Riverland volleyball team beats Western Tech in five
Published 9:38 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Riverland’s Kassi Hardies receives a serve during game two of the Blue Devils’ match against Western Techincal College Wednesday night at Riverland. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Riverland Community College volleyball team is off to one of its best starts in recent years and it kept up some of that momentum in Riverland Gym Wednesday.
Riverland’s Shelby Quinn sets the ball during game two of the Blue Devils’ match against Western Technical College Wednesday night at RCC. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Blue Devils beat Western Wisconsin Tech. 25-14, 26-24, 25-27, 18-25, 19-17 in a conference match and it lost to Waldorf JV 25-19, 25-14 in a non-conference match.
Albert Lea grad Kassi Hardies racked up 20 kills on the night for the Blue Devils (3-2 overall, 3-1 MCAC South) and another AL grad, Hope Landsman, added 13 kills in the win over WWT.
“We finally have more of a balanced offense,” RCC head coach Michelle Ihnen said. “Instead of just having one hitter, we have three hitters we can go to and they’re having fun with it.”
RCC’s Hannah Boyer, who is a Janesville-Waldrof-Pemberton grad, was named MCAC South hitter of the week for the past week as she had 40 kills in wins over Anoka-Ramsey and Minnesota West.
RCC 3, Western Tech. 2
RCC stats: Hope Landsman, 14 kills; Kassi Hardies, 13 kills, 10 digs; Hannah Boyer, 8 ace serves; Shelby Quinn, 6 ace serves, 27 set assists; Emma Mergen, 10 digs
Waldorf JV 2, RCC 0
RCC stats: Hardies, 6 kills, 3 blocks; Landsman, 3 ace serves; Shayla Berkner, 5 digs
Riverland’s Hope Landsman hits in game three of a match against Western Technical College Wednesday night at Riverland Community College. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com