The Rye High School girls volleyball team won nine straight sets last week over three opponents and upping their season record to 7-1 and leading the Santa Fe League with a 4-0 record.
On September 5, the team traveled to Walsenburg to face John Mall and downed the home team 25-11, 25-15, and 25-4.
Isabella Bond had seven kills and two blocks in the victory.
Kelsy Stribling also had seven kills and four assists. Jaklyn Newitt had eight aces from the service line and nine assists.
Leah Peterson had four service aces and three digs. Hayley Newitt had three blocks and Desiree Ruiz had 10 digs nine service receptions.
On Thursday, September 7, Rye hosted Pueblo Central and won three in a row 25-6, 25-19, and 25-13.
Jordan Holgerson had eight kills and one block in the match.
Stribling had seven kills and nine service receptions. Mackenzie Indgjer had seven service aces and seven assists.
Newitt had five aces, 17 digs and 13 assists. Bond had two blocks and Ruiz had 13 digs and 14 service receptions.
Back on the road on the 9th of September, Rye downed Las Animas three straight: 25-17, 25-16, and 25-13.
Holgerson had 13 kills at the net. Newitt had seven kills, three service aces, 13 digs and 13 assists. Bond had five blocks and Ruiz had 16 digs and 15 service receptions. Hayley Newitt had three blocks and Olivia Donlon had five assists. Seine Roy had seven receptions.
“Every time we play, we learn something that needs improvement and those become one of our focuses the next week. The girls provide input as to what they feel they individually need to improve on plus how the team as a whole can improve. Sometimes that means I go into a practice with a plan and scrap it completely after talking to the girls, shared Head Coach Michele Roy.
Rye will travel to Crowley County (3-5) on the 12th. They will host a match with Holly (42) on the 16th. Holly is ranked 21st in 1A while Rye is considered the #4 team in 2A.
“Holly looks to be more competitive,” shared Roy. “However, we don’t want to discount a single team. We want to go into every match playing strong from the first whistle until the last.”