SPEARFISH, S.D. — Julia Billington put down 10 kills, but the Spearfish Spartans couldn’t keep pace with Rapid City Stevens on Tuesday night, falling 25-12, 25-13, 25-18 at Spearfish High School.
The loss drops Spearfish to 10-21 on the season. Stevens improved to 25-7.
The Spartans played their best set at the end. After managing 12 and 13 points in the first two sets, Spearfish scored 18 in the third, matching its best kill total of the night with eight. The Spartans swung 35 times in that set, their most of the match, as the home crowd saw a team that kept attacking even as the match got away.
Billington, a senior outside hitter, carried the offense. She led the team with 10 kills on 28 attacks and 10 points. She also handled 18 serve receptions, the most on the team, holding up as Stevens’ main serving target.
Setter Layla Meredith was the Spartans’ most efficient hitter. She had six kills on 15 attacks for a .267 hitting percentage and added a block assist.
Piper Jacobs ran the offense with a team-high 11 assists, plus an ace and four digs. Megan Markovetz added nine assists and led the defense with eight digs.
Addie Keller served 10 times without an error and tallied two aces, the team high. She also had two kills and three digs. Middle blocker Taylor Burry chipped in two kills and six digs.
In the back row, Caitlin Lyon received nine serves without an error.
As a team, Spearfish finished with 23 kills, 14 attack errors and a .118 hitting percentage on 76 attacks. The Spartans recorded 23 assists, three aces and 33 digs. Stevens held Spearfish to one team block.
The match lasted 1 hour, 12 minutes.
The full match is available to replay on the Spearfish Spartans Network YouTube channel, presented by Odrix Sports, the official live stream partner of the Spearfish Spartans.
Set scores
Stevens: 25, 25, 25
Spearfish: 12, 13, 18
Spearfish Spartans box score
| # | Player | K | E | TA | PCT | AST | SA | SE | REC | RE | DIG | BA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Julia Billington (OH) | 10 | 7 | 28 | .107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Layla Meredith (S) | 6 | 2 | 15 | .267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 20 | Addie Keller (DS) | 2 | 1 | 12 | .083 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Millie Adams (S) | 2 | 2 | 9 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Taylor Burry (MB) | 2 | 2 | 7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Megan Markovetz (S) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Piper Jacobs (S) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lily Rath (OPP) | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 3 | Caitlin Lyon (DS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Emma Dahl (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Hudson Ehnes (OPP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Avery Dahl (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 14 | 76 | .118 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 11 | 33 | 2 | 27 |
K: kills; E: attack errors; TA: total attacks; PCT: hitting percentage; AST: assists; SA: service aces; SE: service errors; REC: serve receptions; RE: reception errors; DIG: digs; BA: block assists; PTS: points