Volleyball: Monte sweeps BOLD; maintains 2-match lead

MONTEVIDEO -- Brook Moseng had 11 kills and Kat Schwachtgen added four ace blocks Tuesday to help Montevideo post a 25-17, 25-21, 25-18 sweep over BOLD in the West Central South Conference.

BOLD (4-5, 8-8) played close with the conference leaders until Montevideo (8-1, 18-2) pulled away late in each game.

Taylor Skoglund had nine kills for the Thunder Hawks (8-1, 18-2), who maintained their two-match advantage in the conference race. Calie Roggatz aced three serves and had 16 assists. Daniela Jensen also had 16 assists.

Leah Miller had 10 kills, four ace blocks and three ace serves to spark BOLD.

Montevideo 3, BOLD 0

BOLD (4-5, 8-8) 17 21 18

Montevideo (8-1, 18-2) 25 25 25

BOLD

Serving: Carrie Hebrink 8-9-2, Leah Miller 6-6-3, Nikki Ervin 6-6-0, Bre Keltgen 4-4-1, Laura Wallenta 8-8-2 ... Setting: Hebrink 53-54-11 ... Hitting: Hebrink 5-5-1, Jackie Wertish 7-9-0, Miller 20-26-10, Ervin 8-18-2, Wallenta 9-12-4 .... Blocking (aces): Hebrink 1, Wertish 3, Miller 4, Ervin 1, Wallenta 1 ... Digs: Hebrink 5, Wertish 2, Miller 11, Ervin 7, Keltgen 13, Sam Dooner 3, Wallenta 14

Montevideo

Serving: Daniela Jensen 9-10-0, Brook Moseng 5-5-1, Ashley Roder 8-8-1, Karie Blommel 8-8-1, Kat Schwachtgen 7-7-2, Calie Roggatz 20-21-3, Kaylee Johnson 12-14-2 ... Setting: Jensen 46-47-16, Moseng 2-2-1, Jessi Roggatz 1-1-0, Blommel 1-1-0, Schwachtgen 2-2-1, C. Roggatz 35-37-16, Johnson 1-1-0, Taylor Skoglund 2-2-0, Amanda Boike 4-4-0, Karen Nelson 2-2-0 ... Hitting: Jensen 8-8-4, Moseng 27-33-11, J. Roggatz 1-1-1, Roder 2-4-2, Blommel 4-5-2, Schwachtgen 7-7-4, K. Roggatz 3-6-0, Johnson 1-2-0, Skoglund 18-20-9, Boike 2-3-0, Nelson 2-2-0 .... Blocking (aces): Jensen 2, Schwachtgen 4, Skoglund 2, Boike 2 ... Digs: Jensen 4, Moseng 3, Roder 10, Blommel 1, Schwachtgen 1, K. Roggatz 3, Johnson 7, Boike 1, Nelson 7

Benson 3, ACGC 0

Courtney Frank had seven kills, Jessica Ascheman six and Annie Ecklund five to pace a balanced attack for Benson (4-4, 11-8). Frank and Ecklund both served three aces.

Brittany Smith had five ace blocks for ACGC (1-8, 1-14).

ACGC (1-8, 1-14) 17 19 21

Benson (4-4, 11-8) 25 25 25

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City

Serving: Ashley Schmeling 9-12-2, Bethany Nelson 5-8-2 ... Setting: Stephanie Nelson 29-37-5, Rachael Ruzicka 18-28-1 ... Hitting: Brittany Smith 26-27-3, Schmeling 8-13-1, Kjersten Karlsgodt 11-16-3 .... Blocking (aces): Smith 5, Karlsgodt 3, Heather Wall 2 ... Digs: B. Nelson 6, RaeAnn Kragenbring 7, Karlsgodt 5

