The New Prague Trojan volleyball team opened its season last week with two tough opponents over two days, and came away with a pair of sweeps.
The Trojans (ranked No. 9, in Class AAA) defeated Mayer Lutheran (No. 3, Class A) and Belle Plaine (No. 4, Class AA) to get its season off to a good start. On Tuesday, they were scheduled to face Northfield, a state tournament team last season.
New Prague hosts two more traditionally strong opponents in St. Michael-Albertville on Thursday, Aug. 29, and Shakopee Tuesday, Sept. 3.
Trojans 3, Crusaders 0 New Prague opened its season against a strong Mayer Lutheran team and came away with a 25-20, 25-15, 25- 21 win.
Stats:
The Trojans performed well on both offense and defense. McKenna Vacek had 13 digs and 22 serve receptions, along with a service ace. Dani Friedges had 14 kills, nine serve receives, a block assist and a solo block. Sophia Andersen led the Trojans with 15 kills she also had 10 digs, nine serve receptions, 13 assists and three block assists.
Kate Seymour had two block assists and a solo block, Tori Moe had 20 assists and Chessa Devine had five block assists and a solo block, Hannah Jensen contributed two ace serves, five digs and 10 serve receptions.
"I was very happy with our first match of the season," Coach Angie Andersen said. "As a team, we serve received, served and blocked well and that is a great base to start off developing our game going forward.
"Overall we played aggressive, consistent and the girls looked relaxed, focused and competitive."
Andersen credited Devine with her...
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Trojan volleyball off to hot start
