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Sterling Elmwood-Murdock

Jets

Knights

The Elmwood-Murdock (Murdock, NE) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Sterling (NE) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Sterling	5	11	0
Elmwood-Murdock	25	25	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Elmwood-Murdock (25-26)

Sterling

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	8.3	24	7	-.208
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	2	1.0	50.0	4	1	.250
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
3	Bella Lempka (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	9	4	-.444
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
11	Jubilee Matkins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	-.333
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Elmwood-Murdock

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	23	11.5	54.8	42	9	.333
1	Zoe Zierott (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Rylie Gordon (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Gracyn Hanes (Jr)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
5	J. Fleischman (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	H. Bornemeier (So)	1	4	4.0	66.7	6	1	.500
7	Brooklyn Mans (Sr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	3	-.100
10	Brooke Goudie (Sr)	2	4	2.0	66.7	6	1	.500
11	Jaymes Sampson (Jr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	1	.000
12	A. Backemeyer (Sr)	2	5	2.5	83.3	6	1	.667
13	Ayzlee Haertel (So)	2	5	2.5	50.0	10	2	.300
14	Lucy Backemeyer (So)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000

Sterling

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	1	0.5		16	3	81.2
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0
3	Bella Lempka (Fr)	2			.0	3	1	66.7
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	0	100.0
11	Jubilee Matkins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Elmwood-Murdock

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	8	4.0	16.3	49	3	93.9	38
1	Zoe Zierott (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	2
3	Rylie Gordon (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	2
4	Gracyn Hanes (Jr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	100.0	2
5	J. Fleischman (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0	9
6	H. Bornemeier (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	Brooklyn Mans (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Brooke Goudie (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
11	Jaymes Sampson (Jr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	2	66.7	3
12	A. Backemeyer (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
13	Ayzlee Haertel (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Lucy Backemeyer (So)	2	5	2.5	22.7	22	0	100.0	20

Sterling

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0	0.0
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Bella Lempka (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	1	1	0.5
11	Jubilee Matkins (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	0	0.0

Elmwood-Murdock

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	6	3	1.5
1	Zoe Zierott (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Rylie Gordon (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Gracyn Hanes (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	J. Fleischman (So)	1	0	0	0.0
6	H. Bornemeier (So)	1	2	2	2.0
7	Brooklyn Mans (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
10	Brooke Goudie (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Jaymes Sampson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	A. Backemeyer (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
13	Ayzlee Haertel (So)	2	2	2	1.0
14	Lucy Backemeyer (So)	2	0	0	0.0

Sterling

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	17	9	8.5
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	5	2	2.5
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2	6	0	3.0
3	Bella Lempka (Fr)	2	3	2	1.5
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	1	0.0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	2	2	1.0
11	Jubilee Matkins (Sr)	2	1	2	0.5
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	0	0.0

Elmwood-Murdock

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	12	6.0
1	Zoe Zierott (Sr)	2	2	1.0
3	Rylie Gordon (Sr)	1	0	0.0
4	Gracyn Hanes (Jr)	2	2	1.0
5	J. Fleischman (So)	1	1	1.0
6	H. Bornemeier (So)	1	1	1.0
7	Brooklyn Mans (Sr)	2	0	0.0
10	Brooke Goudie (Sr)	2	2	1.0
11	Jaymes Sampson (Jr)	2	1	0.5
12	A. Backemeyer (Sr)	2	0	0.0
13	Ayzlee Haertel (So)	2	0	0.0
14	Lucy Backemeyer (So)	2	3	1.5

Sterling

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	21
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0.0	8
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
3	Bella Lempka (Fr)	2	2	1.0	13
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0.0	0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	0.0	0
11	Jubilee Matkins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	0.0	0

Elmwood-Murdock

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	20	10.0	39
1	Zoe Zierott (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
3	Rylie Gordon (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0
4	Gracyn Hanes (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
5	J. Fleischman (So)	1	1	1.0	3
6	H. Bornemeier (So)	1	1	1.0	0
7	Brooklyn Mans (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
10	Brooke Goudie (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
11	Jaymes Sampson (Jr)	2	6	3.0	14
12	A. Backemeyer (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
13	Ayzlee Haertel (So)	2	1	0.5	2
14	Lucy Backemeyer (So)	2	11	5.5	20

