Prep volleyball: BBE claims Central MN Conference title outright

BROOTEN -- Taylor Braegelman and Kendra Braegelman had 9 kills each and Mariah Rach served 5 aces Wednesday to help Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa sweep Eden Valley-Watkins and win the Central Minnesota Conference title outright.

The Jaguars finished league play 7-0 and are now 22-7 overall. They will take a four-match winning streak into next week's Section 5A playoffs.

The Jaguars, ranked No. 10 in Class A, also got 7 kills each from Brittany Roelike and Miriah DeKok, and 33 assists from Hailey Braegelman.

The match was postponed a day after BBE teacher and wrestling coach Richard Vos died early Tuesday morning.

BBE 3, EV-Watkins 0

EV-Watkins * * 24

BBE 25 25 26

(Key: good-attempts-aces)

Eden Valley-Watkins

Statistics not available

BBE

Serving: Brittany Roelike 7-7-0, Taylor Braegelman 12-12-1, Becca Gruber 12-15-1, Mariah Rach 17-19-5, Hailey Braegelman 12-14-1, Courtney Kern 7-8-0 ... Setting: Roelike 7-7-1, T. Braegelman 5-5-1, H. Braegelman 85-86-33, Tia Halverson 6-6-2 ... Hitting: Roelike 19-26-7, T. Braegelman 29-32-9, Gruber 23-23-4, Miriah DeKok 16-17-7, Kendra Braegelman 18-22-9, H. Braegelman 5-5-0, Halverson 4-5-2 ... Blocking (aces): T. Braegelman 2, Gruber 2 ... Digs: Roelike 8, T. Braegelman 9, K. Braegelman 5, H. Braegelman 7