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Starmont rallies to upset No. 5 Springville
ARLINGTON — Starmont rallied from a 2-1 deficit to upset fifth-ranked (Class 1A) Springville in five games Tuesday night, 22-25, 31-29, 18-25, 25-23, 15-8.
“The girls were excited,” Coach Robert Goedken said. “Now we just have to concentrate on all the other teams (in the Tri-Rivers Conference) that can come back and get you.”
Goedken said his team let a few early opportunities slip away in game one with missed serves before coming back to win a thrilling second game. Springville got things going in game three to take a 25-18 win.
“They’re a good team,” Goedken said. “In the third game they just ran more offense than we did. It was tied 15-15 and then we couldn’t pass the ball and they ran their fast-paced offense right at us. We found ourselves playing too much defense in the third game.”
The Stars faced defeat in game four, trailing 23-20 before scoring the final five points for the come-from-behind victory. Starmont carried their momentum into game five, leading 11-4 at one point on its way to a 15-8 victory.
“We just played well last night,” Goedken said.
Kersten Phillips led the Stars with 19 kills and seven blocks while Maddy Otdoerfer had 11 kills and Ashley Goedken added nine. Goedken had 25 assists while Heather Vaske hit 17-of-18 serves with three aces. Nicole Goedken was 15-of-15 serving.
The Stars (7-1 overall, 1-0 in the Tri-Rivers) play at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday.
Springville 25 29 25 23 8
Starmont 22 31 18 25 15
Kills: Starmont 50 (Kersten Phillips 19, Maddy Otdoerfer 11, Ashley Goedken 9, Kaitlin Reed 5). Assists: Starmont 43 (Goedken 24, Mary Pickart 13). Blocks: Starmont 14 (Phillips 7, Heather Vaske 4). Digs: Starmont 71 (Goedken 18, Otdoerfer 12, Taylor Baumgartner 11, Phillips 10). Serving: Starmont 102-of-112, 9 aces (Nicole Goedken 15-15-0; Ashley Goedken 24-25-2; Vaske 17-18-3; Phillips 17-19-2; Otdoerfer 13-15-1).
North Fayette 3,
Valley Community 0
North Fayette picked up its seventh straight victory Tuesday, 25-16, 25-12, 25-13 at Valley Community.
Coach Bruce Ehler said his team did not have a lot of energy, blaming homecoming week.
“The girls enjoyed TPing the coaches’ houses on Monday night, however I think they didn’t save enough energy for our match against Valley and couldn’t generate any excitement,” he said. “We were fortunate and got the job done.”
Britlyn Sieck led the Hawks with nine kills and four service aces while Libby Creery had seven kills and three blocks and Ramie Sieck had 17 assists.
Kirstin Knobloch led Valley with three kills while Shantel Lehmann and Ashley Callahan had two each. Tessa Burgin had eight digs for the Tigers.
North Fayette improves to 7-5 overall and 2-0 in the Upper Iowa Conference. Valley drops to 1-6 overall and is 1-2 in conference matches.
Sumner-Fredericksburg 3,
South Winneshiek 1
Kelly Neimann and Kaitlin Heller combined for 30 kills as the Cougars topped South Winneshiek.
Niemann finished with 16 kills and just three attack errors while Heller had 14 kills. Alyssa Buhr had 22 assists for the winners while Alison Boltz had 14. Heller added 17 digs while Boltz was 22-of-22 serving and Jessica Leyh was 18-of-18.
The 15th-ranked (Class 2A) Cougars improve to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the Upper Iowa Conference.
Janesville 3, Dunkerton 0
Janesville took out the Raiders 25-8, 26-24, 25-16.
Beth Kuenstling led Dunkerton with five kills while April Kimball had four kills and Ashley Duncan two. Kayla Stafford and eight digs and a pair of service aces.
The Raiders drop to 1-5 overall and 1-2 in the Iowa Star Conference.
“The girls were excited,” Coach Robert Goedken said. “Now we just have to concentrate on all the other teams (in the Tri-Rivers Conference) that can come back and get you.”
Goedken said his team let a few early opportunities slip away in game one with missed serves before coming back to win a thrilling second game. Springville got things going in game three to take a 25-18 win.
“They’re a good team,” Goedken said. “In the third game they just ran more offense than we did. It was tied 15-15 and then we couldn’t pass the ball and they ran their fast-paced offense right at us. We found ourselves playing too much defense in the third game.”
The Stars faced defeat in game four, trailing 23-20 before scoring the final five points for the come-from-behind victory. Starmont carried their momentum into game five, leading 11-4 at one point on its way to a 15-8 victory.
“We just played well last night,” Goedken said.
Kersten Phillips led the Stars with 19 kills and seven blocks while Maddy Otdoerfer had 11 kills and Ashley Goedken added nine. Goedken had 25 assists while Heather Vaske hit 17-of-18 serves with three aces. Nicole Goedken was 15-of-15 serving.
The Stars (7-1 overall, 1-0 in the Tri-Rivers) play at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday.
Springville 25 29 25 23 8
Starmont 22 31 18 25 15
Kills: Starmont 50 (Kersten Phillips 19, Maddy Otdoerfer 11, Ashley Goedken 9, Kaitlin Reed 5). Assists: Starmont 43 (Goedken 24, Mary Pickart 13). Blocks: Starmont 14 (Phillips 7, Heather Vaske 4). Digs: Starmont 71 (Goedken 18, Otdoerfer 12, Taylor Baumgartner 11, Phillips 10). Serving: Starmont 102-of-112, 9 aces (Nicole Goedken 15-15-0; Ashley Goedken 24-25-2; Vaske 17-18-3; Phillips 17-19-2; Otdoerfer 13-15-1).
North Fayette 3,
Valley Community 0
North Fayette picked up its seventh straight victory Tuesday, 25-16, 25-12, 25-13 at Valley Community.
Coach Bruce Ehler said his team did not have a lot of energy, blaming homecoming week.
“The girls enjoyed TPing the coaches’ houses on Monday night, however I think they didn’t save enough energy for our match against Valley and couldn’t generate any excitement,” he said. “We were fortunate and got the job done.”
Britlyn Sieck led the Hawks with nine kills and four service aces while Libby Creery had seven kills and three blocks and Ramie Sieck had 17 assists.
Kirstin Knobloch led Valley with three kills while Shantel Lehmann and Ashley Callahan had two each. Tessa Burgin had eight digs for the Tigers.
North Fayette improves to 7-5 overall and 2-0 in the Upper Iowa Conference. Valley drops to 1-6 overall and is 1-2 in conference matches.
Sumner-Fredericksburg 3,
South Winneshiek 1
Kelly Neimann and Kaitlin Heller combined for 30 kills as the Cougars topped South Winneshiek.
Niemann finished with 16 kills and just three attack errors while Heller had 14 kills. Alyssa Buhr had 22 assists for the winners while Alison Boltz had 14. Heller added 17 digs while Boltz was 22-of-22 serving and Jessica Leyh was 18-of-18.
The 15th-ranked (Class 2A) Cougars improve to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the Upper Iowa Conference.
Janesville 3, Dunkerton 0
Janesville took out the Raiders 25-8, 26-24, 25-16.
Beth Kuenstling led Dunkerton with five kills while April Kimball had four kills and Ashley Duncan two. Kayla Stafford and eight digs and a pair of service aces.
The Raiders drop to 1-5 overall and 1-2 in the Iowa Star Conference.
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