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New Ulm Excessive Faculty defensive specialist Ella Freiderich (1) bumps the ball throughout a latest residence volleyball match at NUHS.
By Jeff Meder
Journal Sports activities Author
NEW ULM — New Ulm added one other win to its season because the Eagles swept Fairmont 25-16, 25-22, 25-14 on Tuesday in a Large South Convention volleyball match.
New Ulm received each convention matches in opposition to the Cardinals this season, and each had been straight set victories. New Ulm defeated Fairmont earlier on Sept. 8.
It took the Eagles roughly one hour to finish their mission of profitable one other match. It was Father or mother’s Night time, in order that added some extra incentive for the crew.
In Set 1, Fairmont held a short lead earlier than the Eagles regained it they usually by no means appeared again. There have been solely two ties within the set. Afton Hulke’s kill regained the Eagle lead. Ella Landsteiner and Emma Gieseke’s double block made it 11-7 for New Ulm.
A number of performs later, Amber Lee and Laura Bertrang made a double block on the internet which prompted a Fairmont participant to overlook the ball. That made it 22-12 New Ulm.
Bertrang’s kill introduced the Eagles inside some extent of taking the set. Fairmont’s Brylee Miller hit the ball into the online to present the Eagles the primary set.
New Ulm had one drawback: it had too many service errors, which not solely gave Fairmont factors, but it surely additionally barely shifted the momentum to the Cardinals. Fairmont didn’t assist its personal trigger as a result of it made errors at inopportune occasions to shift the momentum again to the Eagles.
“We had fairly a couple of service errors,” Eagles head coach Sarah Swanson-Cullen stated. “We had been speeding issues and we weren’t specializing in the ball.”
Swanson-Cullen stated that the Eagles had “greater than 10 ace serves.” And, in her thoughts, that was factor which partially contributed to them getting the win.
Regardless of having solely two victories on the season (one within the convention), Fairmont got here out preventing in Set 2. Late within the set, Hulke jumped and twisted her physique simply sufficient to make a delicate tip which resulted in an 18-13 benefit for New Ulm. Bertrang’s kill on the subsequent play added some extent for New Ulm.
Fairmont’s Grace Pendergast bought a kill, adopted by Corene Moeller’s delicate tip and Miller’s block on the internet reduce the Cardinals’ deficit to 21-16. Just a few performs later, Landsteiner tipped the ball over the online, however the Cardinals couldn’t return it and that gave the set to the Eagles.
“We labored collectively as a crew,” Eagles senior Laura Bertrang stated. “We performed scrappy. We needed it greater than they did [and] we bought them ultimately when it mattered.”
Fairmont threw a scare into New Ulm in Set 3. It jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. The Eagles responded with Landsteiner’s block and Bertrang’s delicate tip. Ellie Ortega hit the ball into the online after a protracted rally, which tied it at 3-3. Fairmont bought a block to briefly regain the lead.
Hulke answered for the Eagles when she had a delicate tip, (to tie the set) and back-to-back ace serves which gave New Ulm a 6-4 lead.
Later within the set, Lee bumped the ball to Bertrang who bought a kill. Landsteiner bought one other ace for the Eagles, which made it 18-12 New Ulm. Evelyn Friese bought a block and a kill on consecutive performs which introduced the Eagles inside some extent of profitable. Moeller of Fairmont hit the ball out of bounds on the subsequent play to present the Eagles the set and the match.
“The didn’t need to stop,” Swanson-Cullen stated. “We did job of speaking with one another, and the ball wasn’t dropping the place it shouldn’t.”
She noticed that each groups had nice blocks, however the Eagles had extra hits.
Lee had 44 set assists and eight digs for the Eagles. Bertrang added 17 kills and two aces, whereas Hulke had 11 kills, 15 digs and 4 aces. Ella Freiderich added 22 digs, Gracie Linbo had 19 digs, Friese had six kills, Gieseke had 5 kills and Landsteiner had eight kills and 4 aces.
New Ulm (5-2, 5-1) will play at Jackson County Central at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Swanson-Cullen stated that when the 2 groups performed earlier within the Jackson Event, it was a “aggressive match” and that JCC “is a tricky crew.”
Fairmont (2-8, 1-3) will play at St. James Space on Thursday.
