Prep volleyball roundup: Willmar blanks Sartell
SARTELL -- Emily Minnick pounded down 20 kills in 27 hits to highlight the Willmar Cardinals' 25-23, 25-16, 26-24 victory at Sartell on Tuesday.
The 6-foot-1 senior middle swipe connected on deliveries from setter Riley Grussing, who finished with 35 assists.
Allie Roehl pace the defensive play with 18 back-row saves plus a steady night on serve-receive.
Outside hitter McKenzie Hastad served for 6 aces with just one error while playing a "Good overall game," said her coach Traci Grussing.
"Our team blocking was excellent," added Grussing. "Sartell was persistent getting the back."
Minnick and Rosen, a 6-foot sophomore, combined for 9 ace blocks.
Willmar improved to 3-1 in the CLC (3-3 overall); Sartell is 2-3, 4-6.
Willmar 3, Sartell 0
Willmar 25 25 26
Sartell 23 16 24
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Willmar
Serving: Riley Grussing 11-11-2, Emily Minnick 11-11-1, Anne Dunham 9-10-0, Leah Ruter 11-11-0, Allie Roehl 10-10-1, McKenzie Hastad 17-18-6 Setting: Grussing 77-78-35 ... Hitting: Grussing 2-2-1, Minnick 25-27-20, Dunham 8-10-2, Ruter 16-22-6, Hasted 7-10-3, Dani Rosen 10-13-5 ... Blocking (aces): Minnick 5, Dunham 3, Ruter 3, Hasted 2, Rossen 4 ... Digs: Grussing 6, Dunham 8, Ruter 7, Roehl 18, Hastad 5
Camden
MACCRAY 3, KMS 0
Two days after losing for the first time this season, MACCRAY bounced back to sweep the Fighting Saints.
Brooklyn Gould and Emily Orwick had 9 kills each and Taylor Grussing supplied another 7 to spark the Wolverines' offense. Aleah Schwitters chalked up 24 assists to guide the attack.
Schwitters, Gould, Orwick and Ashley Dirksen also had 2 ace serves each.
KMS 20 22 19
MACCRAY 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
KMS
Serving: Sam Dunn 9-9-1, Madison Strandberg 5-5-1, Erin Haglund 12-14-3, Lyndsay Jorgenson 7-8-2, Megan Holt 6-8-0, Katie Wilts 7-7-0, Elizabeth Wilts 4-4-2, Kalli Forsell 8-8-5 ... Setting: Strandberg 1-1-1, Holt 31-35-9, K. Wilts 40-45-9 ... Hitting: Dunn 23-26-7, Strandberg 13-17-3, Ali Krieger 6-7-2, Haglund 18-21-6, Jorgenson 10-13-2, Holt 13-13-3, K. Wilts 12-12-0, E. Wilts 5-5-0, Forsell 2-3-0 ... Blocking (aces): Haglund 1 ... Digs: Dunn 25, Strandberg 16, Krieger 9, Haglund 5, Holt 7, K. Wilts 10
MACCRAY
Serving: Aleah Schwitters 12-14-2, Ali Siverhus 1-1-0, Ashley Dirksen 9-14-2, Brooklyn Gould 11-11-2, Emily Orwick 11-12-2, Taylor Grussing 9-9-0, Mallory VanKlompenburg 7-8-0 ... Setting: Schwitters 76-78-24, Siverhus 12-12-4 ... Hitting: Gould 31-35-9, Schwitters 7-7-1, Orwick 14-14-9, Dirksen 24-25-4, Grussing 23-25-7, VanKlompenburg 9-11-4 ... Blocking (aces): Schwitters 1, Orwick 1 ... Digs: Gould 17, Molly Friese 12, Dirksen 8
CMCS 3, RCW 0
Kristin Slagter played a solid game, with 8 kills, 5 ace blocks and 3 service aces in the Bluejays' three-game win over RCW on Thursday.
Kari Blom also had 8 kills and Alexis Scott served 6 aces and added 5 kills. Christine Mikelson had 23 set assists.
Liz Dyrssen made 6 kills for the Jaguars while Molly Elliot worked the back row for 15 digs.