Benson

Serving: Ashley Lindahl 17-19-1, Jessica Ascheman 3-4-0, Emily Ness 1-1-0, Anne Bausman 6-8-0, Annie Ecklund 15-16-3, Courtney Frank 10-12-3, Katie Razink 8-9-1 ... Setting: Bausman 66-77-21, Jenny Bouta 5-5-1 ... Hitting: Kayla Anderson 2-2-0, Ascheman 15-19-6, Ness 1-1-0, Ecklund 15-17-5, Frank 23-31-7, Bouta 4-4-1, Keri Mikkelson 16-19-2 .... Blocking (aces): Ascheman 1, Ecklund 2, Bouta 1 ... Digs: Kim Wiebold 6, Lindahl 5, Frank 13, Bouta 7, Razink 5, Mikkelson 3, Carli Collins 2

YME 3, Morris 0

Yellow Medicine East's Kristina Kietzmann and Jamie Baker had 11 kills each.

Baker, playing in her first match of the year after suffering an injury, also had seven ace serves. The Sting also got 33 assists from Sarah Cross and nine kills from Abbey Olson.

Brittany Nelson had eight kills and Jessica Nohl notched 17 digs to pace Morris (4-5, 11-5).

Morris (4-5, 11-5) 18 13 21

YME (5-3, 8-6) 25 25 25

Morris

Serving: Jasmine Henrich 13-13-0, Brittany Nelson 7-8-0, Jessica Nohl 9-12-2, Megan Brandt 2-2-0, Katie VanKempen 4-5-0, Kaley Taffe 5-5-0, Adrienne Gahm 5-7-0 ... Setting: Taffe 74-75-20, VanKempen 2-2-1 ... Hitting: Nelson 18-20-8, Henrich 25-27-6, Bree Harris 13-15-5, Kloos 17-20-4, Taffe 3-3-0, VanKempen 2-2-0, Chelsea Engebretson 1-1-0 .... Blocking (aces): Henrich 2, Kloos 2, Harris 1, Engebretson 1 ... Digs: Nohl 17, Nelson 8, VanKempen 7, Henrich 6, Taffe 5, Kloos 2, Brandt 2

Yellow Medicine East

Serving: Jamie Baker 13-15-7, Macy McKay 15-16-3, Sarah Cross 14-15-1, Kristina Kietzmann 7-7-1, Anne Jepson 7-7-1, Abbey Olson 10-10-1, Darcie Listul 3-4-0 ... Setting: Cross 75-81-33 ... Hitting: Kietzmann 20-22-11, Baker 19-25-11, Olson 21-23-9, Macy McKay 17-17-8, Jepson 9-10-3, Cross 2-2-2, Abbey Krogstad 1-1-0 .... Blocking (aces): Baker 1, Macy McKay 1, Kietzmann 3, Jepson 1 ... Digs: Olson 16, Listul 8, Cross 8, Macy McKay 6, Kietzmann 6, Baker 3, Megan McKay 3, Krogstad 2, Jepson 1, Aimee Johnson 1

Albany 3, Paynesville 0

Chelsea Kalkbrenner and Laura Schaefer amassed nine kills each for the Bulldogs (0-9, 0-13). Schaefer and Kotten had three ace blocks each. Chelsey Hansen recorded 24 assists, Kristin Lang served three aces and Kayla Lieser had 17 digs.

Albany (6-4, 9-9) 25 29 25

Paynesville (0-9, 0-13) 16 27 13

Albany

Serving: Taylor Voss 10-10-1, Molly Manthe 21-21-1, Molly Kramer 11-12-2, Jeanette Gondringer 10-10-2, Alyssa Reinholz 5-5-0 ... Setting (assists): Carey Blonigen 3, Amanda Ahrenholz 15, Reinholz 10 ... Hitting (kills): Sam Larsen 5, Voss 6, Blonigen 5, Cari Lieser 5, Gena Groetsch 6, Maddie Johnson 3 .... Blocking (aces): Larsen 2, Voss 2, Blonigen 1, Lieser 1, Reinholz 1, Kelly Klasen 4, Groetsch 2 ... Digs: Voss 16, Manthe 22, Kramer 6

Paynesville

Serving: Kristin Lang 16-17-3, Laura Schaefer 13-13-1, Amanda Lieser 12-13-0 ... Setting: Chelsey Hansen 67-69-24 ... Hitting: Chelsea Kalkbrenner 15-21-9, Schaefer 26-34-9, Anna Kotten 17-21-6 .... Blocking (aces): Kotten 3, Schaefer 3, Kalkbrenner 2 ... Digs: Kayla Lieser 17, Schaefer 8, A. Lieser 9

Melrose 3, Minnewaska 0

Laura Tvrdik smacked six kills and had three ace blocks for the Lakers (2-8, 2-17). Amie Chan also had three ace blocks and Allie Ostrander added seven assists.

