Volleyball Drops Five Set Thriller to No. 5 Midland
Fremont, NE – The Hastings College volleyball team and Midland found themselves in another epic five set match only to see the No. 5 Warriors defeating Hastings 25-19, 20-25, 14-25, 25-21, 21-19 on Wednesay night inside the Wikert Event Center.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | T |
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19 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
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25 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 3 |
Team Stats
Midland
| Game Statistics | Hastings | Midland |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | .188 | .122 |
| Blocks | 20.5 | 12.0 |
| Digs | 85 | 83 |
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
Fremont, NE – The Hastings College volleyball team and Midland found themselves in another epic five set match only to see the No. 5 Warriors defeating Hastings 25-19, 20-25, 14-25, 25-21, 21-19 on Wednesday night inside the Wikert Event Center.
After dropping set one, Hastings really took control of the net over the next two sets in dominating fashion. With set two tied 3-3, The Lady Broncos scored seven straight points beginning with kills from Amani Monroe and Brianna Lemke. Following a Hope Leimbach attack error, Peyton Roper hammered home a kill to make it 7-3.
Following a Midland timeout, the block party would begin for Hastings as Lemke and Monroe teamed up for the double block and then two more kills from Monroe and Lemke made it 10-3. Hastings never looked back in taking set two 25-20.
Set three may have been one of the most dominant performances we've seen from this squad opening up a 6-1 lead behind kills from Marlee Taylor, Roper and Rachel Hefta plus a double block from Hefta and Roper.
Midland tried to keep it close and with HC leading 15-10, the Lady Broncos put the pedal to the metal starting with an Addisyn Mosier attack error. Then Asher went outside to Lemke for the kill forcing another Midland timeout. It didn't do anything to slow the momentum as Roper hammered home the over pass. Then Roper and Hefta teamed up for another double block to make it 20-11. Hastings would picked up two more blocks in set three to win the set with east 25-14 and taking a 2-1 lead.
The Warriors bounced back in set four to force the decisive set five where the match just never seemed to want to end.
Things looked a bit bleak for Hastings as Midland opened up a 13-10 lead but Asher went out to the hot hand of Lemke for the kill to make it 13-11. Then Asher went back out to Roper for the kill to make it 13-12 as Midland called another timeout. A Mosier attack error tied things up and then it was back-and-forth from here.
Hastings would have three match points but would be unable to get the final point to fall and Midland would have the final three match points and would end the great match with a Lauren Williams and Savanna Berger double block to win the fifth set 21-19.
Everything from a statistical stand point looked like Hastings would have won this match out hitting the Warriors .188 to .122. Hastings also finished with a total of 36 blocks compared to 22 for Midland.
Roper led the way with a career high 18 kills while hitting .310 and a career high seven block assists. Lemke finished with 16 kills tying a career high while hitting .127. Taylor finished with 14 kills while hitting .171 where Monroe added 11 kills while hitting .280 and also finished with a total of 11 blocks. Hefta also finished with seven block assists.
Asher led the way with a double-double with 48 assists, 11 digs and added five kills while Miriam Miller finished with a career high 30 digs.
Hastings is now 18-10 (7-6) on the year and will be back in action Wednesday Oct. 26 as Doane comes to town for Pink Night with first serve set for 7:30 pm inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
