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The Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 3-1.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Anselmo-Merna	25	25	23	25	3
Sandhills Valley	12	13	25	21	1

Final score provided by C. Myers.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Sandhills Valley (25-26)

Anselmo-Merna

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	32	8.0	25.0	128	22	.078
1	Kyra Schmidt (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Rhianen Myers (Sr)	4	16	4.0	37.2	43	9	.163
4	Rylee Myers (So)	4	5	1.3	17.2	29	3	.069
5	Tenley Potter (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
6	Jenna Bartak (Fr)	4	1	0.3	9.1	11	1	.000
7	Malloree Bartak (Jr)	4	9	2.3	28.1	32	6	.094
11	Megan Bartak (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
15	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
19	Gracie Haupt (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
24	Lily Thornton (Sr)	4	1	0.3	9.1	11	2	-.091

Sandhills Valley

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	31	7.8	22.0	141	32	-.007
3	Avery Weems (So)	4	2	0.5	10.0	20	4	-.100
4	Rhayana Burns (Sr)	4	8	2.0	23.5	34	11	-.088
5	Ellexis Hagan (Sr)	4	4	1.0	25.0	16	2	.125
6	Briley Kramer (Jr)	4	4	1.0	26.7	15	3	.067
7	Nevaeh White (Jr)	4	5	1.3	27.8	18	6	-.056
13	Isabella Waker (So)	4	8	2.0	21.6	37	6	.054
24	Kelsey Amos (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
27	Kylee Connelly (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Anselmo-Merna

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	12	3.0	12.5	96	9	90.6	53
1	Kyra Schmidt (Jr)	4	1	0.3	7.1	14	1	92.9	6
3	Rhianen Myers (Sr)	4	1	0.3	9.1	11	3	72.7	7
4	Rylee Myers (So)	4	2	0.5	13.3	15	2	86.7	7
5	Tenley Potter (So)	4	4	1.0	26.7	15	2	86.7	11
6	Jenna Bartak (Fr)	4	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	3
7	Malloree Bartak (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Megan Bartak (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	1
15	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	2
19	Gracie Haupt (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
24	Lily Thornton (Sr)	4	4	1.0	15.4	26	1	96.2	16

Sandhills Valley

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	3	0.8	4.2	72	8	88.9	30
3	Avery Weems (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	18	1	94.4	9
4	Rhayana Burns (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	5	3	40.0	1
5	Ellexis Hagan (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	7	1	85.7	2
6	Briley Kramer (Jr)	4	1	0.3	5.3	19	1	94.7	10
7	Nevaeh White (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
13	Isabella Waker (So)	4	1	0.3	7.7	13	1	92.3	5
24	Kelsey Amos (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	8	1	87.5	2
27	Kylee Connelly (So)	1	1	1.0	50.0	2	0	100.0	1

Anselmo-Merna

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	4	7	7	1.8	6
1	Kyra Schmidt (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0	0
3	Rhianen Myers (Sr)	4	2	2	0.5	1
4	Rylee Myers (So)	4	1	1	0.3	1
5	Tenley Potter (So)	4	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jenna Bartak (Fr)	4	1	1	0.3	0
7	Malloree Bartak (Jr)	4	3	3	0.8	3
11	Megan Bartak (So)	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Gracie Haupt (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Lily Thornton (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0	1

Sandhills Valley

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	1	2	2	0.5
3	Avery Weems (So)	4	0	0	0	0.0
4	Rhayana Burns (Sr)	4	1	0	1	0.3
5	Ellexis Hagan (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
6	Briley Kramer (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
7	Nevaeh White (Jr)	4	0	1	1	0.3
13	Isabella Waker (So)	4	0	1	1	0.3
24	Kelsey Amos (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
27	Kylee Connelly (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0

