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Northwestern Western

Tigers

Panthers

The Western (Russiaville, IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home conference tournament match against Northwestern (Kokomo, IN) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Northwestern	17	16	0
Western	25	25	2

Final score provided by B. Perry.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Match Stats

Western (23-24)

Northwestern

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	12	6.0	15.0	80	12	.000
1	Ella Barnett (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	1	.000
7	Halie Koetter (Jr)	2	1	0.5	6.3	16	1	.000
8	Kendal Ziems (Jr)	2	2	1.0	11.8	17	3	-.059
10	Anna Bishir (Jr)	2	1	0.5	8.3	12	4	-.250
11	Caitlyn Pounds (Jr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	1	.000
20	Savanah Markley (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
21	A. Sullivan (Sr)	2	5	2.5	29.4	17	1	.235
23	Emma Haynes (Sr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	.000
33	Lexi Closson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	.000

Western

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	26	13.0	41.3	63	11	.238
2	Reese Rudy (Sr)	2
4	Lauren Brantley (Sr)	2
10	McKenna Smith (Sr)	2	5	2.5	41.7	12	1	.333
11	Lacy Rathbun	2	8	4.0	36.4	22	4	.182
18	Reyce Gibson (Jr)	2
19	C. Sylvester (So)	2	5	2.5	45.5	11	3	.182
20	Lainey Scott (Sr)	2
21	Rhiana Bowman (Jr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	1	.286
22	Kayleigh Turner (Sr)	2	3	1.5	75.0	4	1	.500
23	Ellie Kretz (So)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	1	.143

Northwestern

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	8.8	34	4	88.2	12
1	Ella Barnett (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	0
7	Halie Koetter (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	1
8	Kendal Ziems (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5	4
10	Anna Bishir (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	1	85.7	3
11	Caitlyn Pounds (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
20	Savanah Markley (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
21	A. Sullivan (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
23	Emma Haynes (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	1
33	Lexi Closson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	3

Western

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	7	3.5	9.7	72	1	98.6	48
2	Reese Rudy (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	3
4	Lauren Brantley (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0	7
10	McKenna Smith (Sr)	2
11	Lacy Rathbun	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	4
18	Reyce Gibson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	12	0	100.0	8
19	C. Sylvester (So)	2	2	1.0	18.2	11	0	100.0	8
20	Lainey Scott (Sr)	2	2	1.0	14.3	14	0	100.0	10
21	Rhiana Bowman (Jr)	2
22	Kayleigh Turner (Sr)	2	3	1.5	25.0	12	1	91.7	8
23	Ellie Kretz (So)	2

Northwestern

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	2	2	3	1.5	7
1	Ella Barnett (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Halie Koetter (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	Kendal Ziems (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Anna Bishir (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	3
11	Caitlyn Pounds (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Savanah Markley (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	A. Sullivan (Sr)	2	2	1	3	1.5	3
23	Emma Haynes (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
33	Lexi Closson (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0

Western

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	2	2	3	1.5	0
2	Reese Rudy (Sr)	2
4	Lauren Brantley (Sr)	2
10	McKenna Smith (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
11	Lacy Rathbun	2
18	Reyce Gibson (Jr)	2
19	C. Sylvester (So)	2
20	Lainey Scott (Sr)	2
21	Rhiana Bowman (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
22	Kayleigh Turner (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
23	Ellie Kretz (So)	2

Northwestern

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	31	12	15.5
1	Ella Barnett (Sr)	2	5	2	2.5
7	Halie Koetter (Jr)	2	8	2	4.0
8	Kendal Ziems (Jr)	2	2	1	1.0
10	Anna Bishir (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
11	Caitlyn Pounds (Jr)	2	3	0	1.5
20	Savanah Markley (Jr)	2	0	3	0.0
21	A. Sullivan (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
23	Emma Haynes (Sr)	2	3	1	1.5
33	Lexi Closson (Jr)	2	8	2	4.0

Western

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	65	32.5
2	Reese Rudy (Sr)	2	4	2.0
4	Lauren Brantley (Sr)	2	5	2.5
10	McKenna Smith (Sr)	2	3	1.5
11	Lacy Rathbun	2	15	7.5
18	Reyce Gibson (Jr)	2	6	3.0
19	C. Sylvester (So)	2	6	3.0
20	Lainey Scott (Sr)	2	4	2.0
21	Rhiana Bowman (Jr)	2	3	1.5
22	Kayleigh Turner (Sr)	2	16	8.0
23	Ellie Kretz (So)	2	3	1.5

Northwestern

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	11	5.5	74	3
1	Ella Barnett (Sr)	2	1	0.5	7	1
7	Halie Koetter (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
8	Kendal Ziems (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	1
10	Anna Bishir (Jr)	2	0	0.0	4	0
11	Caitlyn Pounds (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
20	Savanah Markley (Jr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
21	A. Sullivan (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
23	Emma Haynes (Sr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
33	Lexi Closson (Jr)	2	10	5.0	56	1

Western

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	21	10.5	63	0
2	Reese Rudy (Sr)	2
4	Lauren Brantley (Sr)	2
10	McKenna Smith (Sr)	2
11	Lacy Rathbun	2
18	Reyce Gibson (Jr)	2
19	C. Sylvester (So)	2
20	Lainey Scott (Sr)	2
21	Rhiana Bowman (Jr)	2
22	Kayleigh Turner (Sr)	2	20	10.0	61	0
23	Ellie Kretz (So)	2	1	0.5	2	0

