The Chesterton volleyball team opened the 2012 season in impressive fashion with a 25-6, 25-6, 25-17 victory over Hammond Morton on Tuesday night.

Offensively, the Trojans were led by seniors Shelby Ruffner and Katie Urycki with eight kills each. Classmate Emily Nix tallied six kills in the win and Jennifer Williams dished out a team-best 12 assists.

On the service line, Urycki led the squad with seven aces with Sara Tarnowski adding three and Ari Mahaffey getting two.

Defensively, Emily Marcus had eight digs to lead the team and Tarnowski tallied seven digs. Jordyn Moleski and Mahaffey had six digs each, while Urycki added five digs.

At the net, Ruffner had three block kills and Williams had two block kills.

Chesterton -- Jennifer Williams 12 assists, 4 digs, 2 block kills; Katie Urycki 8 kills, 7 service aces, 5 digs; Sara TarnowskI 3 service aces, 7 digs; Emily Marcus 8 digs; Jessica Thornton 2 assists, 4 digs; Emily Nix 6 kills, 3 digs; Jordyn Moleski 6 digs; Jessica Urycki 1 kill, 1 block kill; Shelby Snyder 3 assists, 1 dig; Shelby Ruffner 8 kills, 3 block kills; Ari Mahaffey 4 assists, 2 service aces, 6 digs; Ali Ostrom 1 kill, 1 block kill.

Hammond Morton -- Nesreen Srour 7 assists; Antoninique Johnson 5 kills, 2 service aces, 6 digs; Amanda Colvin 1 kill, 5 digs.

Records: Chesterton 1-0, Hammond Morton 0-1.

The Chesterton junior varsity had little trouble in winning its season-opener over Hammond Morton

Offensively, Whitney Schreiber and Lia Lombardini had three kills each, while Shelby Snyder added two kills. Snyder also dished out a team-high three assists.

Defensively, Lombardini had three digs with Snyder and Allie Sink adding two digs each.

Snyder also led the team in service aces with 11. Sink tallied three aces with Lombardini recording two in the victory.

The Chesterton freshman team started its season with a 25-9, 25-23 victory over Hammond Morton.

Offensively, Taylor Eaton had a team best five kills with Elena Azcona had four kills.

Eaton also recorded a team-best two service aces and Caitlyn Toth dished out a team-high nine assists.

Posted 8/15/2012