WILLMAR -- The Ridgewater Lady Warriors opened the volleyball season with three matches Saturday at its own invitational.
Wins over Ellsworth, Iowa, 30-27, 30-21 and Bismarck, N.D., 30-25, 30-19 sandwiched a loss to Des Moines Area Community College 30-17, 30-26.
Des Moines, a NJCAA Division I national tournament entrant in 2006, went 5-0 over two days, never losing a game. The Bears were the only unbeaten team among the nine teams that played here over two days (Ridgewater scheduled no matches on Friday).
Leading hitters for the Lady Warriors were Brittany TerWisscha with 20 kills in 44 attempts, then Hilary Groothuis with 18 kills, Jordan Olerud with 17 and Leah Miller with 16.
Jackie Noyes had 12 kills and six ace blocks. In the back row, Ashley Hennen had 30 digs and also served up four aces.
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Team scores
Ridgewater def. Ellsworth, Iowa 30-27, 30-21
Des Moines CC def. Ridgewater 30-17, 30-26
Ridgewater def. Bismarck 30-25, 30-19
Des Moines def. Bismarck 30-16, 30-20
Riverland def. Bismarck 30-23, 30-26
Riverland def. Hibbing 30-28, 30-27
Ellsworth def. Hibbing 30-22, 30-28
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Fergus Falls def. Ellsworth 30-24, 26-30, 15-11
Fergus Falls def. Hibbing 30-23, 32-30
Anoka-Ramsey def. Hibbing 30-22, 26-30, 15-11
Anoka-Ramsey def. Bismarck 30-25, 30-22
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Ridgewater composite statistics
Serving: Brittany TerWisscha 19-22-3, Kari Casper 1-1-0, Leah Miller 19-22-0, Ashley Hennen 19-22-4, Jordan Olerud 24-29-3, Carina Fesenmaier 23-27-3, Caitlin Griffin 2-2-0, Jackie Noyes 2-2-0, Hilary Groothius 21-23-2 .... Setting (assists): Fesenmaier 76 .... Hitting: TerWisscha 39-44-20, Miller 31-39-16, Olerud 39-47-17, Fesenmaier 12-13-7, Griffin 3-4-2, Noyes 30-32-12, Groothuis 34-40-18 .... Blocking (aces): TerWisscha 6, Caspers 1, Miller 4, Fesenmaier 4, Noyes 6, Groothuis 5 ... Digs: TerWissha 13, Miller 15, Hennen 30, Jenna Olson 17, Olerud 34, Fesenmaier 12, Danielle Goeman 2, Griffin 3, Noyes 3, Groothius 8
