PRINSBURG -- Central Minnesota Christian edged closer to the .500 mark in both the Camden Conference and overall with a long-winded 25-21, 20-25, 8-25, 25-14, 15-13 win over Kerhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in volleyball action Thursday.
The Bluejays (3-4, 6-7) relied on their strength at the net, gaining seven ace blocks from Paige Dobmeier and three more from Cassie Ulferts, and defense with 20 digs from Kaitlyn Link and 18 from Ulferts.
The Fighting Saints (2-5, 10-7-1) served 13 aces, but also committed 15 errors. Demi Young, Steph Stassen and Sarah Carlson served four aces each.
CMCS 3, KMS 2
KMS (2-5, 10-7-1) 21 25 25 14 13
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CMCS (3-4, 6-7) 25 20 8 25 15
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Serving: Demi Young 16-18-4, Steph Stassen 14-16-4, Sarah Carlson 21-23-4, Britta Diem 12-16-1, Amy Neal 5-8-0, Nikki Pedersen 13-15-0 ... Setting: Carlson 115-117-34 ... Hitting: Stassen 34-39-14, Pedersen 32-37-9, Young 23-26-5, Neal 15-18-5, Sarah Laughlin 8-10-5, Diem 12-14-4 ... Blocking (aces): Stassen 3, Carlson 2, Pedersen 1 ... Digs: Young 15, Carlson 9, Neal 8, Laughlin 7
Central Minnesota Christian
Serving: Abby Tebben 12-16-1, Cassie Ulferts 15-16-2, Lacey Tebben 12-13-1, Rachelle Marcus 11-11-0, Heather Blom 17-18-0, Kaitlyn Link 9-11-0 ... Setting: Ulferts 54-55-14, Blom 70-70-21 ... Hitting: A. Tebben 15-18-5, Ulferts 26-32-12, Paige Dobmeier 14-17-7, Allison Slagter 15-18-7, L. Tebben 6-11-2, Marcus 13-14-3 ... Blocking (aces): Dobmeier 7, Ulferts 3, L. Tebben 1 ... Digs: Link 20, A. Tebben 14, Ulferts 18, Marcus 9
MACCRAY 3, Lincoln Cty 0
MACCRAY 6-5) pulled to .500-in the Camden Conference with its fourth conference win.
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Allison Hebrink served four aces from a 20-for-21 slate and Ashley Beseman had seven kills and three ace blocks for the Wolverines. Setter Danelle Loomis had 12 assists.
Kacie Vierhuf was credited with nine ace blocks for Lincoln HI.
MACCRAY 25 25 25
Lincoln County 10 20 20
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
MACCRAY
Serving: Allison Hebrink 20-21-4, Danelle Loomis 8-9-1, Alisha Koenen 5-7-1, Jenna Tebben 4-7-1, Ashley Beseman 14-16-3, Carly Haas 14-14-2 ... Setting: Loomis 34-34-12, Haas 9-11-0 ... Hitting: Beseman 13-15-7, Tebben 11-13-2, Koenen 9-12-3, Hannah Knott 2-2-0, Jodi Freiborg 4-6-2, Loomis 9-12-3, Hebrink 3-4-1, Haas 2-2-0 ... Blocking (aces): Beseman 3, Tebben 3, Freiborg 1 ... Digs: Hebrink 3, Loomis 2, Beseman 3
Lincoln County
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Serving: Kim Steffes 8-9-0, Megan Evert 7-8-1, Nikki Linnemann 7-7-1 ... Setting (assists): Steffes 10 ... Hitting (kills): Kacie Vierhuf 6, Evert 3, Brittany Carpenter 3 ... Blocking (aces): Evert 9, Vierhuf 3 ... Digs: Linnemann 8, Steffes 7, Vierhuf 7
RTR 3, Dawson-Boyd 0
Kristin Lee and Kassi Lindblad had six kills apiece for the Blackjacks.
RTR 25 25 25
Dawson-Boyd 12 18 23
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Serving: Krendra Bornhoft 17-18-2, Casey Thooft 11-12-1 ... Setting (assists): Alissa Johnson 29, Bornhoft 5 ... Hitting (kills): Brittany Gravely 10, Bornhoft 9, Kristine Peterson 5 ... Blocking (aces): not available... Digs: A. Johnson 10
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Dawson-Boyd
Serving: Kassi Lindblad 14-14-0, Brittany Milbeck 14-14-0 ... Setting (assists): Kaia Hassel 13, Sara Coon 2 ... Hitting (kills): Kristin Lee 6, Lindblad 6 ... Blocking (aces): Lee 3, Lindblad 2 ... Digs: Ashley Benson 39
