Sheridan’s Meredith Krupp was honored Tuesday for clearing 1,000 career digs during the Blackhawks’ win over Clinton Prairie. (Dwight Casler)
The REPORTER
The Sheridan volleyball team picked up two wins this week, and one of its players reached a major milestone.
On Monday, the Blackhawks beat Tipton in four sets, 25-23, 25-12, 23-25, 25-20. Lainey Mendenhall led the offense with 14 kills, followed by Adria Jump with seven, Beth Adams with four and Emily Will with three. Jump served four aces, while Adams and Eva Todd each served two aces. Jump dished out 18 assists.
Meredith Krupp collected 29 digs, with Jump and Adams both getting 12 and Mendenhall scooping up 11. Amiyah Doss and Jump both made two block assists, while Mendenhall had one solo block and one block assist.
Sheridan swept Clinton Prairie on Tuesday, 25-11, 25-20, 25-19 for a Hoosier Heartland Conference victory. Krupp had 17 digs and gathered her 1,000th career dig early in the second set. Krupp holds the school record for digs with 1,013 and counting.
Mendenhall slammed 20 kills with Adams and Doss both hitting four. Jump put down three kills and Kelsie Hagan had two. Jump handed out 27 assists and collected 11 service points, including six aces. Mendenhall had three aces and Hagan served two.
Mendenhall scooped up 12 digs, followed by Jump with eight, Adams with six and Lilli Thompson with four. Doss made two solo blocks, while Mendenhall and Hagan both had one solo block.
The Blackhawks are 4-1 in conference play and 11-5 overall. Sheridan hosts Delphi Thursday in another HHC match.
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Hamilton Heights came back to win a five-set match with Noblesville Tuesday in an all-county matchup.
The set scores were 20-25, 16-25, 27-25, 25-17, 15-11. Liv Schiffli made several big kills and blocks for the Huskies, who were playing their Pink Out game to honor breast cancer survivors.
Heights is 14-4 and plays at Lapel next Wednesday, Sept. 24. The Millers are 11-4 and host Delta tonight.
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Westfield won a four-set match with Carmel on Monday, 25-21, 25-20, 25-27, 25-14.
Georgia Bresnahan hit 18 kills for the Class 4A No. 1 Shamrocks. Emily Blevins served five aces, followed by Kendyl Strack and Kenna Robinson with three aces each. Robinson dished out 23 assists, with Blevins handing out 20 assists.
Bresnahan collected 14 digs, while Strack scooped up 13 and Blevins gathered 10 digs. Bresnahan and Carsyn Comer both made three blocks.
Stats for Carmel were not available at press time.
The Shamrocks are unbeaten at 15-0 and host 4A No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern tonight for a showdown between the top two Class 4A teams in the state. Carmel swept Lawrence North on Tuesday and is 6-11 for the season. The Greyhounds play at Fishers tonight.
Also on Tuesday, Southeastern beat Pendleton Heights in four sets, 23-25, 25-12, 25-19, 25-5. The Royals are 14-1 for the season.
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Guerin Catholic swept Heritage Christian 25-18, 25-20, 25-15 to win a Circle City Conference match on Tuesday.
Emery Cardinal spiked 14 kills, while Maddie Fritch hit 11 kills. Reese Canada served five aces, while Claire Ducey dished out 39 assists.
Fritch gathered 12 digs, with Natalie Laughon collecting 10 digs. Eleanor Carlisle made four blocks and Cardinal had three.
Guerin Catholic finished conference play 2-2 and is 10-4 overall. The Golden Eagles play tonight at Lafayette Central Catholic.
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Fishers dropped a five-set match Monday at Center Grove, 23-25, 23-25, 25-9, 28-26, 15-12.
The Tigers are 9-5 and host Carmel tonight.
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University split a pair of Pioneer Conference matches to start the week.
The Trailblazers swept Liberty Christian on Monday, 25-10, 25-7, 25-6 before falling to Herron Tuesday 25-20, 25-22, 25-23.
University is 5-1 in conference play and 5-11 overall. The Blazers host Park Tudor on Thursday in another Pioneer Conference match.
