Ansley def. Elba/NL- Scotia

ANSLEY — Kara Ostrand (18) and Siera Rohde (16) combined for 34 service points to lead undefeated Ansley to a 25-15, 25-20, 25-13 victory over Elba/North Loup-Scotia (0-3).

Rohde led the Warriors (6-0) with 11 kills and five ace blocks.

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STROMSBURG — Heartland picked up back-to-back wins at the Cross County Triangular, beating the host Cougars and Nebraska Christian to improve to 15-10 on the year.

In the first game of the night, Heartland topped Cross County in straight sets 25-22, 25-16.

CENTRAL CITY — The Nebraska Christian volleyball team went 2-1 at its home quadangular Saturday.

High Plains went 1-2 at the quad.

Nebraska Christian opened with a 25-21, 25-17 loss to Dodge. Alycea Unruh paced the Eagles with five kills and 11 digs, while Hannah Rogers added three kills and two blocks.

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HAMPTON — The host Hawks took a pair of two-set victories and went unbeaten in triangular volleyball Tuesday in Hampton.

Coach Diane Torson’s purple tribe beat Arcadia in the evening’s opener, 25-13, 27-25 and handled Nebraska Christian in the nightcap, 25-22, 25-16.

POLK — The Nebraska Christian volleyball team improved to 3-1 on the season with a 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 win over High Plains Thursday.

Hannah Rogers paced the Eagles with 10 kills and five blocks, while Katie Griess added eight kills. Cailyn Ostrand chipped in 19 set assists and Rachel Miller had 14 digs for Nebraska Christian.

Nealey Hoffman paced the Storm with 12 kills and 18 digs. Melissa Sundberg and Kendra Samuelson each had eight set assists for High Plains.

GREELEY — Greeley-Wolbach downed Nebraska Christian (2-17) 25-11, 25-14, 25-20.

Jami Nekoliczak (6), Schuyler Erickson (5) and Krista Kolar (5) combined for 16 kills for the Titans (17-1). Darian Erickso added 12 set assists and five ace serves while Nekoliczak added 11 assists and one ace block.

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Things didn’t go quite according to plan for the Heartland Lutheran Red Hornets, as they came up short in their double triangular.

St. Edward took the opening match against Heartland 25-10, 25-23, then Nebraska Christian outlasted the Red Hornets in the evening’s final match, taking a 25-18, 20-25, 25-19 victory.

ELBA — Heartland Lutheran (2-13) dropped two matches at the Elba triangular as the Red Hornets lost to host Elba 26-24, 25-23 and Nebraska Christian 25-17, 25-12. Bekah Mead had nine ace serves for the Eagles.

Nebraska Christian (8-6) handled Elba (7-7) 25-5, 26-24 as Hannah Rogers led the Eagles with seven kills and two ace blocks, Alycea Unruh added six kills and seven digs, and Caitlyn Ostrand had 17 assists and seven digs.

WACO — Anna Faeh had nine kills as Nebraska Christian downed Nebraska Lutheran 25-13, 25-21, 10-25, 27-25.

Katie Griess, Alycea Unruh and Hannah Rogers had seven kills each for the Eagles (2-1). Rogers also had nine ace serves while Caylyn Ostrand had four aces.

Unruh led the way defensively with 17 digs.

CENTRAL CITY — Nebraska Lutheran (2-1) downed host Nebraska Christian 25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 25-12.

Jen Smith led the Eagles (1-2) with 14 kills. Teammate Alycea Unruh added 12 digs, Anna Faeh had 10 assists and Katie Griess recorded seven kills, three ace blocks and 10 digs.