RCW 20 12 13
CMCS 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
RCW
Serving: Sadie Treml 8-8-1, Morgan Zaske 7-7-0, Hannah Johnson 6-7-3, Molly Elliot 8-8-0 .... Setting: Treml 28 assists Hitting (kills): Grace Robertson 4, Liz Dyrssen 6 ... Blocking (aces): Dyrssen 3... Digs: Treml 8, Elliot 15, Zaske 7
CMCS
Serving: Alexis Scott 20-20-6, Kristin Slagter 12-12-3, Stephanie Link 7-8-2, Christine Mikelson 9-10-1, Kari Blom 7-8-1 ... Setting: Mikelson 23 set assists ... Hitting: Blom 23-27-8, Slagter 16-16-8, Scott 12-14-5, Mary Covert 11-14-2, Link 6-6-2 ... Blocking (aces): Slagter 5, Covert 1, Scott 1 ... Digs: Karisa Wubben 11, Link 5, Blom 5
BBE 3, Holdingford 1
Taylor Braegelman hammered down 20 kills and Brittany Roelike put away another 16 to ignite a 17-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-22 Central Minnesota Conference win over Holdingford Thursday.
After falling in the opening game, the Jaguars held Holdingford (0-2, 5-5) to a combined 30 points in Games 2 and 3. BBE, No. 7 in Class A, then edged the visitors by three in Game 4 to improve to 2-0 in the conference and 8-2 overall.
Hailey Braegelman (27) and Mariah Rach (22) combined for 49 assists to direct BBE's attack. Miriah DeKok added 8 kills.
Holdingford 25 14 16 22
BBE 17 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Holdingford
Serving: Jena Volkers 12-13-1 ... Setting (assists): Amanda Young 27 ... Hitting (kills): Young 5, Volkers 8, Haley Huls 11 ... Blocking (aces): none ... Digs: Young 13, Volkers 18, Huls 9, Hannah Sowada 9
BBE
Serving: Brittany Roelike 12-14-2, Taylor Braegelman 18-18-3, Miriah DeKok 5-8-2, Mariah Rach 15-19-0, Hailey Braegelman 8-10-1, Courtney Kern 15-18-0 ... Setting: Rach 50-50-22, H. Braegelman 73-73-27, Megan Weller 4-4-1, Tia Halverson 7-7-2 ... Hitting: Roelike 39-47-16, T. Braegelman 44-49-20, DeKok 26-29-8, Kendra Braegelman 1-1-0, H. Braegelman 4-4-0, Weller 7-10-4, Halverson 10-11-2, Kinlee Swanson 11-13-2 ... Blocking (aces): T. Braegelman 2, DeKok 2, Swanson 1 ... Digs: Roelike 13, T. Braegelman 12, K. Braegelman 5, Rach 5, H. Braegelman 5, Kern 12
Tomahawk
BLHS 3, Cedar
Mountain/Comfrey 0
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart swept Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 25-23, 25-22, 26-24 in a Tomahawk Conference game.
Mikayla Paulson paced the Mustangs with 13 kills.
Hannah VanderVoort added 7 kills and 3 service aces, while Carley Klabunde had 6 kills and 2 ace serves.
BLHS (2-0, 4-0) 25 25 26
CM/Comfrey 23 22 24
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Serving: Ashley Tintes 12-14-1, Hannah VanderVoort 15-17-3, Carley Klabunde 5-7-2, Becca Ebbers 1-1-0, Kalley Wulkan 1-2-0, Maddie Ludowese 12-14-1, Karly Sifferath 5-7-1, Mikayla Paulson 7-7-0, Miranda Kramer 3-3-0 ... Setting: Tintes 40-42-17, Sifferath 27-29-10 ... Hitting: Tintes 15-16-4, VanderVoort 15-18-7, Jacey Nelson 10-12-0, Klabunde 18-22-6, Ludowese 20-25-4, Sifferath 8-8-2, Paulson 46-47-13 ... Blocking (aces): Tintes 1, Klabunde 1, Ludowese 1, Paulson 1 ... Digs: Ebbers 5
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey
Statistics not available
West Central
Montevideo 3, BOLD 2
Montevideo rebounded from a game down and a stinging defeat in the third game and defeated BOLD in a West Central Conference meet on Thursday.
Montevideo prevailed 25-21, 17-25, 10-25, 25-23 and 15-12.
Bailey Kubesh has 14 kills and Mallarie Steffel had 8 kills, 6 ace serves and 16 digs for the Warriors.
