Cincinnati Area Notes: Kings win streak hits 30

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The defending Division I state champion Kings Knights saw their winning streak hit 30 with a 3-1 (25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 26-24) win at Loveland on Tuesday. The Knights then downed Lebanon on Thursday to move to 6-0 on the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Knights take on West Clermont on Monday, then Walnut Hills on Tuesday before a potential showdown at Turpin on Thursday. Turpin is currently 6-3 overall and 5-1 in East Cincinnati Conference play for second place. The three losses for the Spartans are Seton, St. Ursula and Anderson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kings sophomore setter [player_tooltip player_id='608312' first='Anabelle' last='Seni'] earned ECC Player of the Week honors after recording 46 assists and 13 digs in that win over Loveland. Seni is second in the league with 228 assists. Only Turpin junior [player_tooltip player_id='759635' first='Lilly' last='Woolums'] has more with 252.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lebanon (3-6, 3-3) has players leading the league in several categories. Junior [player_tooltip player_id='227618' first='Ava' last='Long'] leads the way with 149 kills and junior [player_tooltip player_id='227624' first='Madison' last='Kyle'] leads the league with 179 digs. Senior Lydia Watson also leads the league with 32 blocks. Second in the league in kills is Anderson senior [player_tooltip player_id='176098' first='Grace' last='Crider'] with 103 and Milford junior [player_tooltip player_id='195210' first='Rachel' last='Morgan'] with 119 digs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cincinnati Hills League </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Taylor Yellowjackets have taken over the league lead at 4-0. Chelsea Miller's defending CHL champion team opened the season with wins over Ross, Western Brown and Colerain.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior Morgan Koelling leads the league a 2.08 passer rating. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='717161' first='Kylie' last='Stutzman'] is second in assists with 149 assists and 27 aces for the Yellow Jackets. Senior Mia Kantz leads Taylor with 57 kills and senior Lauren Boland is tied for second with 14 blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Madeira (7-1), Wyoming (4-4) and Indian Hill (4-5) are tied for second in league play at 3-1. Madeira sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='519643' first='Evie' last='Schiller'] and junior [player_tooltip player_id='629131' first='Sophia' last='Wirsing'] lead the league with 69 and 68 kills, respectively with Deer Park junior Abigail Pettyjohn third with 64 and Indian Hill senior Ella Lewis fourth with 62.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Madeira sophomore Maddie Hambridge is well ahead of the field with 202 assists with Mariemont junior Samantha Gaughan leading the league with 132 digs. Deer Park junior Grace Louden leads the league with 44 aces and Indian Hill senior Macy Overton leads the league with 19 blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Madeira travels to Taylor the big game Tuesday and the big game Thursday is Wyoming at Indian Hill.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>GGCL</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Seton (9-0) won both games to open GGCL play last week with St. Ursula (5-0) and Ursuline (5-3) opening up with wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Seton and St. Ursula clash in a battle of unbeatens on Tuesday at Seton with Mercy McAuley traveling to Ursuline. Then on Tuesday, Ursuline travels to St. Ursula and Mercy McAuley (2-6) travels to Mount Notre Dame (7-3).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>GCL Co-Ed</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>McNicholas (7-2) continues to lead the league with a 4-0 record beating Alter and Chaminade Julienne last week. The Rockets have won six straight and travel to Roger Bacon on Monday. Defense has been a big key for the Rockets. Sophomore libero [player_tooltip player_id='435871' first='Ali' last='Strange'] leads the league with 136 digs and has an astounding 2.46 pass rating on a three-point scale meaning she consistently makes good passes to get three attackers involved. Teammate [player_tooltip player_id='480801' first='Savanna' last='Stacey']'s rating is 2.29.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Badin (5-3) took over sole possession of second with the win over Fenwick on Tuesday. [player_tooltip player_id='176097' first='Luci' last='Heid'] continues to lead the league in kills with 131.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Notable Performances</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["608312"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66df2bbc39a5b"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Seni (pictured) has been a big key to helping the Knights hit their 31-game wining streak. Seni can hit the setter dump and even surprise opponents pushing the ball to open spots on the court on first touches. Seni sets the ball to various spots at the net that teams have to respect the hitters. That includes back sets. Seni is also solid on defense and blocking. Seni is second in the ECL with 228 assists and also has 44 digs, 12 blocks and 31 kills on the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["717161"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66df2bbc39b48"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Stutzman played a big role helping Taylor dethrone 13-time defending champion Wyoming from the top of Cincinnati Hills League play last year leading the league in assists and has built off that this year. Stutzman brings a lot of versatility to the team. She makes good decisions with her sets. She can even do the back set. Stutzman has great timing on her blocks and smacks down overpasses. The lefty has an amazing jump serve and hustles on defense to keep plays alive. Stutzman is second in the league with 149 assists and 27 aces. She also has 50 digs and 36 kills on the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["519643"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66df2bbc39bba"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Schiller can hit from both the front and back row bringing a lot of versatility to the Amazons. She can rise up and shove the ball to the side and hit to the sides of blockers to the back row. She is also a good passer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Molly Smiddy","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'6u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32561","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Mount Notre Dame","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='431827' first='Elevation' last='']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66df2bbc39c7f"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Smiddy has really picked up her game for the Cougars this year. She does a great job putting teammates in position to put balls down. She is very active all over the court. Smiddy handles line shots and can quickly move up to cover tips. Smiddy has 154 assists and 53 digs on the season for the Cougars.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["621290"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66df2bbc39ce9"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Radtke has done her part to help the Rockets succeed. The junior has been a big force serving the ball. She sends a tough jump floater to different parts of the back row, making it hard to pass.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block -->