Volleyball: Montevideo holds off Benson to stay in lead

BENSON -- Montevideo survived an up-and-down match to beat Benson 22-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11 in West Central South volleyball action Tuesday.

The Thunder Hawks, who stayed tied with Yellow Medicine East for the conference lead, were again strong at the net with 12 ace blocks and spread the offensive action around, getting 10 kills each from Karie Blommel and Taylor Skoglund. Brooke Tastad and Beka Schwendemann followed with seven kills apiece.

Courtney Frank spurred the Braves' offense with 17 kills and she added two ace blocks. Kim Weibold helped defensively with 21 digs.

Montevideo 3, Benson 2

Montevideo 22 25 20 25 15

Benson 25 17 25 23 11

(Key: good-attempts-aces)

Montevideo

Serving: Ashley Lenning 5-7-1, Brit Kubista 18-21-0, Ashley Roder 16-19-3, Karie Blommel 12-12-0, Whitney Johnson 13-13-1, Calie Roggatz 19-21-0, Taylor Skoglund 8-10-0, Brooke Tastad 1-1-0 ... Setting: Johnson 57-57-11, Rogatz 56-57-20 ... Hitting: Kubista 1-1-0, Laura Moseng 11-12-2, Roder 7-8-2, Blommel 36-40-10,, Roggatz 1-1-0, Skoglund 26-29-10, Amanda Boike 13-17-1, Tastad 17-22-7, Beka Schwendemann 17-17-7... Blocking (aces): Blommel 3, Skoglund 3, Boike 3, Moseng 2, Schwendemann 2, Roder 1 ... Digs: Blommel 32, Roder 21, Rogatz 14, Skoglund 13, Lenning 7, Tastad 9

Benson

Serving: Holly Erickson 14-16-2, Michele Hanson 5-7-0, Kayla Hampton 5-7-0, Ann Bausman 24-24-2, Carli Collins 14-15-1, Courtney Frank 5-8-0, Keri Mikkelson 0-1-0, Taylor Semler 21-21-2... Setting: Bausman 83-91-16, Semler 70-72-20 ... Hitting: Erickson 24-35-5, Hampton 18-22-5, Kayla Anderson 2-2-2, Emily Ness 10-13-2, Jenny Bouta 12-21-4, Frank 37-48-17, Mikkelson 10-13-4 ... Blocking (aces): Hampton 1, Bouta 2, Frank 2, Ness 1 ... Digs: Kim Weibold 21, Collins 17, Frank 15, Erickson 16, Semler 10, Bausman 11

YME 3, ACGC 1

Macy McKay hammered down 13 kills, served three aces and had 4½ ace blocks to help Yellow Medicine East (4-0, 5-0) remain unbeaten. The Sting also got 10 kills from Stina Leiseth, 38 assists from Courtney Knudson and three ace serves from Anne Jepson.

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (1-4, 4-6) was paced by Miranda Hopp's seven ace blocks, Bethany Nelson's nine kills and Heather Wall's five ace blocks.

YME 18 25 25 25

ACGC 25 22 22 22

(Key: good-attempts-aces)

Yellow Medicine East

Serving: Stina Leiseth 11-15-2, Macy McKay 7-9-3, Courtney Knudson 17-20-1, Jamie Baker 5-8-1, Darcie Listul 4-4-0, Aimee Johnson 4-5-0, Livi Jeseritz 9-12-2, Anne Jepson 18-19-3 ... Setting: Leiseth 4-4-1, McKay 1-1-0, Knudson 108-110-38, Baker 1-1-1, Listul 2-2-1, Jepson 3-3-0 ... Hitting: Leiseth 19-25-10, McKay 31-38-13, Knudson 1-1-1, Baker 21-23-7, Listul 2-3-1, Johnson 4-4-1, Jeseritz 16-23-5, Jepson 13-14-8 ... Blocking (aces): McKay 4½, Baker 2, Jepson 1½, Knudson ½, Leiseth ½ ... Digs: Jeseritz 15, Listul 13, McKay 11, Knudson 6, Leiseth 5, Johnson 3, Jepson 2, Baker 1