Melrose (8-2, 13-5) 25 25 25

Minnewaska (2-8, 2-17) 12 12 18

Melrose

Serving (aces): Erica Feldewerd 4, Stacy Thielen 3, Becky Reiman 3 ... Setting (assists): Simone Haider 30 ... Hitting (kills): Hanna Rieland 11, Reiman 7, Feldewerd 6 .... Blocking (aces): Ashley Mayers 4, Rieland 3, Thielen 3 ... Digs: Courtney Borgerding 10, Haider 8, Rieland 7

Minnewaska

Serving: Holly Mikkelson 4-4-0, Nicholee Lange 3-3-0, Allie Ostrander 7-7-1, Amie Chan 10-10-1, Shannon Bosek 5-7-0, Laura Tvrdik 7-7-1, Andrea Kuseske 3-4-0, Trista Pahan 2-2-0 ... Setting: Mikkelson 2-2-0, Lange 1-1-0, Rachel Gandrud 5-5-0, Ostrander 67-67-7, Chan 3-3-0, Tvrdik 1-1-0, Jacque Danielson 1-1-0 ... Hitting: Lange 6-7-0, Gandrud 4-6-1, Chan 4-7-3, Bosek 15-17-1, Tvrdik 16-26-6, Kuseske 1-1-0, Pahan 1-1-0 .... Blocking (aces): Gandrud 1, Chan 3, Bosek 1, Tvrdik 3, Pahan 1 ... Digs: Mikkelson 1, Lange 2, Gandrud 1, Ostrander 4, Chan 4, Bosek 2, Tvrdik 3, Kuseske 2, Danielson 5

Sauk Centre 3, New London-Spicer 0

Brianna Jacobson had eight kills to lead the Wildcats (2-8, 3-11). Jenna Moritz served five aces.

Sauk Centre (10-1, 22-3) 25 25 25

NL-Spicer (2-8, 3-11) 21 13 10

Sauk Centre

Serving: Steph Bellefeuille 10-10-0, Kari Zenzen 9-9-0, Ana Christianson 14-15-0, Kaitlyn Funk 3-5-0, Meghan Roelike 9-9-0, Shanna Schmiesing 13-13-0, Charnell Poepping 3-3-0, Samantha Rutten 3-4-0, Ashley Massmann 7-7-0, Sondra Winters 2-2-0 ... Setting (assists): Zenzen 13, Christianson 17, Funk 1, Roelike 1, Massmann 4 ... Hitting: Bellefeuille 7-10-3, Funk 9-13-3, Brittany Berscheit 1-1-0, Roelike 5-7-3, Schmiesing 20-23-13, Sash John 5-8-2, Jill Gruber 13-15-7, Rutten 5-5-5, Winters 2-3-0, Whitney Freidrichs 1-1-1 .... Blocking (aces): Bellefeuille 1, Funk 2, John 2, Gruber 7, Rutten 2 ... Digs: Bellefeuille 7, Zenzen 1, Christianson 1, Funk 14, Roelike 11, Schmiesing 5, Poepping 1, John 1, Gruber 7, Rutten 2

