STORY CITY — The Roland-Story Norsemen volleyball team returned to action on Thursday night, as they hosted the Nevada Cubs in a pivotal Heart of Iowa Conference matchup at Roland-Story High School. Roland-Story entered at 10-5 and ranked #15 in Class 3A, while Nevada entered at 14-7 and ranked #11 in Class 4A.
Roland-Story would set the tone from the get out, as an early back-and-forth gave way to the Norsemen controlling set 1 for a 25-14 win, before Roland-Story methodically dominated the Cubs in set 2 for a 25-9 win. Nevada put up its best fight in set 3, but Roland-Story had poured on too much as they capped a 25-18 win and a 3-0 sweep.
The KQWC Player of the Game was Roland-Story middle hitter Maddi Lucas, who had a career-high 9 kills and 2 blocks. Brookelyn Jondle had a game-high 12 kills, with a block and an aces, while Miley Geise had 6 kills, 30 assists and an ace. Rachel Borwick led Nevada with 9 kills.
Roland-Story volleyball returns to action on Saturday, when they compete in the Dike-New Hartford Tournament at Dike-New Hartford High School with first serve at 8:30 AM.