The Helias volleyball teams travelled down Stadium Blvd. Thursday, Oct. 20 to take on the Lady Jays. The freshmen B team started the evening off with a 25-19, 25-8 win to finish their season with an undefeated record of 14-0. Ashley Tichelkamp had 18 service points with 8 aces, Megan Villanueva had 10 assists and 3 kills, Katie Verry had 4 kills and 5 digs, Allie Strope added 5 service points and 7 digs, Regan Krummen had 5 service points and 6 assists, Hannah Jenkins added 5 kills and Rachel Wilson had 4 kills. The A team also completed and undefeated season at 25-0-1 with a 25-20, 21-25, 25-23 victory. Abby Block had 26 assists, 10 service points and 9 digs, MaKenzi Meyer had 10 sercie points, 6 kills and 9 digs, Morgan Rundle added 8 kills and 10 digs, Leslie Ortmeyer had 5 kills and 3 blocks, Abby Farrow and Shanna Luebbert contributed 12 digs each and Hannah Warren had 13 digs. The jv finished their season at 25-6-3 with a 14-25, 11-25 loss. Tory Wiley had 4 kills, Samantha Bruemmer had 6 assists and Alex Trower added 4 digs.

The varsity match was an exciting 3 set match which Helias won 25-22, 20-25, 25-18. The first set saw Helias build leads of 9-4 and 17-8 before the Lady Jays stormed back with a 10-2 run. The Lady Crusaders pulled away again to take the first set. With momentum on their side, Helias jumped to a quick 4-0 lead before JC scored 5 points in a row. The Lady Jays eventually took a 14-10 lead they never relenquished and went on to win the second set. The third match was what you would expect as it was close in the beginning. Helias started pulling away behind the serve of Tess Wiley to take a 14-8 lead and forcing JC to call a tiimeout. The Lady Crusaders were able to side out very well allowing the Lady Jays to score only 6 points off their serve. That efficiency let Helias continue to build on their lead and JC wasn't able to gain any momentum. The lead swelled to 8 points on 4 different occasions before Helias closed out the set and match by a 7 point margin.

The serve receive passing was outstanding on the night with a 2.31 rating in the first set, 2.25 in the second set and 2.18 for the match. The defense was also very good with 60 digs, 2 solo blocks and 12 assist blocks. Eli Sandbothe had 12 service points, 8 kills and 3 blocks, Krista Haslag had 11 kills and 4 blocks, Tess Wiley added 11 kills, 8 digs, 5 service points and 2 blocks, Sidney Lammers had 29 assists, 6 digs and 2 blocks, Haley Bax contributed 6 service points and 10 digs, Rachel Werner had 12 digs and Nicole Lamb added 11 digs. The win improved the season record to 22-4-2. The varsity will travel to Quincy, IL on Oct. 21-22 to participate in a 32 team tournament.

The Helias Lady Crusader volleyball teams travelled to Camdenton on Monday, Oct. 17 and came away with three victories. The freshmen won their match 25-20, 25-11. Abby Block had 16 assists and 6 service points, MaKenzi Meyer had 7 kills and 2 blocks, Shanna Luebbert had 6 service points and 4 digs and Leslie Ortmeyer had 7 service points, 2 kills and 2 blocks. The freshmen record improved to 24-0-1. The jv ran their record to 25-5-3 with a 25-17, 25-23 win. Samantha Bruemmer had 14 assists and 6 kills, Lindsey Griggs had 10 assists and 7 digs, Erica Haslag added 8 digs, Tory Wiley had 7 kills while Laura Schieber and Jordyn West had 4 kills each.

The varsity match featured several runs by both teams. Camdenton jumped to a 4-8 lead in the first set before Helias went on a 7-0 run to go up 11-8. The Lady Lakers immediately scored 6 points in a row aided by 3 hitting errors by Helias. The Lady Crusaders then scored 8 points in a row to go back ahead 20-15. Helias had a lead of 23-20 before Camdenton closed out the first set with another 5 point run to wiin 25-23. While Helias was able to serve receive very well (2.28) the hitters were not able to establish a rythym as they hit -.110 for the set with only 7 kills and 11 errors. The second set was similar to the first. Helias took the 8-4 lead in this set before Camdenton took a 9-8 lead behind 5 straight points. The Lady Crusaders then built leads of 17-12 and 21-17 before the Lady Lakers tied it at 21. Helias earned a side out and Rachel Werner served 3 points in a row to force a third set. Helias had fewer unforced errors in the third set. The serve receive was outstanding as Helias was able to convert on 10 of 13 first serves by Camdenton and held them to only 5 points off their serve. The last lead by the Lady Lakers was at 9-7 before the Lady Crusaders pulled away to a 23-13 lead. Four consecutive hitting errors allowed Camdenton to pull to within 23-17 before Helias scored the final two points to win the set 25-17 and the match. Eli Sandbothe had 10 service points, 6 kills and 2 blocks, Haley Bax had 10 service points, 10 digs and 2 blocks, Krista Haslag had 8 kills and 8 blocks, Tess Wiley added 11 kills, Sidney Lammers had 18 assists and 5 digs, Werner contributed 11 service points and 6 digs and Nicole Lamb added 8 digs. The varsity record is now 21-4-2.

All the volleyball teams will be back in action on Thursday, Oct. 20 against Jefferson City. The freshmen matches start at 4:45 pm, the jv match begins at 6:15 with the varsity match to follow.

