Five 2029s Making Early-Season Contributions

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='539419' first='Pyper' last='Hamilton']</strong> - Triway<br>Hamilton is a 5'10 hitter leading Triway's offense as they are 2-2 to start the 2025 season. As Hamilton was highlighted earlier, she gets some additional mention given her ability to sustain her offensive success through the first couple of weeks. With 45 total kills over four matches, she is averaging 3.2 k/s on a 40% kill rate. As the Titan's top arm, it will fun to see how she competes going forward as opponents continue to learn about her abilities and understand her value to her team. They next take on an unbeaten Indian Valley team on Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='774778' first='Rachel' last='Jankowski'] </strong>- Hoover<br>Jankowski is averaging 3.9 k/s for Hoover who is 4-0 to start to the 2025 season. Her contributions are key as she makes up half of their tandem currently providing the bulk of their point scoring. At 5'11, she plays like a veteran pin as she has good footwork and movement in preparation to swing. Terminating in double-digits in all of Hoover's matches, she establish her career hight of 23 kills in their recent 3-2 win over a good Villa Angela-St. Joseph team in which she hit at a .360 efficiency.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='774798' first='Mandy' last='Ludwick']</strong> - Lebanon<br>Ludwick is a 5'6 setter that is leading the Lebanon offense with good effectiveness in her distribution among their primary arms. She is currently second in the ECC in total assists as she averages 7.3 a/s. The Warriors are 2-1 overall, including a 3-1 win over Springboro in which Ludwick established her career high of 34 assists in the win. She is also among ECC leaders in service aces.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='875220' first='Olivia' last='Riter'] </strong>- Eastwood<br>The primary setter for the Eagles, Riter has been impressive statistically. Opening her high school career with 35 assists versus Tinora, she followed that with an impressive 40 dimes in their recent 3-1 win over Liberty-Benton. The Eagles are averaging nearly 11 k/s as a team and are terminating at a 40% kill rate largely in part to Riter's leadership of their offense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sophia Baker</strong> - Northside Christian<br>The Lions are 4-0 to start the 2025 season having only dropped two sets, both in their season opening win over Fairfield Christian. Baker has been a key part of their effort as she leads this team defensively at 4.3 digs per set. She started her high school career with a bang as she picked up 44 digs in that opening match. Their next match is against Delaware Christian as their lone contest this next week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->