Northwestern

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	41	6	20.5
1	Ella Barnett (Sr)	2	11	4	5.5
7	Halie Koetter (Jr)	2	13	0	6.5
8	Kendal Ziems (Jr)	2	0	1	0.0
10	Anna Bishir (Jr)	2	5	1	2.5
11	Caitlyn Pounds (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
20	Savanah Markley (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
21	A. Sullivan (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
23	Emma Haynes (Sr)	2	5	0	2.5
33	Lexi Closson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Western

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	2
2	Reese Rudy (Sr)	2
4	Lauren Brantley (Sr)	2
10	McKenna Smith (Sr)	2
11	Lacy Rathbun	2
18	Reyce Gibson (Jr)	2
19	C. Sylvester (So)	2
20	Lainey Scott (Sr)	2
21	Rhiana Bowman (Jr)	2
22	Kayleigh Turner (Sr)	2
23	Ellie Kretz (So)	2

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Northwestern Western

September 30, 2023: Russiaville, IN 46979

The Northwestern Tigers volleyball team (Kokomo, IN), went down 2-0 in Saturday's non-league challenge with the host Western Panthers (Russiaville, IN)

The Panthers (18-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Tipton (Tipton, IN). The Blue Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 13-8 record. In their last challenge, Tipton went down by Frankton (Frankton, IN), 3-0, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Tigers encounter the Rensselaer Central Bombers (Rensselaer, IN) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, September 30. Northwestern will attempt to move on its 11-14 season record. The Bombers come into the challenge with a 15-8 record after their 3-0 non-league win over North Newton (Morocco, IN).

Rankings & Records

Northwestern (23-24)

IN	Class
250	69

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
12-16	1-3	3-6	5-5	4-5	.429	.250	38	46

Western (23-24)

IN	Class
115	31

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
22-8	2-1	8-3	7-1	7-4	.733	.667	58	27

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Northwestern	19.9	22.1	19.9	17.5	10.3	1.4
Western	22.6	22.7	21.7	22.3	15.0	1.9

Head-to-Head

Western won on 9/26/2023

9/26 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Wins

Western 25 21 23 25 15 3
Northwestern 15 25 25 11 5 2

The Western (Russiaville, IN) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's away conference match against Northwestern (Kokomo, IN) by a score of 3-2.
Box score
Western won on 9/30/2023

9/30 @ 12:15p S1 S2 Wins

Northwestern 17 16 0
Western 25 25 2

The Northwestern (Kokomo, IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's away conference tournament match against Western (Russiaville, IN) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

9/26 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Western	25	21	23	25	15	3
Northwestern	15	25	25	11	5	2

Team Stat Comparison

Northwestern		Western
593	Kills	980
99	Total Blocks	180
180	Serving Aces	218
1123	Digs	1782
548	Assists	788
1128	Receptions	1

Team Leaders

Northwestern		Western	National Avg.
#21 Aliviah Sullivan115	Kills	#11 Lacy Rathbun364	53
#10 Anna Bishir49	Total Blocks	#21 Rhiana Bowman66	12
#10 Anna Bishir42	Serving Aces	#22 Kayleigh Turner59	16
#33 Lexi Closson266	Digs	#11 Lacy Rathbun356	85
#33 Lexi Closson425	Assists	#22 Kayleigh Turner707	50
#7 Halie Koetter294	Receptions	#11 Lacy Rathbun1	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Northwestern	5-7		Western	12-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/24/23	Hamilton Heights	Northwestern	(L) 3-0	9/7/23	Western	Hamilton Heights	(L) 3-0
8/29/23	Clinton Central	Northwestern	(W) 3-0	8/24/23	Western	Clinton Central	(W) 3-0
9/5/23	Northwestern	Kokomo	(L) 3-1	8/15/23	Kokomo	Western	(W) 3-2
9/7/23	Maconaquah	Northwestern	(L) 3-1	9/14/23	Western	Maconaquah	(W) 3-2
10/12/23	Northwestern	Maconaquah	(L) 3-1
9/9/23	Northwestern	Tri-Central	(L) 2-0	9/11/23	Tri-Central	Western	(W) 3-0
9/11/23	Northwestern	Lewis Cass	(W) 3-0	9/19/23	Lewis Cass	Western	(W) 3-0
9/12/23	Carroll	Northwestern	(W) 3-0	8/22/23	Carroll	Western	(W) 3-0
9/21/23	Tipton	Northwestern	(L) 3-0	9/2/23	Western	Tipton	(W) 2-0
				9/6/23	Western	Tipton	(W) 3-0
				9/30/23	Western	Tipton	(W) 2-1
				10/7/23	Western	Tipton	(W) 2-0
9/30/23	Rensselaer Central	Northwestern	(W) 2-1	10/7/23	Rensselaer Central	Western	(W) 2-1
10/2/23	Northwestern	Taylor	(W) 3-0	10/5/23	Western	Taylor	(W) 3-0
10/4/23	Eastern	Northwestern	(L) 3-0	8/23/23	Eastern	Western	(L) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Northwestern (23-24)		Western (23-24)
12-16	Overall	22-8
3-5	League	4-2
6-9	Non-League	12-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
5-7	Common Opponent	12-2
3-6	Home	8-3
5-5	Away	7-1
4-5	Neutral	7-4
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-16	In-State	22-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0