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HARTINGTON - Laurel-Concord-Coleridge swept through the Hartington- Newcastle Invitational Saturday with two-set sweeps over North Central, Tri County Northeast and Hartington-Newcastle after splitting matches with Howells-Dodge and Humphrey/Lindsay in a triangular played in Humphrey on Oct. 10.
The Lady Bears had little trouble in the Hartington-Newcastle Tournament, sweeping North Central 25-5 and 25-6, sweeping the hosts 25-16 and 25-14 and taking care of Tri County Northeast 25-16 and 25-18.
Against the Wolfpack, Rena Rasmussen paved the way with nine winners in the match, Tali Erwin and Carlie Kvols added three each.
Kvols tipped up 14 set assists while Lainey Schutte had a couple of ace serves.
Kaida Eriksen had seven digs in the match, Schutte had six, Erwin five and Tyler Recob had four.
In the win over Hartington-Newcastle, LCC got 10 kills from Rasmussen and Kvols recorded 20 assists.
Erwin and Kvols had seven digs each and Erwin and Schutte had a pair of ace serves each.
The Lady Bears made hay from the service line against North Central.
Erwin led the way with 10 ace serves in the match, Rasmussen had four and Eriksen added three as the Lady Bears rifled 20 non-refundable serves.
In the triangular at Humphrey/ Lindsay, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge went up against a couple of quality opponents and came away with a 26-24 and 25-23 win over stubborn Howells-Dodge and lost only its third match of the season to the hosts, 2517 and 25-22, leaving both teams with 23-2 records for 2024.
Erwin and Rasmussen had good nights at the net with both of them hammering 17 kills in the two sets. Erwin had 10 against the Lady Jaguars and seven against Humphrey/ Lindsay.
Omaha World Herald Class C1 Top 10
1. Minden 27-0 2. Clarkson/Leigh 24-2 3. Kearney Catholic 19-5 4. Columbus Scotus 22-5 5. Pierce 20-4 6. Battle Creek 19-6 7. Columbus Lakeview 15-7 8. LCC 23-3 9. Wahoo 16-6 10. Omaha Concordia 20-12 NSAA Power Points Class C1
Minden 25-0 46.6400 Battle Creek 18-5 45.0435 Clarkson/Leigh 21-2 44.8261 LCC 19-2 44.8095 Holdrege 12-2 44.5714 Columbus Scotus 16-4 44.4500 Columbus Lakevw 13-7 44.4500 Minden 27-0 46.8889 Battle Creek 19-6 44.8800 Pierce 20-4 44.8750 Scotus Catholic 22-5 44.7778 Clarkson/Leigh 24-2 44.7308 Kearney Catholic 19-5 44.5833 LCC 23-3 44.5769 Columbus Lakevw 15-7 44.5000 Wahoo 16-6 44.0000 Holdrege 15-5 43.9000 Chase County 17-9 43.8462 Milford 17-7 43.7500 Ogallala 21-7 43.4643 Broken Bow 16-7 43.3043 Omaha Concordia 20-12 43.2813 David City 18-8 43.0769 Adams Central 17-9 43.0000 North Bend 15-9 42.8333 Palmyra 18-7 42.7600 Gothenburg 17-8 42.5600 Rasmussen had five against Howells-Dodge and a dozen against Humphrey/Lindsay.
Kvols had 36 set assists in the two matches.
Eriksen had 17 digs against Howells-Dodge, Schutte contributed nine and Erwin just missed a doubledouble with eight to go along with her 10 winners.
Rasmussen did get her double-double in the Humphrey/Lindsay match with her 12 kills and 17 digs.
The Lady Bears were set to welcome Cedar Catholic to Laurel on Oct. 15 before heading to the inaugural Greater Northeast Activities Conference Tournament Oct. 21 through Oct. 25.
k=Kills, A=Ace Serves, b=Blocks, d-Digs; s-Set Assists, r=Successful Passing LCC (23-3) defeats Tri County Northeast (15-7) 25-16, 25-18.
LCC — Lainey Schutte 1k, 2a, 6d 2s, 5r; Tyler Recob 2k, 4d, 1r; Tali Erwin 3k, 1b, 5d, 6r; Rena Rasmussen 9k, 1a, 3b, 3d, 3r; Carlie Kvols 3k, 1b, 2d, 14s; Kaida Eriksen 2k, 1a, 7d, 1s, 7r; Bailey Graf 2d, 2s, 3r.
LCC defeats Hartington-Newcastle (9-15) 25-16, 25-14.
LCC - Schutte 2k, 2a, 1b, 3d, 1s, 9r; Recob 3k, 2b, 1d; Erwin 4k, 2a, 7d, 1s; 2r; Rasmussen 10k, 1a, 2d, 3r; Kvols 1k, 7d, 20s; Eriksen 4k, 5d, 10r; Graf 3r.
