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LHS volleyball team falls to Jackson, prevails over Southwest Christian in five

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Parents Night is Thursday, Oct. 13
By
Stacy Olson for the Star Herald

The Luverne High School volleyball team added one win and one loss to its season record in the past week in contests with Jackson and Southwest Christian.
The Huskies swept the Cardinals in three games on Oct. 6 in Luverne, but the LHS team earned a hard-fought win over the E-gals in five games Monday.
The Cardinals improved their record to 13 wins and seven losses. The Luverne Cardinals will host Parents Night Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Luverne versus Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball game.   
 
JCC 3, LHS 1
Luverne hosted Jackson on Thursday, Oct. 6, and fell to the Huskies in three games with scores of 19-25, 22-25, and 23-25.
Senior Anja Jarchow completed 11 of 11 serves, recorded six kills and 12 digs. Senior Christina Wagner also completed 11 of 11 serves and charted eight blocking assists at the net.
Carly Olson, senior libero, added 24 digs for Luverne.
Senior setters Emma Beyer and Averill Sehr recorded 20 and 14 set assists respectively.
Kamryn Van Batavia, senior hitter, led with seven kills versus the Huskies.
Junior Kiesli Smith assisted at the net with one solo block and four assists
The Cardinals played well and kept the games tight but just fell short in each round.
 
LHS 3, SWC 2
Luverne hosted Southwest Christian on Monday, Oct. 10, and prevailed over the Eagles in five games.
Luverne won the first game 26-24, second game 25-13 and fifth game 18-16. The Cardinals dropped the third game 20-25 and fourth game 16-25.
Luverne came out strong and made adjustments as the games went on.
Emma Beyer recorded 27 set assists, and Averill Sehr added another 16 set assists on the night.
Carly Olson came up with 21 digs in the back row.
Kamryn Van Batavia finished the night with 18 digs and nine kills.
Anja Jarchow completed 25 of 25 serves and led at the net with 14 kills.
Beyer completed 22 of 22 serves and recorded one ace.
At the net Christina Wagner added two solo blocks and three assists.
Junior Kira John made her varsity debut and recorded one solo block and four assists for the Cardinals.

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