GRANITE FALLS -- Yellow Medicine East dropped the first game, but regrouped to sink Benson 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-16 in West Central South Conference volleyball Thursday.
"We started kind of rough in game one, but came back to nearly win at the end," said Sting head coach Kirsten Tjosaas. "We refocused and after that played very solid volleyball. It was a good win at home."
Jamie Baker had 12 kills, Stina Lieseth eight, Livi Jeseritz seven and Macy McKay and Anne Jepson six apiece. McKay also had five ace serves and 17 digs.
For Benson, Courtney Frank and Holly Erickson had eight kills each.
YME stayed in the conference lead at 9-0, one match ahead of Montevideo and three ahead of Benson.
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YME 3, Benson 1
Benson 25 19 19 16
YME 23 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Benson
Serving: Taylor Semler 15-15-1, Kayla Hampton 11-13-1, Emily Ness 2-3-1, Courtney Frank 12-15-1, Keri Mikkelson 5-5-0, Mallory Jensen 11-11-0, Holly Erickson 11-12-0, Anne Bausman 4-5-0 ... Setting: Semler 56-62-15, Mikkelson 12-17-2, Bausman 21-23-6, Frank 15-19-1 ... Hitting: Frank 22-27-8, Erickson 22-29-8, Jenny Bouta 6-8-4, Semler 6-8-3, Mikkelson 12-14-1, Hampton 9-12-2 ... Blocking (aces): Bouta 4, Mikkelson 1, Ness 1 ... Digs: not available
Yellow Medicine East
Serving: Macy McKay 21-21-5, Livi Jeseritz 7-9-3, Aimee Johnson 14-15-2, Stina Leiseth 19-21-2, Jamie Baker 7-8-1, Darcie Listul 10-12-1, Courtney Knudson 6-9-0, Anne Jepson 1-1-0 ... Setting: Listul 88-90-36, Leiseth 4-4-2, Baker 1-1-1, Johnson 1-1-1 ... Hitting: Baker 18-20-12, Leiseth 17-19-8, Jeseritz 10-11-7, McKay 17-21-6, Jepson 17-19-6, Listul 2-2-2, Johnson 5-6-1, Molly Anderson 5-5-1 ... Blocking (aces): Jepson 4, Baker 2, Jeseritz 1, Johnson 1, McKay 1, Leiseth 1 ... Digs: McKay 17, Listul 12, Jeseritz 7, Baker 6, Knudson 5, Johnson 5, Leiseth 4
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Morris 3, Minnewaska 1
Sara Beyer had 12 kills and Breenna Harris followed with nine to help lead Morris to its third conference win. The Tigers also got 30 assists and 25 digs from Kaley Taffe.
Minnewaska was led by Amie Chan's eight kills, Shannon Bosek's four ace blocks and Rachel Gandrud's three ace serves.
