CLARA CITY -- Buffalo Lake-Hector's solid defense toppled MACCRAY 25-20, 25-19, 25-18 in a meeting of ranked teams Tuesday.
The Mustangs (1-0), ranked No. 5 in the first Class A poll of the season started off strong with a 20-10 lead in the first game, but the Wolverines (0-2), rated 10th in Class AA, came back to within four.
The match played out much the same way in the last two games. BLH would jump out to a good lead, then MACCRAY would scrap back before the Mustangs put it away.
Leah Ashburn led BLH with 11 kills and nine ace blocks. Missy Deal served three aces and Sam Broderius had 22 set assists.
Danielle Goeman paced the Wolverines with 14 kills from the outside. Kari Caspers added nine kills and four ace blocks. Danielle Loomis recorded 20 set assists and Destiny VanDeRiet had eight digs.
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BL-Hector 3, MACCRAY 0
BL-Hector (1-0) .............................25 25 25 MACCRAY (0-2) ............................20 19 18
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Buffalo Lake-Hector
Serving: Leah Ashburn 14-15-0, Missy Deal 12-13-3, Sam Broderius 9-9-0, Vanessa Fangmeier 4-4-0, Kara Peterson 4-6-2, Justine Rudeen 4-4-0, Karissa Stromley 3-3-0, Kasey Peterson 2-3-1, Brittany Peterson 2-3-0 .... Setting: Broderius 47-47-22.... Hitting: Ashburn 22-24-11, K. Peterson 10-11-4, Larson 6-7-2, Fangmeier 6-6-2, Deal 4-6-3, Broderius 2-2-1 .... Blocking (aces): Broderius 2, Ashburn 9, Deal 3, K. Peterson 2 ... Digs: Ashburn 1, Deal 1, Fangmeier 1
MACCRAY
Serving: Steph Bristle 8-8-0, Danielle Goeman 7-8-1, Brandy Woodring 8-10-1 .... Setting: Danielle Loomis 39-49-20 .... Hitting: Danielle Goeman 21-25-14, Ashley Beseman 5-6-2, Hilary Groothuis 22-27-8, Kari Caspers 14-18-9, Hillary Aeikens 2-3-1 .... Blocking (aces): Caspers 4, Beseman 3 ... Digs: Destiny VanDeRiet 8, Bristle 6
Morris 3, Minnewaska 0
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Morris Area (1-0) won its season opener with help from the service line, recording 18 aces. Brittany Nelson and Sara Burke led the way with five each.
Nelson also paced the Tigers with five kills. Dani Kloos had seven ace blocks, Burke added 13 set assists and Jessica Nohl had 10 digs.
Laura Tvrdik had seven kills and two ace serves for the Lakers (0-1).
Minnewaska (0-1).........................18 23 23 Morris Area (1-0) ..........................25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Minnewaska Area
Serving: Nicole Lange 1-2-0, Amy Chan 13-13-4, Ashley Chan 1-3-0, Laura Tvrdik 8-10-2, Andrea Kuseske 10-10-1, Shannon Bosek 9-12-0, Ashley Olson 11-11-0 .... Setting: Amy Chan 15-16-6, Olson 21-24-6 .... Hitting: Ashley Chan 7-11-3, Tvrdik 8-23-7, Bosek 2-5-2 .... Blocking (total): Amy Chan 6, Ashley Chan 3, Tvrdik 12, Bosek 12, Ashley Olson 6 ... Digs: not available
Morris Area
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Serving: Jonna Beyer 7-9-1, Brittany Nelson 15-16-5, Sara Burke 15-16-5, Dani Kloos 7-12-4, Megan Mahoney 8-12-1, Jasmine Henrich 7-9-2 .... Setting: Burke 51-55-13 .... Hitting: Beyer 14-19-2, Nelson 12-21-5, Burke 2-6-2, Kloos 15-22-2, Mahoney 8-10-1, Henrich 13-20-3 .... Blocking (aces): Beyer 2, Nelson 2, Burke 2, Kloos 7, Mahoney 1, Henrich 2 ... Digs: Beyer 7, Nelson 6, Jessica Nohl 10, Mahoney 4
CMCS 3, McLeod West 0
Kresson Vreeman set the table for Central Minnesota Christian, piling up 27 assists, five digs, four ace serves, three ace blocks and two kills to help the Bluejays win their opener.
Hillary Slagter paced the Bluejays with 12 kills and Beth Bulthuis followed with eight. Slagter also served three aces in 13 errorless attempts and Bulthuis also notched three ace blocks.
Becky Schwitters had a team-high 12 digs for CMCS, which won the consolation title in last year's Class A State Tournament.
CMCS (1-0) ...................................25 25 25 McLeod West (0-1) .......................16 11 15
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Central Minnesota Christian
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Serving: Kresson Vreeman 13-15-4, Jennifer Blom 20-26-0, Tara Frikke 9-10-1, Hillary Slagter 13-13-3, Kassie Ulferts 7-7-0, Beth Bulthuis 4-5-0 .... Setting: Vreeman 71-72-27 .... Hitting: Vreeman 5-5-2, Slagter 19-23-12, Bulthuis 16-19-8, Blom 10-15-3, Missy Mulder 2-2-1, Ulferts 12-16-3, Frikke 3-6-2 .... Blocking (aces): Vreeman 3, Bulthuis 3, Kari Mulder 1 ... Digs: Becky Schwitters 12, Blom 8, Vreeman 5, Ulferts 5
McLeod West
Statistics not available
Jackson County Central 3, Renville County West 1
Renville County West came up short of winning a second straight season-opening match against Jackson County Central, 3-1.
Last year, the Jaguars (0-1) beat the Huskies to start the season in Renville.
Heidi Abbas led RCW with 15 kills and had the team's lone ace block. Kayla Eekhoff followed with 13 kills. Nicole Lindquist recorded 19 set assists.
RCW (0-1) ...............................23 25 22 17 Jackson CC (1-0) ...................25 23 25 25
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(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Renville County West
Serving: Kayla Eekhoff 14-15-1, Liz Ellingson 11-11-0, Katie Steffen 3-4-0, Heidi Abbas 10-13-1, Kelsey Prahl 1-1-0, Courtney Mulder 12-12-0, Nicole Lindquist 14-14-0, Sally Smith 17-18-3 .... Setting: Nicole Lindquist 81-82-19, Sally Smith 70-73-11 .... Hitting: Eekhoff 32-41-13, Ellingson 27-32-7, Steffen 5-8-1, Abbas 31-34-15, Prahl 7-11-1, Mulder 13-26-2, Lindquist 8-10-1, Smith 3-5-0, Megan Groen 5-8-1 .... Blocking (aces): Abbas 1 ... Digs: not available
Jackson County Central
Statistics not available
