Concordia High School Volleyball Team Splits Home League Matches with Marysville

The Concordia High School Volleyball team split a pair of North Central Kansas League matches against the Marysville Bulldogs on Thursday, September 22nd.

The Panthers, now 5-11 overall and 2-2 in league play, dropped the opener to Marysville in three sets, 25-22, 20-25, 23-25.  Junior Callie Parker had 6 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs, and 2 points with 1 ace.  Junior Carlie Carlgren finished with 6 kills, 3 points, 1 block and 7 digs.  Freshman Kynlee Hamel posted 6 kills and 1 block.  Sophomore Kenlee Williams turned in 5 kills, 3 digs, and 2 blocks.  Senior Shaelin Giersch had 4 kills, 2 blocks and 3 digs.  Senior Madison Starr added 4 points with 1 ace, and 7 digs.  Senior Hanna Acree finished with 5 points and 7 digs.  Sophomore Kinsleigh Bethune posted 5 points with 1 ace.  Sophomore Taylor McDaniel added 2 kills and 7 digs, while Freshman Baylen Arnold had 8 points, 3 aces and 9 digs.

Concordia bounced back from the loss to take down the Bulldogs in straight sets, 25-21, 25-10.  Parker led the way with 13 points with 3 aces, 4 kills, 3 blocks and 2 digs.  Acree had 9 points with 1 ace and 3 digs.  Carlgren posted 6 kills, 5 digs and 2 blocks.  Williams finished with 5 kills and 1 block.  McDaniel ended up with 4 kills.  Giersch had 2 kills, 2 blocks and 1 dig.  Starr turned in 5 digs.  Hamel had 1 kill and 3 digs.  Bethune added 3 points with 1 ace, while Arnold finished with 4 points and 3 digs.

Concordia will host the Chapman Irish for Senior Night on Tuesday, September 27th. Live coverage of the league contests can be heard on 1390 KNCK, 98.3 FM and NCKToday.com.