Lady Eagle Krista Lerche had 22 assists in their win against Rogers last week. PHOTOBYMARKSTRAIN. Lexington and Rogers hooked up in one of the best volleyball matches seen in these parts. Rogers won the first two games 19-25, 22-25, and Lexington countered by taking the next three 25-9,25-17, 15-9 for the win. Madison Bexley and Karsen Ross had outstanding statistical games for Lexington in the thrilling victory.

Game 1- This was a tightly contested game until the score reached 11-12. From that point on, Rogers slowly pulled away, despite four kills by Karsen Ross. Lexington gave away a couple of service errors in the process. After Mikayla Daniels got a kill, to make the score 15-19, Lexington went error prone, to give the game away.

Game 2- This game went Rogers’ way from the start, as they opened a 1-7 lead. Lexington fought, hustled, and hit their way back, to tie the score at 21. A Meghann Wrinkle kill made it 19-20, and then, a Wrinkle block tied the score at 21. Despite some determined volleys by the Lady Eagles, Rogers won the game, putting Lexington down 2-0.

Madison Bexley had 30 digs of Rogers’ hits in the Green Lady Eagles’ win over the Black Eagles. PHOTOBY MIKEORGAN. Game 3- Lexington responded by playing their best ball of the match. Karsen had kills, Krista Lerche had an ace and a kill, Daniels had a block and kill, Kristen Boettcher had three kills, and Wrinkle had two kills, pacing Lexington to the dominating win.

Game 4- Started off much like game 3. Lerche had an ace, Wrinkle a block, and Karsen a block, as Lexington zoomed out to a 12-1 lead. Lexington relaxed a little and here came Rogers. With the score 21-14, Boettcher got a kill, Karsen a kill, and Boettcher had another kill, as Lexington finished out the game to force game 5.

Game 5- This game started off evenly until Lerche started to serve. At 1-2, Lerche had a service ace to tie the game. After a couple of unforced errors by Rogers, another Lerche ace gave Lexington a 5-2 lead. Mary Beth Ross had a block on the next point, to give Lexington a 6-2 lead. Karsen had a kill, to make the score 9-3. Rogers was so frazzled, they had a rotation infraction, putting Lexington up 11-4. Daniels had a kill at 14-6, putting Lexington on the precipice of victory. Wrinkle then killed a shot, to give Lexington a 15-9 game and match win.

Karsen Ross stays focused. PHOTO BY MARK STRAIN. Stats for the match were very impressive. Karsen Ross had 14 kills, 11 assists, 24 digs, and 2 blocks. Madison Bexley had 30 digs, many second hits that were rundowns of shanks. Krista Lerche had 22 assists, 11 digs, and 5 service aces. Kristen Boettcher had 9 kills, 7 digs, and 3 aces. Meghann Wrinkle had 8 kills, 13 digs, 5 blocks, and 2 aces. Mikayla Daniels had 5 kills and 3 very important blocks.