Rena Rasmussen Needed Five Kills for Nebraska's Class C2 Career Record. She Had 31, and Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Came Back From Two Sets Down at State

Rena Rasmussen Needed Five Kills for Nebraska's Class C2 Career Record. She Had 31, and Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Came Back From Two Sets Down at State

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge senior Rena Rasmussen passed the Class C2 career kills mark in the state quarterfinals, finished with 31 kills and 16 digs, and left that match with 1,909 for her career.

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Rena Rasmussen walked into Pinnacle Bank Arena on Nov. 5 needing five kills to become the leading career attacker in the history of Nebraska's Class C2. The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge senior had them inside the first 26 rallies. Then she kept swinging, because her team was about to be down two sets to the program that beat it in last year's state final.

Rasmussen finished the quarterfinal against Freeman with 31 kills on .338 hitting, 16 digs, two blocks and an ace, according to Hurrdat Sports. Six of LCC's nine kills in the fifth set were hers. The Bears won 20-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-11, and the outside hitter left the floor with 1,909 career kills.

Rena Rasmussen's Senior Season: 532 Kills Before the State Tournament

The numbers were already among the best in the state before she got to Lincoln. The Nebraska School Activities Association's tournament preview listed Rasmussen with 532 kills, 394 digs, 29 aces and 29 blocks, the fourth-highest kill total among every qualifier in every class. Nearly 400 digs alongside 500 kills is the mark of a six-rotation player who never leaves the court.

She had 21 kills in the district final, a sweep of Hershey on Oct. 31, per the Norfolk Daily News. LCC entered the state tournament 31-3 and on a 20-match winning streak.

LCC Finished Third in Class C2 at 33-4

The run ended a day after the record. Centura swept the Bears 25-19, 25-20, 28-26 in the semifinals, where Rasmussen had 16 kills, the Norfolk Daily News reported. That put her at 579 kills for the season and 1,925 for her career with one match left. LCC beat top-seeded Thayer Central in the third-place match on Nov. 7 to finish 33-4.

The record she passed had belonged to Kalynn Meyer of Superior. Rasmussen broke it in a five-set comeback, against the defending champion, with the season on the line. As ways to set a record go, it beats doing it in a September tri.

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