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City

Serving: Lauren Kinzler 14-15-1, Stephanie Nelson 12-12-1, Heather Wall 23-23-5, Kathy Lamecker 10-11-0, Theresa Johnson 11-13-0, Bethany Nelson 12-13-2 ... Setting: Kinzler 18-18-3, S. Nelson 53-54-8, Lamecker 8-8-2, B. Nelson 25-26-1, Miranda Hopp 3-3-1, Hailey Williams 5-5-1 ... Hitting: Kinzler 17-18-3, Wall 15-19-5, Lamecker 15-18-6, B. Nelson 21-25-9, Hopp 13-14-2, Williams 9-10-1 ... Blocking (aces): Hopp 7, Wall 4, Williams 4, Lamecker 3, Kinzler 2, B. Nelson 1 ... Digs: Lamecker 16, Kinzler 13, Johnson 4, Wall 3, Kelsey Remme 3, B. Nelson 2, S. Nelson 2, Jazmin Peterson 2, Williams 1

Morris 3, LQPV 1

Bree Harris uncorked 14 kills and Kaley Taffe aced three serves and notched 24 set assists to lift Morris.

The Tigers also had seven ace blocks in the match, led by Taffe with three. Harris and Sara Beyer had two each.

For Lac qui Parle Valley, Alysse Molden and Andrea Rheingans had 11 kills apiece. Tiffany Volk and Calista Bergeson had eight kills each.

LQPV (1-3, 1-3) 23 25 16 20

Morris (2-2, 2-2) 25 17 25 25

(Key: good-attempts-aces)

Lac qui Parle Valley

Serving: Lauren Struxness 11-12-2, Andrea Rheingans 16-17-0, Miranda Bonk 16-16-3, Calista Bergeson 13-14-0 ... Setting: Tiffany Volk 29-35-19, Struxness 45-48-8 Bonk 22-24-12 ... Hitting: Alyse Molden 33-36-11, Volk 18-25-8, Rheingans 22-25-11, Bergeson 19-23-8, Micaela Erickson 10-10-2 ... Blocking (aces): Molden 1, Bergeson 1, Erickson 2, P.J. Thole 1 ... Digs: Volk 14, Nicole Streich 15, Rheingans 22, Bergeson 11

Morris

Serving: Kaley Taffe 19-19-3, Kelsey Amundson 19-20-0, Katie VanKempen 9-10-0, Heather Gagner 15-16-1, Adrienne Gahm 13-15-1 ... Setting: Taffe 95-95-24 Hitting: Alischa Roske 17-19-8, Bree Harris 39-42-14, Sara Beyer 17-19-7, Mary Rentz 18-25-3, Alissa Melberg 8-9-1... Blocking (aces): Taffe 3, Harris 2, Beyer 2 ... Digs: Taffe 4, Amundson 6, Van Kempen 10, Roske 6, Gagner 5, Gahm 5, Rentz 7

BOLD 3, Minnewaska 1

BOLD swept the final three games to even its record after Minnewaska won the opening game.

Statistics for the Warriors were not available.

Amie Chan had seven kills and a team-high 17 digs for Minnewaska, which also got four ace serves from Rachel Gandrud.

Minnewaska (0-4, 2-6) 28 20 21 18

BOLD (2-2, 2-2) 26 25 25 25

(Key: good-attempts-aces)

Minnewaska

Serving: Trista Pahan 22-23-3, Allie Ostrander 13-15-0, Rachel Gandrud 12-15-4, Shannon Bosek 11-12-3, Nicholee Lang 6-7-0, Amie Chan 14-14-2 ... Setting: Holly Mikkelson 14-14-3, Pahan 3-3-0, Ostrander 90-93-20, Gandrud 4-4-1, Bosek 3-3-2, Lange 2-2-1, Chan 3-3-0, Jacque Danielson 2-2-0, Emily Toop 2-2-0 ... Hitting: Mikkelson 12-13-4, Ostrander 13-13-4, Gandrud 16-19-4, Bosek 20-26-7, Lange 20-23-3, Chan 25-29-7, Danielson 1-1-1 ... Blocking (aces): Gandrud 2, Mikkelson 2, Bosek 1, Ostrander 1 ... Digs: Chan 17, Pahan 16, Danielson 13, Ostrander 11, Lange 8, Bosek 3, Toop 3, Gandrud 2

BOLD

Statistics not available