RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup: Southwest at Hi-Line Preview
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Hi-Line will host Southwest on Tuesday in Eustis, with Varsity action scheduled at 6:00 P.M.
Hi-Line
The Bulls have started the season 3-2 and are coached by Quienten Loontjer.
Junior RiLee Schutz has 44 kills this season, averaging 3.1 kills per set. She has nine aces this year, five aces, and leads the team with 55 digs, which is a 3.9 digs-per-set average. Senior Lauryn Ruda had 32 kills and averages 3.0 kills per set, hitting 0.128%. She also has eight blocks and 18 digs.
Hi-Line has 254 digs this season as a team. Sophomore Bristol Kubert has 42 digs, sophomore Piper Puls has 40 digs, sophomore Klaire Pohl has 38 digs, and junior Kylee Kubert has 35 digs.
Pohl is Hi-Line's returning setter and has had a solid start to the year, with 107 total assists, averaging 7.6 assists per set.
Hi-Line is in Class C2 and in Region 3 with Alma, Arcaida/Loup City, Centura, Doniphan-Trumbull, Elm Creek, H&H, Hastings St. Cecilia, Kenesaw, Maxwell, Maywood-Hayes Center, Nebraska Christian, Ravenna, Sandy Creek, South Loup, Superior, and Sutton.
Southwest
Southwest has started the season 3-3 and is coached by Kim Barnett.
Junior Aspen Billeter returns to the setting position. Entering this game, she is at 1,979 assists and should eclipse the 2,000 career assist mark very soon. She has 13 kills this season, 12 aces, nine blocks, team-high 83 digs, and 104 assists, averaging 6.9 assists per set.
The Roughriders had a pair of freshmen who are leading the team in kills. Mila Nelms has a team-high 59 kills, averaging 3.7 kills per set, while hitting 0.133%. She also has five blocks and 61 digs. Kali Kurkowski has 36 kills, averaging 2.3 kills per set, and has eight blocks.
Other key players for Southwest are sophomore Alvia Cure, who has 75 digs (4.7 digs per set), junior Lacie Houser (15 kills and 38 digs), sophomore Natalie Neseth (15 kills and nine blocks), and junior Teagan Stritt (6 kills and 13 assists).
Southwest is in the D1-11 District with Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, and Wauneta-Palisade.
