NIACC drops pair at Northeast CC tournament

Team Stats

August 27, 2022
NORFOLK, Neb. - The NIACC volleyball team dropped a pair of matches Friday at the Northeast CC tournament.
NIACC (1-5 overall) lost to Allen County CC 25-16, 25-15, 25-19. Central CC-Columbus topped the Trojans 25-18, 19-25, 25-12, 25-15.
"We expected a little more from our team (Friday)," NIACC coach Chris Brandt said, "but we struggled to find much consistency.
"We knew it was going to be another challenging weekend so (Sataurday) we will need to focus on a few details and just get to work."
Freshman Jaida Hansen led the Trojans with 15 kills and four blocks. The Trojans' Tiegan Barkema had 13 kills, 19 digs and four blocks and Kyla Moore had 11 kills and two blocks.
NIACC's Alyssa Wickersheim had 10 kills, two ace serves and eight digs. The Trojans' Ryley Wetlaufer had 41 assists, 11 digs and four blocks and Kaylee Ollendieck had 37 digs and five assists.
Also for NIACC, Abbie Hyde had seven digs, Kennedy Schwiesow had 13 digs, Ella Barragy had two kills and two blocks and Kalayah Kaschub had two kills and three blocks.
In the match against Central CC-Columbus, NIACC accumulated 75 kills, which is the most in a match since the Trojans had 82 kills also against Central CC-Columbus on Oct. 15, 2021.
NIACC returns to action Saturday at the Northeast CC tournament. The Trojans face Southeast CC at 9 a.m. and host Northeast CC at 11 a.m.

2022 NIACC TEAM SEASON HIGHS

Kills - 50 vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

Assists - 46 vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

Digs - 75 vs. Central CC-Columbus (8-26-22)

Ace serves - 15 vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

Blocks - 6 vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

2022 NIACC INDIVIDUAL SEASON HIGHS

Kills - 15, Tiegan Barkema vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

Assists - 41, Ryley Wetlaufer vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

Digs - 23, Kaylee Ollendieck vs. Central CC-Columbus (8-26-22)

Ace serves - 9, Alyssa Wickersheim vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

Blocks - 5, Kyla Moore vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

THE LAST TIME NIACC HAD ...

50 kills in a match: 50 vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)

75 digs in a match: 75 vs. Central CC-Columbus (8-26-22)

10 blocks in a match: 14 vs. Central Lakes College-Brainerd (9-18-21)

50 assists in a match: 50 vs. Ellsworth (10-13-21)

10 ace serves in a match: 15 vs. Mesabi Range CTC (8-20-22)