On Monday night, midway through the second set of the Iowa Lakes volleyball match at Dakota State University, Laker Sophomore Libero, Kylie Kline from North Branch, MN recorded her ninth dig of the match. Just happened to be the 2,000th Dig of her stellar Laker career. Kylie went on to record 14 more in that match and another 13 versus Mount Marty, bringing her career total to 2,027 with more matches to play in the 2022 season.
Kylie played 22 matches in the shortened 2020-21 COVID season and finished with 438 Digs, In 2021-22 she played 40 matches and recorded 774 Digs. In the current season, Kylie has 815 Digs and counting. This year she ranks first in the ICCAC in total Digs and second with 5.19 Digs per set. In the NJCAA she ranks second in total Digs [2 behind the current leader and 25th in Digs per set.
Coach Turnbull is proud to have had the opportunity to coach Kylie. “Kylie has been our starting Libero the whole time she has been here and has been a treat to coach and watch develop. I have been coaching volleyball for 32 years and have only had one other Libero/DS go over 2,000 Digs it is a special milestone. Kylie has yet to decide what her next school will be, someone is going to get to have a special talent join their program. I just hope we can get a couple more weeks with her.”