Morris 25 25 22 25
Minnewaska 18 12 25 23
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Morris
Serving: Katie VanKempen 15-16-2, Alisha Roske 11-13-2, Kaley Taffe 15-15-1, Kelsey Amundson 13-15-1, Mary Rentz 11-13-1, Heather Gagner 16-16-0, Breenna Harris 5-5-0, Adrienne Gahm 1-1-0 ... Setting: Taffe 100-100-30, Alissa Melberg 10-11-1, Harris 4-4-1, Sara Beyer 2-2-0, Rentz 1-1-0 ... Hitting: Beyer 27-29-12, Harris 28-30-9, Roske 23-27-7, Melberg 18-20-7, Rentz 22-24-5, Taffe 4-4-0 ... Blocking (aces): Harris 2, Roske 2 ... Digs: Taffe 25, VanKempsen 17, Rentz 15, Gagner 8, Amundson 6, Roske 6, Beyer 4, Harris 2, Melberg 2
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Minnewaska
Serving: Rachel Gandrud 11-12-3, Allie Ostrander 17-17-2, Amie Chan 13-13-1, Trista Pahan 10-12-1, Shannon Bosek 6-8-0, Jacque Danielson 6-8-0, Sami Mithun 4-5-0 ... Setting: Ostrander 84-84-17, Holly Mikkelson 24-24-3, Callie Scheile 13-13-3, Chan 8-8-1, Bosek 3-3-0, Gandrud 3-3-0, Emily Toop 3-3-0, Danielson 1-1-0, Pahan 1-1-0, Morgan Olson 1-1-0 ... Hitting: Chan 24-29-8, Bosek 25-31-6, Ostrander 18-21-5, Mikkelson 10-14-5, Olson 12-16-3, Gandrud 19-22-2, Robyn Mithun 3-5-1, Scheile 1-1-0, Toop 1-1-0 ... Blocking (aces): Bosek 4, Gandrud 3, Mikkelson 3, Chan 2 ... Digs: Ostrander 18, Chan 17, Toop 10, Danielson 9, Mikkelson 8, Bosek 6, Olson 5, Pahan 3, Scheile 2, Gandrud 1, Mithun 1
Montevideo 3, ACGC 0
The Thunder Hawks (8-1, 16-1-1) kept pace in the conference with the help of Taylor Skoglund's 11 kills and seven ace blocks. Skoglund misfired on only one attack in 13 attempts. Brooke Tastad added nine kills and was one of three players for Montevideo that had three ace blocks (Amanda Boike and Beka Schwendemann).
ACGC was paced by Bethany Nelson's nine kills.
ACGC 7 12 20
Montevideo 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
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Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Serving: Lauren Kinzler 9-10-1, Stephanie Nelson 3-4-0, Heather Wall 1-1-0, Kathy Lamecker 4-4-0, Theresa Johnson 1-3-0, Bethany Nelson 4-6-1, Miranda Hopp 5-5-0, Hailey Williams 2-3-0 ... Setting: Kinzler 16-18-3, S. Nelson 34-36-5, Wall 2-2-0, Lamecker 5-5-2, Johnson 1-1-0, B. Nelson 26-26-4, Hopp 1-1-1, Williams 2-2-1 ... Hitting: Kinzler 13-15-2, Wall 5-7-0, Lamecker 10-11-1, Johnson 3-5-2, B. Nelson 17-18-9, Hopp 4-8-2, Williams 14-18-5 ... Blocking (aces): Lamecker 1 ... Digs: Kinzler 1, Kelsey Remmel 1, S. Nelson 2, Wall 2, Lamecker 5, Johnson 6, B. Nelson 2, Hopp 4, Williams 2
Montevideo
Serving: Kelsey Diggins 4-4-0, Ashley Lenning 6-7-0, Britt Kubista 3-3-0, Laura Moseng 1-1-0, Ashley Roder 17-18-2, Karie Blommel 6-6-1, Whitney Johnson 7-7-0, Calie Roggatz 11-11-0, Rachel Schwachtgen 6-6-0, Taylor Skoglund 1-2-0, Kaylie Amborn 5-5-0 ... Setting: Lenning 1-1-0, Johnson 21-21-7, Roggatz 26-26-14, Skoglund 2-2-1, Amanda Boike 3-3-1, Amborn 10-10-4, Molli Bruns 1-1-0 ... Hitting: Moseng 6-6-4, Roder 2-3-2, Blommel 8-8-2, Johnson 1-1-1, Schwachtgen 4-4-0, Skoglund 12-13-11, Boike 4-4-1, Bruns 1-3-0, Brooke Tastad 13-13-9, Beka Schwendemann 6-7-2 ... Blocking (aces): Moseng 1, Blommel 1, Skoglund 7, Boike 3, Tastad 3, Schwendemann 3 ... Digs: Diggins 4, Lenning 4, Kubista 3, Moseng 2, Roder 9, Blommel 9, Johnson 3, Roggatz 5, Schwachtgen 5, Skoglund 3, Boike 2, Amborn 5, Tastad 1, Schwendemann 2