Anselmo-Merna

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	4	67	33	16.8
1	Kyra Schmidt (Jr)	4	6	4	1.5
3	Rhianen Myers (Sr)	4	10	7	2.5
4	Rylee Myers (So)	4	13	6	3.3
5	Tenley Potter (So)	4	6	2	1.5
6	Jenna Bartak (Fr)	4	15	4	3.8
7	Malloree Bartak (Jr)	4	1	2	0.3
11	Megan Bartak (So)	1	0	1	0.0
15	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
19	Gracie Haupt (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
24	Lily Thornton (Sr)	4	16	7	4.0

Sandhills Valley

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	4	67	16.8
3	Avery Weems (So)	4	6	1.5
4	Rhayana Burns (Sr)	4	12	3.0
5	Ellexis Hagan (Sr)	4	12	3.0
6	Briley Kramer (Jr)	4	13	3.3
7	Nevaeh White (Jr)	4	2	0.5
13	Isabella Waker (So)	4	16	4.0
24	Kelsey Amos (Sr)	4	6	1.5
27	Kylee Connelly (So)	1	0	0.0

Anselmo-Merna

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	4	30	7.5	108	6
1	Kyra Schmidt (Jr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
3	Rhianen Myers (Sr)	4	0	0.0	3	0
4	Rylee Myers (So)	4	0	0.0	0	0
5	Tenley Potter (So)	4	2	0.5	7	1
6	Jenna Bartak (Fr)	4	0	0.0	1	0
7	Malloree Bartak (Jr)	4	0	0.0	1	1
11	Megan Bartak (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
15	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
19	Gracie Haupt (Fr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
24	Lily Thornton (Sr)	4	28	7.0	95	4

Sandhills Valley

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	4	30	7.5	137
3	Avery Weems (So)	4	18	4.5	57
4	Rhayana Burns (Sr)	4	1	0.3	6
5	Ellexis Hagan (Sr)	4	8	2.0	55
6	Briley Kramer (Jr)	4	1	0.3	7
7	Nevaeh White (Jr)	4	1	0.3	5
13	Isabella Waker (So)	4	1	0.3	5
24	Kelsey Amos (Sr)	4	0	0.0	2
27	Kylee Connelly (So)	1	0	0.0	0

Anselmo-Merna

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	52	13	13.0
1	Kyra Schmidt (Jr)	4	4	1	1.0
3	Rhianen Myers (Sr)	4	15	3	3.8
4	Rylee Myers (So)	4	12	3	3.0
5	Tenley Potter (So)	4	3	2	0.8
6	Jenna Bartak (Fr)	4	16	3	4.0
7	Malloree Bartak (Jr)	4	2	0	0.5
11	Megan Bartak (So)	1	0	1	0.0
15	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
19	Gracie Haupt (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
24	Lily Thornton (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0

Sandhills Valley

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	72	13	18.0
3	Avery Weems (So)	4	5	0	1.3
4	Rhayana Burns (Sr)	4	20	6	5.0
5	Ellexis Hagan (Sr)	4	5	0	1.3
6	Briley Kramer (Jr)	4	14	1	3.5
7	Nevaeh White (Jr)	4	2	0	0.5
13	Isabella Waker (So)	4	17	5	4.3
24	Kelsey Amos (Sr)	4	9	1	2.3
27	Kylee Connelly (So)	1	0	0	0.0

Sandhills Valley's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Nebraska High School Volleyball - Anselmo-Merna over Sandhills Valley

September 18, 2025: Stapleton, NE 69163

The Anselmo-Merna Coyotes (Merna, NE) volleyball knocked off the host Sandhills Valley Mavericks (Stapleton, NE), 3-1 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Coyotes now possess a 5-6 record. They play next when they host South Loup for a non-league bout on Tuesday, September 23. Anselmo-Merna will clash with a team coming off a 2-0 non-league win over Bertrand (Bertrand, NE). The record now stands at 2-8.

