RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup Preview: Wauneta-Palisade at Dundy County Stratton Volleyball
Dundy County Stratton is set to host Wauneta-Palisade for volleyball on Tuesday, September 29th at 5:15 PM MT.
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Wauneta-Palisade
The Broncos are 14-3 and are coached by Dakota West.
Senior Emma Acton leads the team in several stat categories. This season, she has 180 kills (3.9 kills per set and 0.275%), 37 aces, nine blocks, 179 digs (3.9 digs per set), and 142 assists (3.1 assists per set).
Sophomore Kaia Applegarth has 104 kills this season and is averaging 2.3 kills per set, hitting 0.144%. Junior Kamryn Fanning had 64 kills, junior Molly Yearous has 71 kills, and freshman Attley Wiese has 43 kills (hitting 0.213%).
Serving has been tough for their opponents, as they have 163 aces as a team. Fanning leads with 41, as mentioned above: Acton has 37 aces, senior Kenzie Bardsley has 29 aces, Yearous has 21 aces, and Applegarth has 24 aces.
Defense is key too. They have 51 blocks for the season, with Applegarth at 19, Wiese at 17, and Yearous at 15. They are also super scrappy, as they have tallied 724 digs this season. As mentioned previously, Acton leads with 179 digs; Fanning has 146 digs; Yearous has 120 digs; Bardsley has 108 digs; and Applegarth has 91 digs.
Fanning has also tallied 235 assists on the year.
Others to watch are senior Addalyn Einspahr and sophomore Natalie Walker.
This season, they are in the D1-11 District with Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, and Southwest.
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Dundy County Stratton
The Tigers are 11-2 and are coached by Shelby Zoltenko.
Forget the one-two punch; the Tigers have a triple threat at the net offensively and defensively. Juniors Abi Spargo and Ava Lutz and Senior Emily Schack lead the team with kills and blocks. Spargo has 150 kills this season, averaging 5.4 kills per set, while hitting 0.443%. She also has 32 total blocks this season; 27 of those are solo blocks. Schack has 115 kills, averaging 4.1 kills per set, and is hitting 0.294%. Lutz has 60 kills, averaging 2.1 kills per set, and is hitting 0.212%. She has 19 blocks this season; 13 of those are solo blocks.
The Tigers have 80 aces this season and have a balanced serving attack. Sophomore Charli Shaw leads the team with 20 aces; senior Kimberly Escobar has 19 aces; Schack has 15 aces; Spargo and Lutz both have 13 aces; and junior Bree Lutz has 11 aces.
DCS is scrappy on defense, with 431 digs as a team. Spargo leads the team with 121 digs, Escobar has 99 digs, Schack has 83 digs, A. Lutz has 75 digs, B. Lutz has 63 digs, and Shaw has 51 digs.
B. Lutz has 304 total assists this season and recently eclipsed the 1,000 career assists milestone, with 1,196 assists.
Others to watch will be sophomore Maelee Forch, sophomore Tristi Bernard, and freshman Lauren Shack.
This season, they are in the D1-11 District with Cambridge, Southwest, and Wauneta-Palisade.
