The annual early season matchup between St. Elmo-Brownstown and Vandalia is known for being a battle each year and the 2022 meeting of the two teams followed tradition, going 3 sets with SEB winning this year’s matchup over the Vandals 25-23, 18-25, 25-19. The win puts SEB at 2-1 on the young season and they will be back at home on Monday to take on Nokomis. For Vandalia, the match was their first of the season so they are now 0-1 and will have their home opener on Tuesday when they host South Central Conference rival Pana.
SEB Statistics:
Laney Baldrige – 5 kills, 4 digs, 3 aces, 2 blocks
Kinley Carson – 2 aces, 1 dig
Peyton Garrard – 13 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces, 1 kill
Morgan Hall – 6 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks
Jayna Ireland – 2 blocks
Avery Myers – 4 kills, 5 digs, 2 assists. 1 block
Shelby Sasse – 9 digs, 2 aces, 1 kill
Lydia Smith – 2 kills, 5 aces, 1 assist, 1 dig, 1 block
Lady Vandals Statistics:
Bella Austin – 5 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig, 1 ace
Morgan Dagen – 2 kills, 2 digs
Lauren Kaiser – 7 digs, 1 ace
Delaney Kopp – 1 kill, 1 block
Livi Wehrle – 5 aces, 3 kills, 4 digs
Ellika Whiteman – 6 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces, 1 kill
Emma Wodtka – 5 assists, 3 aces, 3 digs