New London-Spicer

Serving: Justine Dammerman 6-6-0, Jenna Moritz 7-7-5, Taylor Thompsen 4-5-0, Cassie Ziemer 5-6-0, Emily Duininck 4-4-0, Whitney Herman 7-10-3, Emily Gobernatz 3-3-0 ... Setting: Dammerman 51-51-6, Karli Wendlandt 11-11-0, Thompsen 4-6-0, Ziemer 2-2-0, Brianna Jacobson 2-2-0, Kelsey Stahl 2-2-0, Duininck 22-22-3, Gobernatz 19-19-4 ... Hitting: Moritz 11-13-2, Wendlandt 8-9-2, Thompsen 17-21-1, Ziemer 17-21-3, Jacobson 14-19-8, Stahl 7-10-4, Herman 1-1-0, Hannah Setterberg 3-3-1 .... Blocking (aces): Wendlandt 1, Thompsen 2, Ziemer 3, Jacobson 3, Stahl 1 ... Digs: Dammerman 8, Moritz 10, Wendlandt 3, Thompsen 10, Ziemer 14, Duininck 5, Herman 7

Tomahawk Springfield 3, BL-Hector 0

Springfield stayed in second place in the conference.

The Mustangs (5-3, 7-8) put up a balanced offensive attack, with Tiffany Larson leading the way with seven kills, followed by Missy Deal's six. Sam Broderius recorded 19 assists.

Springfield (8-1, 20-2) 25 25 25

BL-Hector (5-3, 7-8) 20 17 10

Springfield

Statistics not available

Buffalo Lake-Hector

Serving: Sam Broderius 5-5-1, Missy Deal 11-11-2, Tiffany Larson 5-5-0, Kasey Peterson 8-9-1, Megan Sandgren 8-9-2, Kara Peterson 8-9-1, Valerie Melich 1-1-0 ... Setting: Broderius 60-60-19, Deal 2-2-0, Kasey Peterson 2-2-0, Melich 7-7-1 ... Hitting: Broderius 3-3-1, Deal 11-12-6, Larson 18-19-7, Kasey Peterson 13-17-5, Sandgren 3-5-1, Melich 6-7-2 .... Blocking (aces): Broderius 3, Kasey Peterson 1 ... Digs: Deal 2, Kara Peterson 2, Kelly Wilkinson 3

Non-Conference MACCRAY 3, Lincoln HI 1

The Wolverines (11-4) shrugged off a third-game loss with a 25-10 clincher.

Kari Caspers led the way with 12 kills, five ace blocks and four ace serves. Ashley Beseman added 11 kills, Danielle Loomis had 30 assists and Destiny VanDeRiet collected 18 digs.

Lincoln HI 14 15 25 10

MACCRAY (11-4) 25 25 21 25

Lincoln HI

Statistics not available

MACCRAY

Serving: Danielle Goeman 6-6-1, Brandy Woodring 27-28-2, Kari Caspers 21-24-4, Brandi Bodin 17-19-3, Danielle Loomis 6-7-1, Hillary Aeikans 7-8-1 ... Setting: Loomis 89-93-30 ... Hitting: Goeman 19-23-6, Ashley Beseman 25-28-11, Caspers 20-28-12, Kelsey Onnen 5-5-0, Aeikens 7-11-3, Loomis 1-1-1, Jody Freiborg 1-2-0 .... Blocking (aces): Caspers 5, Beseman 1, Goeman 1, Freiborg 1, Loomis 2 ... Digs: Destiny VanDeRiet 18, Goeman 13, Caspers 9, Bodin 10

RTR 3, Dawson-Boyd 1

Heather Voss and Britta Helgeson recorded eight kills each to lead the Blackjacks (6-9). Charlotte Berglund had five ace blocks, Emily Nelson had 15 assists and Ashley Benson added 17 digs.

Dawson-Boyd (6-9) 17 20 25 22

RTR 25 25 22 25

(Key: good-attempts-aces)

Dawson-Boyd

Serving: Kiana Ochsendorf 13-13-1, Emily Nelson 15-16-1, Cassie Lindblad 14-14-1 ... Setting (assists): Nelson 15 ... Hitting: Heather Voss 14-18-8, Britta Helgeson 17-18-8, Lindblad 30-35-3 .... Blocking (aces): Charlotte Berglund 5, Helgeson 3, Lindblad 3 ... Digs: Ashley Benson 17, Voss 12, Lindblad 8

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

Statistics not available