With the defeat, Sandhills Valley falls to 1-5 on the year. The Mavericks travel to Arcadia/Loup City (Arcadia, NE) to encounter the Rebels in a non-league battle on Saturday, September 20. The Rebels go into the battle with a record of 2-7. Arcadia/Loup City lost 2-1 in their recent non-league contest against Ansley/Litchfield (Ansley, NE)

Anselmo-Merna @ SVHS Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 18, 2025 @ 6p

The Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Anselmo-Merna (25-26)

NE	Class
212	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
13-17	1-2	6-7	2-4	5-6	.433	.333	34	42

Sandhills Valley (25-26)

NE	Class
263	52

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	SW	SL
7-21	4-3	0-9	3-9	.250	20	53

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Anselmo-Merna	21.5	21.0	19.3	20.8	1.1
Sandhills Valley	19.0	19.4	18.7	21.0	.7

Team Stat Comparison

Anselmo-Merna		Sandhills Valley
623	Kills	565
68	Total Blocks	64
189	Serving Aces	121
970	Digs	1374
563	Assists	534
879	Receptions	1261

Team Leaders

Anselmo-Merna		Sandhills Valley	National Avg.
#3 Rhianen Myers225	Kills	#4 Rhayana Burns182	53
#3 Rhianen Myers22	Total Blocks	#13 Isabella Waker34	11
#24 Lily Thornton48	Serving Aces	#13 Isabella Waker30	16
#24 Lily Thornton197	Digs	#13 Isabella Waker310	84
#24 Lily Thornton505	Assists	#5 Ellexis Hagan329	50
#6 Jenna Bartak279	Receptions	#4 Rhayana Burns339	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Anselmo-Merna	7-10		Sandhills Valley	3-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/29/25	Sandhills/Thedford	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 3-1	9/11/25	Sandhills Valley	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 3-0
10/21/25	Anselmo-Merna	Sandhills/Thedford	(W) 2-0
8/30/25	Anselmo-Merna	Maxwell	(L) 2-0	9/27/25	Maxwell	Sandhills Valley	(L) 2-0
9/27/25	Maxwell	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 2-0	10/14/25	Sandhills Valley	Maxwell	(L) 3-0
9/2/25	Anselmo-Merna	South Loup	(W) 2-0	10/2/25	Sandhills Valley	South Loup	(L) 2-0
9/23/25	South Loup	Anselmo-Merna	(W) 2-0	10/18/25	Sandhills Valley	South Loup	(L) 2-0
10/18/25	Anselmo-Merna	South Loup	(W) 2-0	10/21/25	South Loup	Sandhills Valley	(L) 2-1
9/2/25	Mullen	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 2-1	8/29/25	Sandhills Valley	Mullen	(L) 3-0
9/4/25	Ansley/Litchfield	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 2-0	10/27/25	Sandhills Valley	Ansley/Litchfield	(L) 3-0
9/4/25	Twin Loup	Anselmo-Merna	(W) 2-0	9/27/25	Sandhills Valley	Twin Loup	(L) 2-1
9/27/25	Anselmo-Merna	Twin Loup	(W) 2-0	10/2/25	Twin Loup	Sandhills Valley	(W) 2-0
10/18/25	Anselmo-Merna	Twin Loup	(W) 2-0	10/18/25	Sandhills Valley	Twin Loup	(W) 2-1
9/27/25	Arthur County	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 2-1	10/21/25	Arthur County	Sandhills Valley	(W) 2-1
10/16/25	Arthur County	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 2-1
10/2/25	Arcadia/Loup City	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 3-0	9/20/25	Arcadia/Loup City	Sandhills Valley	(L) 2-0
10/11/25	Hay Springs	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 2-0	10/11/25	Sandhills Valley	Hay Springs	(L) 2-0
10/24/25	Anselmo-Merna	Brady	(L) 3-1	10/16/25	Sandhills Valley	Brady	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Anselmo-Merna (25-26)		Sandhills Valley (25-26)
13-17	Overall	7-21
1-2	League	0-1
9-12	Non-League	4-11
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-10	Common Opponent	3-12
6-7	Home	4-3
2-4	Away	0-9
5-6	Neutral	3-9
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-17	In-State	7-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0