Seniors Carly Dolt and Reese Roberts

are each leaving the Excelsior Springs volleyball program with having achieved a career milestone.

Dolt’s milestone was surpassing 1,000 career digs. Roberts’ milestone was surpassing 1,000 career assists.

For Dolt, a four-year starter as a libero who specialized in getting the ball from the back row to the setters, reaching the 1,000 digs plateau “was a personal goal” since her first year of high school.

“It gave me more of a push to try for every ball I could,” she said.

Dolt attributed reaching the milestone to her coach, Kathryn Partridge. Partridge was there for her and set high expectations throughout her high school career, she said.

Roberts, a three-year starter who was a setter, credited Excelsior Springs’ hitters with helping her the most in achieving her milestone.

“I could not have achieved this without their hard work and I knew I could always rely on them,” she said.

Partridge praised both athletes. They were huge components to the program, sh…