Sterling

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	37	4	18.5
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	7	0	3.5
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2	16	1	8.0
3	Bella Lempka (Fr)	2	4	1	2.0
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	6	1	3.0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	1	0.0
11	Jubilee Matkins (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	0	0.0

Elmwood-Murdock

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	13	1	6.5
1	Zoe Zierott (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
3	Rylie Gordon (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0
4	Gracyn Hanes (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
5	J. Fleischman (So)	1	1	1	1.0
6	H. Bornemeier (So)	1	2	0	2.0
7	Brooklyn Mans (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Brooke Goudie (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
11	Jaymes Sampson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	A. Backemeyer (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Ayzlee Haertel (So)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Lucy Backemeyer (So)	2	1	0	0.5

Match Story

Nebraska High School Volleyball - Sterling Elmwood-Murdock

September 6, 2025: Sterling, NE 68443

In Saturday's non-league match, the Elmwood-Murdock Knights (Murdock, NE) volleyball squad overcame the host Sterling Jets (Sterling, NE), by a count of 2-0.

Next up, the Knights battle the Diller-Odell Griffin (Odell, NE) in a non-league battle, on Saturday, September 6. Elmwood-Murdock will attempt to improve on its 5-2 season record. The Griffin go into the battle with a 2-0 record after their 3-0 non-league win over Southern (Wymore, NE).

The Jets now own a 0-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Deshler for a non-league battle on Saturday, September 6. Sterling will encounter a Dragons squad coming off a 2-0 non-league loss to Giltner (Giltner, NE). The Dragons record now stands at 0-2.

Sterling vs EMHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Sep. 6, 2025 @ 9a

Freeman tournament

The Elmwood-Murdock (Murdock, NE) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Sterling (NE) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Sterling (25-26)

NE	Class
271	48

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	SW	SL
0-9	0-3	0-1	0-5	.000	0	20

Elmwood-Murdock (25-26)

NE	Class
68	14

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	SW	SL
9-5	2-1	4-1	3-3	.643	22	16

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Sterling	11.2	12.0	17.0	-	0
Elmwood-Murdock	20.8	22.3	23.0	25.0	1.6

Head-to-Head

Elmwood-Murdock won this month

9/6 @ 9a S1 S2 Wins

Sterling 5 11 0
Elmwood-Murdock 25 25 2

The Sterling (NE) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Elmwood-Murdock (Murdock, NE) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Match starts in 20 day
The Sterling (NE) varsity volleyball team has an away non-conference match @ Elmwood-Murdock (Murdock, NE) on Thursday, October 9.
Preview match

Team Stat Comparison

Sterling		Elmwood-Murdock
35	Kills	331
16	Total Blocks	42
24	Serving Aces	80
163	Digs	531
29	Assists	302
251	Receptions	506

Team Leaders

Sterling		Elmwood-Murdock	National Avg.
#10 Kynli Portwood15	Kills	#12 Annie Backemeyer121	25
#12 Josie Rathe5	Total Blocks	#13 Ayzlee Haertel21	5
#3 Bella Lempka7	Serving Aces	#10 Brooke Goudie16	8
#2 Taylor Truscott44	Digs	#1 Zoe Zierott123	38
#1 Braylee Houghton14	Assists	#14 Lucy Backemeyer226	24
#2 Taylor Truscott86	Receptions	#10 Brooke Goudie128	40

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sterling	0-4		Elmwood-Murdock	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/28/25	Diller-Odell	Sterling	(L) 3-0	9/6/25	Diller-Odell	Elmwood-Murdock	(W) 2-0
9/6/25	Diller-Odell	Sterling	(L) 2-0
9/2/25	Freeman	Sterling	(L) 3-0	9/6/25	Elmwood-Murdock	Freeman	(L) 2-1
				10/21/25	Freeman	Elmwood-Murdock
9/11/25	Sterling	Falls City	(L) 2-0	9/9/25	Elmwood-Murdock	Falls City	(W) 3-1
10/23/25	Sterling	Johnson-Brock		9/4/25	Johnson-Brock	Elmwood-Murdock	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Sterling (25-26)		Elmwood-Murdock (25-26)
0-9	Overall	9-5
0-0	League	0-0
0-5	Non-League	8-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	3-1
0-3	Home	2-1
0-1	Away	4-1
0-5	Neutral	3-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-9	In-State	9-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0