LINCOLN — Addison Heidemann didn’t want it to end.
The Iowa State signee from Diller-Odell would have liked Tuesday’s Nebraska Coaches Association all-star volleyball match to reach a fifth set.
She would have been back on the court, setting one more time for Husker-bound Lindsay Krause from Omaha Skutt and Rylee Gray from Elkhorn South.
But the fourth-set Blue team did well without them, winning 25-21 to complete a 3-1 win over the Reds at Lincoln North Star.
“I wanted to play a fifth set. I wish we could play more,” Heidemann said. “That was so much fun and it went by so fast.”
She had most of the set assists as Krause scored 14 points, MC Daubendiek of Omaha Marian (George Washington) six and Gray four in their two sets of action.
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“We had like, world champions on our team,’’ Heidemann said. “Playing with them and then going back to Iowa State, I mean, it’s practically the same level.
“We’ll probably play Nebraska at some point. It’s just crazy. I’ll probably never play with them again. But it was fun.”
Katy Lindner of Pleasanton completed the win by tallying three kills, two on dumps, during the Blues’ final five points.
The Reds won the second set 25-19 in part by breaking a 5-5 tie with eight points in a row. Ray Joens of Elkhorn had eight points in the set, including six kills.
She and Norah Sis from Papillion-La Vista, who had a rooting section of Creighton teammates, each scored 10 points. Waverly’s Whitney Lauenstein, the third Husker in the match, had eight points and vied with Krause for some of the most power-punch swings.
Reds 18 25 20 21
Blues 25 19 25 25
Reds: Ray Joens (Elkhorn) 10, Norah Sis (Papillion-La Vista) 10, Whitney Lauenstein (Waverly) 8, Lily Novacek (Kearney) 7, Hannah Kepler (Milford) 5, Kalli Kroeker (Norris) 5, Jaycee Widener (Maywood/Hayes Center) 4, Peyton Neff (North Platte) 3, Lauren Pick (Wayne) 3, Morgan Ramsey (CWC) 3, Kelsie Sears (Wahoo) 3, Ellie Miller (Omaha Marian) 2, Allie Gray (Omaha Skutt) 0, Paige Lukasiewicz (St. Paul) 0.
Blues: Lindsay Krause (Skutt) 14, Kassidy Hudson (Aurora) 7, Mary Claire Daubendiek (Marian) 6, Katy Lindner (Pleasanton) 6, Lucy Bartee (Kearney) 4, Rylee Gray (Elkhorn South) 4, Addison Heidemann (Diller-Odell) 4, Haley Fleischman (Overton) 2, Josie Jakubowski (St. Paul) 2, Jenna Curtis (Ogallala) 1, Molly Ramsey (Norris) 1, Cassidy Knust (Aurora) 0, Jessie Moss (Syracuse) 0, Rebecca Gebhardt (Norfolk Lutheran) 0.