Baxter volleyball downs Colo-NESCO in marathon five-setter

BAXTER — Caydence Sulzle produced a career-best 30 digs and the Baxter volleyball team served up 18 aces during a five-set marathon win over Colo-NESCO on Tuesday.

The Bolts trailed the Royals after three sets but rallied to win 13-25, 25-11, 22-25, 25-14, 15-11 during Iowa Star Conference South Division play.

Baxter improved to 14-0 against Colo-NESCO since 2009. It was the second straight five-set match between the two teams and the third in the last five seasons.

The Bolts started the season 1-6 but are now 7-8. They had six wins all of last season.

Adison Bonney led the Bolts with nine kills, eight assists, three digs and four aces, while Abbie Meyer tallied eight kills, 18 digs and three aces.

Bonney now leads the Bolts with 60 kills, while Meyer has 59 kills, 130 digs and a team-best 32 aces.

Sulzle’s career-best 30 digs were paired with five aces. She leads the Bolts (7-8, 3-1 in the conference) with 206 digs and 32 aces. She was 24-of-25 in serves against the Royals.

Alyvia Burdess added 11 assists, Kendall Brummel chipped in seven kills, three blocks, four digs and two aces and Lexi Dart registered three digs and three aces.

Danika Flora finished with four digs, Karlee Koehler dished out three assists, Kamdyn Krampe had three kills and Kaylyn Krampe put down two kills. Mallory Bottorff tallied two digs, and the Bolts were 82-of-98 in serves.

Jadyn Niemeyer led the Royals (2-11, 1-4) with seven kills and eight digs, while Molly Angell added five kills and five digs. Colo-NESCO served seven aces.