Nebraska State Volleyball, Class D-1: Diller-Odell on the way to first state championship
#2 seed Diller-Odell Griffins (36-1) showed up to Championship Saturday firing on all cylinders against the 2018 State Champion #4 seed Fremont Bergan Knights (30-12) winning in 3 sets, 25-19, 25-17, 25-22 for their first state championship in school history. …
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Continue Reading#2 seed Diller-Odell Griffins (36-1) showed up to Championship Saturday firing on all cylinders against the 2018 State Champion #4 seed Fremont Bergan Knights (30-12) winning in 3 sets, 25-19, 25-17, 25-22 for their first state championship in school history.
It started with the pass serve game. The Griffins breaking the Class D1 ace serve record this season with 391 aces, pushed Bergan out of system consistently. Serving many high risk, high reward serves, the 5 aces and tough serves outweighed their 12 errors.
In addition to strong serving, in the front row senior Mackenzie Vitosh, senior Emily Swanson, and freshman Karli Heidemann found the seams in the Bergan block hitting .256 as a team.
The Griffins lead through much of the match until the middle of the third set. Fremont Bergan went on a 4-0 run in set three to get to 17-18 and force a Diller-Odell timeout. The teams traded leads until Diller-Odell finished strong on kills from Vitosh (17 kills) and Karli Heidemann (13 kills, 13 digs) to finish the sweep at 25-22. Junior setter Addison Heidemann, on her way to Iowa State in two seasons, controlled the offensive flow of the game with 37 assists..
The Griffins are coached by Kandice Jurgens, in her 5th season. The successful Griffin program attended state in 2015 (runner up), 2016 (runner up), and 2018.
Fremont Bergan, coached by Sue Wewel, was lead by senior Allie DeGroff (7 kills, 14 digs), junior Lauren Baker (6 kills, 13 digs) and senior setter Kaia McIntyre (20 assists).
3rd PLACE MATCH
#1 seed Pleasanton (31-2) Vs #6 seed Hartington Cedar Catholic (19-13)
Pleasanton over HCC 3-2; 26-28, 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 15-11
Kills
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
23 Katelyn Lindner, Pleasanton |
Championship |
Championship |
17 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
20 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
17 Mackenzie Vitosh, DO |
17 Isabelle Paitz, Pleasanton |
18 Karli Heidemann, DO |
13 Karli Heidemann, DO |
17 Mackenzie Vitosh, DO |
3rd Place Match |
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14 Abigail Hochstein, HCC |
20 Katelyn Lindner, Pleasanton |
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13 Kaci Pierce, Pleasanton |
14 Isabelle Paitz, Pleasanton |
Blocks
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
5 Hannah Frost, Bergan |
Championship |
Championship |
4 Kennedy Bacon, Bergan |
5 Hannah Frost, Bergan |
3 Mackenzie Vitosh, Do |
4 Lauren Baker, Bergan |
5 Emma Walz, Bergan |
2 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
4 Emma Walz, Bargan |
3 Lauren Baker, Bergan |
2 Karli Heidemann, DO |
3rd Place Match |
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4 Katelyn Lindner, Pleasanton |
Aces
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
5 Addison Heidemann, DO |
Championship |
Championship |
4 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
4 Karli Heidemann, DO |
2 Addison Heidemann, DO |
3 Tori Arens, HCC |
3 Addison Heidemann, DO |
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3 Abigail Hochstein, HCC |
3rd Place Match |
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3 Madelyn Meyerle, DO |
3 Brynn Wortmann, HCC |
Digs
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
22 Lauren Baker, Bergan |
Championship |
Championship |
21 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
38 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
14 Allie DeGroff, Bergan |
20 Paige Weisdorfer, Pleasanton |
24 Kaia McIntyre, Bergan |
13 Lauren Baker, Bergan |
18 Katelyn Lindner, Pleasanton |
20 Rebecca Baker, Bergan |
13 Karli Heidemann, DO |
17 Kaia McIntyre, Bergan |
3rd Place Match |
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13 Cadee Nichols, Pleasanton |
24 Cadee Nichols, Pleasanton |
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23 Kaci Pierce, Pleasanton |
Assists
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
57 Natalie Siegel, Pleasanton |
Championship |
Championship |
38 Addison Heidemann, DO |
49 Kaia McIntyre, Bergan |
37 Addison Heidemann, DO |
38 Kaia McIntyre, Bergan |
29 Addison Heidemann, DO |
20 Kaia McIntyre, Bergan |
32 Aiden Wortmann, HCC |
3rd Place Match |
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49 Natalie Siegel, Pleasanton |
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26 Aiden Wortmann, HCC |