Cardinals soar over Eagles in VB rematch

The Luverne volleyball squad relished a 4-1 win over the Windom Eagles in Windom Thursday, Sept. 16, in a rematch the Cards had been eyeing all week.  
Coach Sarah DeBeer said that the word “redemption” came up frequently in practice all week after the Cardinals fell to the Eagles in the Sept. 11 Luverne tourney.
That changed Thursday when the Cardinals upset the Eagles 4-1 in their home nest.
Luverne came out strong with a 7-1 lead in the opening set, which was marked by kills by senior Elise Ferrell.  
With a pass by Reghan Bork, a set by Trista Baustian and a kill by Junior Anja Jarchow, the Cards had a strong lead at 20-10.  Ferrell capped Set 1 with two service aces.
Jarchow started Set 2 with a solid pass to Baustian, who set up Ferrell for a kill.  Despite strong passes by Macy Stratton and kills by Ferrell and Kamryn Van Batavia, Windom knotted the score at 21-21.
Luverne errors riddled the final points of the set to give the Eagles a win at 25-23.
Slow play through the first 12 points kept the score tight early in Set 3 until Baustian delivered a tip kill and a service ace to tie the score at 7-7.  
Consecutive kills by Ferrell and Van Batavia helped put the Cards ahead 12-10.  Windom challenged the lead by forcing errors from Luverne, but the Cards responded with kills late in the match by Baustian and Jarchow to upend the Eagles at 25-22.
With a clean pass by Stratton, Ferrell was able to pound a kill from a Bork set to get the Cards off to an exciting start in Set 4.  Jarchow and Ferrell teamed up for a series of kills and a block to push the lead to 15-10.  
After an ace by Ferrell, Bork set up Christina Wagner for a kill out of the middle to extend the lead to 19-13, forcing a Windom time out.  
Luverne punished the Eagles with two aces by Van Batavia and a final kill by Ferrell for a 25-18 set score which resulted in a 4-1 win for the Cards.
 
Serving:  Christina Wagner – 100 percent serving percentage; Elise Ferrell – 4 aces
Digs:  Macy Stratton – 13; Elise Ferrell – 11
Set Assists:  Reghan Bork – 19; Trista Baustian – 8Kills:  Elise Ferrell – 19; Anja Jarchow – 5
Blocks:  Anja Jarchow – 3 assists; Trista Baustian – 1 solo, 2 assists