Days removed from playing six sets back on Saturday, Aug. 29, Jamie Ridenhour’s Owensville varsity Dutchgirl volleyball team played 10 sets in the span of 48 hours on their home court at Owensville High School (OHS).

Seeing their junior-varsity counterparts fall in two sets against Linn by scores of 25-23 and 25-22, Ridenhour’s varsity Dutchgirls looked to pick them up.

Owensville won the first two sets in varsity action before dropping the next three and the match by scores of 23-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20 and 15-9.

Lilly Sample led three Dutchgirls with double digit kills recording 12 of them.

She was followed in double figures by Joleen Braun with 11 kills and Kaydence Gibson with 10 kills.

Riley Grube also added six kills against Linn.

Macie Ruth and Sample each served four aces against the Lady Wildcats while Clara Brune, Mya Vandegriffe and Ava Schulte each recorded one ace.

Vandegriffe and Grube each led the way in blocks with four apiece while Sample and Braun both also had two blocks.

Jenna Hoffman paced four Dutchgirls in double-digit digs racking up 26 of them while Sample recorded 19 digs.

Also reaching double figures in digs were Schulte (17) and Ruth (15).

Brune dished out a team-high 24 assists while Schulte was also in double figures with 11 dimes.

Last Wednesday against Washington’s Lady Blue Jays, Owensville’s JV Dutchgirls dropped both sets and the match by scores of 25-20 and 25-12.

During game one, Amelya Curtman served up two aces while also adding two kills.

Leighton Chambers also recorded two aces while Kyler Brooks also chipped in two kills in game one.

Game two saw blocks recorded by Kensli Pfeiffer, Kinley Harness and Curtman.

Varsity action between the Dutchgirls and Lady Blue Jays was back and forth with each team taking a set until Washington claimed the fifth set and the match by scores of 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 19-25 and 15-7.

Grube delivered a team-high 14 kills followed by Sample (9) and Vandegriffe (7) also nearly reaching double figures.

Other Dutchgirls with kills against Washington included Braun (4), Carly Copeland (3), Gibson (2) and Ruth (1).

Schulte served up a team-high seven aces while Brune also recorded four of them.

Hoffman and Curtman also had an ace in the varsity match.

Vandegriffe and Grube each had three total blocks while Hoffman showed the way in the Dutchgirl dig department with 25.

Additional Dutchgirls with double-digit dig totals against Washington included Sample (15), Ruth (14) and Brune (11).

Brune showed the way for the Dutchgirls with 19 assists while Schulte also reached double digits with 13 dimes.

After hosting Belle last night (Tuesday) in a Highway 28 volleyball showdown, Ridenhour’s Dutchgirls will host Salem’s Lady Tigers tomorrow (Thursday) night with a 4:30 p.m., first serve for C team action.