BOLD 21 25 25 23 12
Montevideo 25 17 10 25 15
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
BOLD
Serving: Bailey Kubesh 12-13-1, Carly Sigurdson 16-20-3, Mallarie Steffel 35-35-6, Paige Larsen 10-12-2 ... Setting: Samantha Luepke 69-70-14, Sigurdson 19-21-6, Kubesh 43-46-9, Larsen 10-10-4, Bailey Elbert 3-3-1 ... Hitting: Kubesh 32-37-14, Steffel 18-25-8, Andrea Maher 20-25-9, Sigurdson 24-32-6, Taylor Ebnet 13-15-2, Samantha Luepke 1-1-1, Larsen 8-9-3 ... Blocking (aces): N/A ... Digs: Larsen 12, Luepke 11, Steffel 16, Sigurdson 9, Elbert 9, Kubesh 12
Montevideo
Serving: Nettie Duvall 1 ace, Jessie Janisch 1 ace, Kayla Collins 1 ace ... Setting: Tori Kulmann 15, Collins 11 ... Hitting: Ashley Hoehne 11, Natalie Feldhake 8, Duvall 6, Rhea Melby 5, Kuhlmann 4, Kelsey Olson 1, Erin Balken 1 ... Blocking (aces): None ... Digs: Janisch 25, Duvall 11, Hoehne 7, Kuhlmann 7, Collins 5
Sauk Centre 3,
Morris/CA 0
Sauk Centre, No. 3 in Class AA, held the Tigers to just 5 points in Game 2 en route to staying unbeaten. Macy Weller had 21 kills, 3 ace blocks and 3 ace serves to ignite the Mainstreeters (4-0, 8-0).
Sydney Engebretson had 8 kills and Paige Schieler supplied 6 more for the Tigers. MicKenley Nagel and Katie Holzheimer each had 2 ace blocks.
Morris/CA 20 5 16
Sauk Centre 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving: Beth Holland 8-8-1, Nicole Strobel 5-6-0, Mikaela Henrichs 8-8-0, Katie Holzheimer 3-4-0, Sydney Engebretson 4-4-0, Chelsey Ehleringer 4-4-0, Kayla Pring 3-4-1 ... Setting: Holzheimer 44-46-10, Ehleringer 26-27-7, Brooke Johnson 2-2-1, Pring 5-5-1 ... Hitting: Strobel 8-8-2, Paige Schieler 21-24-6, MicKenley Nagel 4-4-1, Holzheimer 5-5-0, Engebretson 26-29-8, Pring 5-5-0 ... Blocking (aces): Nagel 2, Holzheimer 2 ... Digs: Hunter Mundal 3, Holland 3, Sadie Fischer 2, Strobel 4, Henrichs 9
Sauk Centre
Serving: Jena Klaphake 13-14-2, Macy Weller 9-11-3, Kendra Zenzen 14-16-1 ... Setting (assists): Klaphake 46, Ashley Kollman 1, Liz Ellens 3 ... Hitting (kills): Kollman 11, Ellens 6, Brianna VonWahlde 6, Weller 21, Zenzen 8 ... Blocking (aces): Ellens 1, VonWahlde 1, Weller 3 ... Digs: Kollman 11, Jordan Gamradt 8, Katie Reitsma 6, Zenzen 7
ACGC 3, YME 0
Sydney Larson and Kelsey Kramer played well at the net and the service line to lead the Falcons over Yellow Medicine East in a West Central Conference game on Thursday.
Larson had 12 kills and was perfect on 15 serves and had 2 aces.
Kramer had 7 kills, was perfect on 20 serves and smacked home 5 aces. Payton Wilner had 21 set assists.
YME's Chyanne Sand had a game-high 17 kills and Makayla Dyrdahl had 8 kills and 3 service aces.
YME 22 20 22
ACGC 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
YME
Serving: Maddie Hagert 3-4-0, Danie Roden 8-10-4, Nena McCalla 9-10-0, Chyanne Sand 3-4-0, Alexis Peters 4-4-1, Megan Odegard 5-7-1, Kalli Knudson 5-6-1, Makayla Dyrdahl 6-8-3 ... Setting: Hagert 1-1-1, Peters 19-21-7, Knudson 39-42-9 ... Hitting: Hagert 5-6-1, Roden 1-2-0, McCalla 1-4-0, Sand 38-43-17, Allie Zieske 7-10-0, Marissa Sneller 7-8-1, Knudson 1-1-0, Dyrdahl 19-24-8 ... Blocking (aces): Sand 2 ... Digs: Hagert 6, Roden 11, McCalla 11, Knudson 5
ACGC
Serving: Shelby Schroeder 6-10-3, Sydney Larson 15-15-2, Kelsey Kramer 20-20-5 ... Setting: Payton Wilner 21 assists ... Hitting: Larson 24-28-12, Kramer 15-20-7, Marisa Smith 6-6-2, Jacey Nelson 9-12-3, Schroeder 7-8-1 ... Blocking (aces): None ... Digs: Kramer 6, Larson 5, Mikayla Holm 6, Nelson 7
