The Newton Community High School volleyball team continued its strong season Thursday, Oct. 8, earning a straight-set victory over Marshall to improve to 23-2 overall and 5-0 in Little Illini Conference play.
Newton won the junior varsity match 25-11, 25-10, before the varsity team followed with a 25-14, 25-16 victory.
Claire Probst led the varsity attack with eight kills. Layla Thomann added five kills, while Stella Schackmann recorded three. Allie Hermann and Grace Schumacher each finished with two kills, and Jossie Stanley added one.
Stanley paced the offense with 17 assists. Thomann and Schumacher contributed two assists apiece.
Defensively, Hermann and Thomann led the team with eight digs each. Schumacher added four digs, followed by Maleah Miller with three, Stanley with two and Probst with one.
Hermann also recorded three aces. Probst led the team at the net with three blocks, while Thomann added one.
Newton will return to action Monday, Oct. 12, when the Eagles host Teutopolis. The freshman-sophomore match begins at 5 p.m., followed by junior varsity at 6 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m.
