The Chester Lady Jackets Volleyball team, along with their head coach Colleen Runge, assistant coaches Reese Chandler, and Shannon Wolf, traveled to SEMO’s college campus in Cape Girardeau, home of the Redhawks, to watch the Lady Redhawks face off against the University of Tennessee-Martin’s Skyhawks at Martin on Wednesday, September 24th, 2025.

The game was played best out of 5 sets, all sets being to 25 and having to be won by 2.

The competition started at 6 pm with the starters on the visiting side,
#9 Kylie Surratt, a 6-foot Sophomore, an Outside hitter
#24 Sienna Wnetrzak, 5-11 Freshman, an Opposite hitter
#22 Carly Mueller, 6-2 Freshman,a Middle blocker
#21 Ava Peters, 6-foot Freshman, the team setter
#3 Kristin Phillips, a 6-2 Redshirt Senior, a middle blocker
#2 Kayla Bryant, a 5-10 Senior, an outside hitter
#6 Abby Freund, the team Libero.

The home team included
#24 Alaina Lester, a 5-10 Sophomore, a Middle Blocker
#2 Lucy Arndt, a 5-11 Junior, an Outside Hitter
#1 Nina Shuberth, a 5-7 Junior, the team’s libero
#22 Katy St. John, a 6-foot Freshman, an Outside Hitter
#11 Megan Holder, a 5-7 Sophomore, the team Setter
#4 Marin Johnson. a 6-2 Outside Hitter who is an Outside Hitter
#18 Avery Torrey, a 6-2 Redshirt Senior, an Opposite Hitter.

The teams only played three out of five sets, in which SEMO won all of them. The first set with a final score being 25-9, the second set being 25-18, and the third set being 25-16. Even though the match was not close, both teams worked very hard during play. It was an eventful game for the Lady Redhawks, with not only the big win, but also having two of their players recognized for such big achievements.
One being #2 Junior Outside Hitter Lucy Arndt, reaching her 1000th college career kills. The other being #1 Junior team Libero reaching her 1000th college career dig. Both of these achievements take lots of practice and skill so it was a very special moment for these women. Both were presented with a poster on their great achievements.