.

Kuecker had one solo block and three block assists. Rickertsen and Church had two block assists each.

Reutlinger-Maravilla had 22 digs, Gisselle Maravilla had 19, Kaiser had 19 and Mins had 14.

Kaiser had 18 assists and Mariel had 17.