The Helias Lady Crusader volleyball teams traveled to Washington on Thursday, Oct. 12 to play St. Francis Borgia. The freshmen started things off by defeating the Lady Knights 24,26, 25-11, 25-16. Abby Block had 24 assists and 16 service points, Abby Farrow had 9 service points, 8 digs and 7 kills, MaKenzi Meyer had 4 kills and 4 blocks, Morgan Rundle had 12 digs and 6 kills, Leslie Ortmeyer added 5 kills and 2 blocks and Hannah Warren contributed 11 digs. The freshmen record improved to 18-0. The jv record fell to 23-4-3 with a 20-25, 18-25 loss. Samantha Bruemmer and Lindsey Griggs had 10 assists each, Erica Haslag and Bruemmer had 6 kills each, Griggs, Tory Wiley and Laura Schieber had 3 kills apiece. Alex Trower added 9 digs.

The varsity lost a tough match 19-25, 23-25. The Lady Crusaders were ahead in the first set 9-7 when the Lady Knights went on a 6-0 run and Helias never recovered. The second set was tightly contested until Helias pulled out to a 21-17 lead behind the serving of Tess Wiley. The Lady Crusaders could not force a third set as Borgia went on a 8-2 run to win the second set. Wiley had 6 service points and 5 kills, Krista Haslag had 8 kills and 3 blocks, Eli Sandbothe added 5 service points, 3 kills and 2 blocks, Sidney Lammers had 16 assists and 8 digs and Haley Bax added 8 digs and 3 service points. The varsity record dropped to 20-4-2.

All three teams travel to Camdenton on Monday, Oct. 17. The jv and freshmen matches will be played at 5 pm with the varsity match to follow.

The Helias jv and varsity volleyball teams swept the Eldon Lady Mustangs on Monday, Oct. 10. The jv won their match 25-7, 25-14. Tory Wiley had 7 service points and 3 kills, Samantha Bruemmer had 9 service points and 3 assists, Jordyn West added 6 service points and 3 digs, Lindsey Griggs chipped in with 6 assists and Tori Keller had 4 digs. The jv record improved to 23-4-3.

The varsity team started slowly by committing several unforced errors early including 3 missed serves, 1 net violation, 5 hitting errors and a passing error which helped Eldon build a 14-10 lead in the first set. After a timeout, the Lady Crusaders only committed 5 errors the rest of the match. They outscored Eldon 15-6 after the timeout to take the first set 25-20. After the timeout, Helias did not allow a single Eldon point off serve the remainder of the match. The Lady Crusaders slowly built their lead in the second set before winning 25-10. The Lady Crusaders only hit .185 in the first set but hit .577 in the second set with 16 kills and only 1 error. Helias serve receive passing was 2.05 in the first set and 2.60 in the second set. After the 14-10 lead by Eldon in the first set, Helias got 6 sideouts in a row off Eldon's first serve to close out the first set and they were 11 out of 11 in the second set as Eldon did not get a single point off their serve. On a night when the seniors (Krista Haslag, Nicole Lamb, Elizabeth Sandbothe, Rachel Werner and Tess Wiley) were honored, the senior hitters put on a show. Tess Wiley (.429) and Eli Sandbothe (.545) had 8 kills each while Krista Haslag (.625) added 5 kills. Sandbothe also had 3 blocks while Haslag had 2 blocks. Sidney Lammers contributed 12 assists, 8 service points, 6 digs and 3 blocks, Brittney Engelbrecht added 9 assists, 5 service points and 4 digs and Wiley also had 6 service points. The varsity record now stands at 20-3-2.

The freshmen, jv and varsity travel to Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 12 to play St. Francis Borgia. The freshmen and jv matches will be played at 5:30 pm.

The Helias volleyball teams traveled down Route B Thursday night to take on the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons. The freshmen B team won their match 25-8, 25-5 to improve to 13-0. Megan Villanueva had 18 service points including 9 aces, 5 assists and 2 kills, Ashley Tichelkamp had 7 service points and 3 kills, Regan Krummen had 5 assists and 4 service points, Rachel Wilson added 3 kills and Hannah Warren had 4 digs. The jv won their match 25-9, 25-16. Tory Wiley had 7 kills and 10 service points, Jordyn West added 12 service points, Laura Schieber had 11 service points and 6 digs and Erica Haslag contributed 4 kills. The jv record is now 20-3-1.

The varsity finished the sweep with a 25-20, 25-22 victory. Helias was able to slowly build a 17-11 lead in the first set and extend it to a lead of 23-16 before the Lady Falcons closed the gap to 20-23. The Lady Crusaders were then able to score two quick points to finish the set. The Lady Crusaders started the second set fast with leads of 7-2, 15-9 and 21-11. Blairs Oaks came storming back with a 7-0 run to get to within 17-21. The eventually pulled to within 22-23 before Helias got a side out and match point. Sidney Lammers had 15 assists, 12 service points and 2 kills, Brittney Engelbrecht had 8 assists, 6 digs, 5 service points and 4 kills, Haley Bax had 12 digs, 5 service points and 2 kills, Eli Sandbothe had 5 kills, 2 blocks and 4 service points, Krista Haslag added 8 kills and 3 blocks and Rachel Werner contributed 6 digs. The varsity record now stands at 17-2.

The jv and varsity will compete in the Lebanon Volleyfest on Sat., Oct. 8.