C-N’s Baumler earns whole set in opener
CARNEY — It took Carney-Nadeau just 45 minutes to clear its first post-season hurdle here Monday night in a 3-0 (25-3, 25-4, 25-0) conquest of Hannahville in a Division 4 district volleyball opener.
The Wolves (14-1) host Forest Park Wednesday. The Soaring Eagles finished 2-6.
Junior Malorie Baumler served for all 25 points, including 15 aces, in the finale.
“I’ve been off and on all season,” she said. “I was just taking a deep breath after every serve and focused on getting the ball over the net. I never expected this to happen. This is very rare, that’s for sure. They definitely tried to run an offense. Hannahville never gave up. They kept hustling.”
Baumler is believed to be the first C-N athlete to run the table in a single set.
“I’ve personally never seen anybody serve 25 straight points,” said C-N coach Steve Kedsch. “It was almost like watching somebody bowl a 300 game. I didn’t want to change anything. I’m happy for Mal because she had struggled with her serving early in the season, although she has really worked on that. Hannahville really struggled with our offense. Taylor (Kedsch) and Liana (Blahnik were hitting the ball well. We had only two service errors and two hitting errors all night.”
Earlier this season, junior Mary Sivula hit 27 consecutive points in two sets during a 3-0 victory at Superior Central.
Baumler finished with 18 aces. Blahnik recorded nine kills and two blocks, and Taylor Kedsch had seven kills. Senior setter Haley Ernest collected 13 assists.
“I didn’t expect No. 15 (Baumler) to do that the whole set, and No. 9 and 10 (Blahnik and Kedsch) are very good,” said Hannahville coach Dan Kleikamp. “We’re a very young team. We have one senior, two juniors and the rest are middle school kids. They’re not used to seeing a team like this. I’m sure they’ll go far into the tournament. They have a great team. They hit the ball very hard.”
Hannahville junior Annileece Lofquist had two kills and a block.
“We wanted to stay mentally prepared,” said coach Kedsch. “We didn’t really know what they had. We knew they were young and heard they were scrappy, and we saw some of that tonight. Inexperience is what I think hurt them the most.”
Carney-Nadeau — Baumler (18 aces), Blahnik (three aces, nine kills, two blocks); Walcher (three aces, three digs); T. Kedsch (two aces, seven kills, four digs); Ernest (three kills, 13 assists, five digs).


