LRSC Volleyball Wraps Up Historic Season - Eyes Playoffs

The Royals Volleyball team has wrapped up their regular season play in historic fashion. The Royals finished the season with a 7-3 conference record which put them in 2^nd place in the Mon-Dak Conference, and a 27-10 record, which is the best a Royals volleyball team has finished in the past 10+ years. The team battled countless injuries throughout the season, and there were numerous players from the roster that stepped up in big ways.

The following are the stat leaders for each category for the Royals:

Kills:

Madison Samuelson, Freshman, Sarles, ND: 111 total kills, 2.85 kills/set (out for most of the season due to injury)

Anne Stroklund, Freshman, Kenmare, ND: 326 total kills, 2.79 kills/set

Lexie Shearer, Sophomore, Glenboro, MB: 263 total kills, 2.39 kills/set

Katie Leece, Sophomore, Cartwright, MB: 301 total kills, 2.28 kills/set

Kaitlyn Erickstad, Sophomore, Webster, ND: 195 total kills, 1.88 kills/set

Daisy Mabin, Freshman, Brisbane, Australia: 101 total kills, 1.12 kills/set

Assists:

Sydney Schwabe, Sophomore, Thompson, ND: 1,136 total assists, 8.61 assists/set

Digs:

Torri Fee, Freshman, Devils Lake, ND: 645 digs, 4.89 digs/set

Madison Samuelson, Freshman, Sarles, ND: 142 digs, 3.64 digs/set

Sydney Schwabe, Sophomore, Thompson, ND: 436 digs, 3.30 digs/set

Leah Jacobson, Sophomore, Underwood, ND: 279 digs, 2.51 digs/set

Katie Leece, Sophomore, Cartwright, MB: 263 digs, 1.99 digs/set

Jorie Ahlberg, Freshman, Wolford, ND: 223 digs, 1.81 digs/set

Blocks:

Kaitlyn Erickstad, Sophomore, Webster, ND: 65 total blocks, .63 blocks/set

Lexie Shearer, Sophomore, Glenboro, MB: 44 total blocks, .40 blocks/set

Service Aces:

Sydney Schwabe, Sophomore, Thompson, ND: 47 service aces, .36 aces/set

Madison Samuelson, Freshman, Sarles, ND: 13 service aces, .33 aces/set

Torrie Fee, Freshman, Devils Lake, ND: 30 service aces, .23 aces/set

Here is what Head Coach Steve Waddell had to say about the Royal's regular season play: "This team has battled through a ton of adversity; we suffered many injuries throughout the season, but to an outside observer, it probably didn't appear that way. This is an extremely talented team from top to bottom, I am so proud to have had the opportunity to work with this team throughout the year. Our program has preached a team-first mentality from the day that I started coaching the Royals, but this team embraced and lived that phrase from the minute we came together in early August. The sophomores on our roster set the ton early for this group, and they helped to inspire the incoming players and taught them the culture early on; that culture has been celebrated throughout the season, and it has been such an honor to watch this team compete together, laugh together, and become a family. I am excited to see what we can do in the Regional Tournament. Regardless of what the future holds for this team, I am incredibly proud of each and every one of them and the mark that they have made on the volleyball program and Lake Region State College as a whole."

The Royals enter the Region XIII Tournament as the number 2 seed in the East behind NDSCS and will face the winner of Dawson Community College and Dakota College at Bottineau on Saturday, November 1^st at 11:00 AM at NDSCS.