Lady Cardinals have busy week on the volleyball court

RANDOLPH — The Randolph Lady Cardinal volleyball team had a very busy week all on the road this past week which saw the young team drop a regular season match on Oct. 9 and three straight matches in the Stanton quadrangular on Oct. 11.

In the Stanton Quad, Randolph was defeated by Plainview 25-21 and 25-16 in the Lady Cards’ last match of the day.

Abbey Backer led a balanced Lady Redbird attack with four kills, Mabel Ngebeh and Brooke Meier each had three and Jenna Guenther nailed a couple of winners.

Meier had a couple of ace serves and seven set assists, Backhaus also had a pair of aces and added eight digs and 13 successful serve receives in the match.

In the loss to Bancroft-Rosalie, the Lady Panthers defeated Randolph 26-24 and 25-19.

The Lady Cardinals took B-R to the limit in the opening race to 25 before falling by the 26-24 final score and the Lady Panthers secured the sweep with the 25-29 final in the second set.

Alaina Schulz and Backer led the offense with three kills each; Ngebeh, Sydney Robinson and Guenther added two apiece while Lilly Kuchta and Meier each slammed one.

Kuchta and Delayne Thelen had a couple of ace serves and Backhaus bumped up a dozen successful serves to set up the Randolph offense. Meier tipped up 13 assists.

In the loss to Stanton, the Lady Mustangs kept it brief, downing the Lady Cards 25-6 and 25-11.

In the regular season loss to Bloomfield, Randolph fell 25-15, 2519 and 25-18 in the best-of-five-sets match.

Schulz and Robinson had three winners each, while Ngebeh and Backer had two.

Meier and Thelen each had an ace serve and Meier recorded 10 assists.

Backhaus had 12 digs defensively and added 23 successful passes in serve receiving. Thelen had 11 good passes and Kuchta moved along 10.

“This season has kind of been ups and downs because of injury and rotation changes,” said Lady Cardinal senior Ngebeh. “We have fought a lot harder and we have finished better. I also feel like we are closer as teammates and have a lot more energy.”

Randolph was set to take on Plainview and Wynot in a triangular on Oct. 14 in Wynot before heading off to another triangular on Oct. 16 hosted by Boyd County and including Osmond.

The Lewis & Clark Conference Tournament opens action on Oct. 18 and runs through Oct. 21.

STANTON QUAD

Plainview (16-7) defeated Randolph (319) 25-21, 25-16.

k=Kills, a=Ace Serves, b=Blocks; d=Digs, s=Set Assists, r=Serve Receiving.

RANDOLPH: Lilly Kuchta 4d, 6r; Abbey Backer 4k, 2d, 1r; Alaina Schulz 1b, 2d; Sydney Robinson 1d; Mabel Ngebeh 3k, 3d, 2s, 6r; Brooke Meier 3k, 2a, 6d, 7s; Jenna Guenther 2k; Delayne Thelen 5d, 2s, 8r; Alexis Backhaus 2a, 8d, 13r. Bancroft-Rosalie (10-14) defeated Randolph 26-24, 25-19. RANDOLPH: Peyton Thelen 1b, Kuchta 1k, 2a, 5d, 8r; Backer 3k; Schulz 3k, 1b; Robinson 2k; Ngebeh 2k, 8r; Meier 1k, 1a, 5d, 13s; Guenther 2k; D. Thelen 2a, 10d, 4r; Backhaus 6d, 1s, 12r. Stanton (18-6) def. Randolph 25-6, 25-11. RANDOLPH: Ella Graf 2s; Kuchta 1a, 1d, 6r; Backer 1k; Schulz 2k; Ngebeh 2k, 10r; Meier 1k, 1d, 2s; D. Thelen 1d, 2r; Backhaus 1a, 2d, 2s, 16r. Bloomfield (15-7) defeated Randolph 25-15, 25-19, 25-18. RANDOLPH: P. Thelen 1d; Kuchta 6d, 10r; Backer 2k, 2b, 2d, 1r; Schulz 3k, 2d; Robinson 3k, 3d; Ngebeh 2k, 6d, 7r; Meier 1a, 5d, 10s; Guenther 1k; D. Thelen 1a, 1d, 11r; Backhaus 2a, 12d, 23r.