MONTEVIDEO — Against one of the better teams in the West Central Conference, Montevideo rallied to victory.

Trailing after the third set against Melrose, the Thunder Hawks mounted a comeback to emerge with a five-set triumph on Friday.

Montevideo (2-3) won 25-17, 16-25, 17-25, 25-21, 15-12.

A trio of seniors and a pair of sophomores put up monster numbers in the winning effort. Sophomore setter Tenley Epema produced 51 assists, 10 digs and three ace serves. Her favorite passing target was Avery Koenen. The sophomore middle hitter had a team-best 25 kills to go with 10 digs and Thunder Hawks’ only two ace blocks.

Photo Gallery: Melrose Dutchmen at Montevideo Thunder Hawks

Senior outside hitter Livia Gades had a Montevideo-high four ace serves, eight kills and 28 digs. Fellow senior outside hitter Alexis Blockmoller led the team with 32 digs. Senior middle hitter Megan Anderson chipped in 10 kills and nine digs.

With a couple of Gades’ ace serves and a Koenen attack, Montevideo jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set before Melrose was forced to call a timeout. Later, as part of a 5-0 run, Epema’s two aces from the service line sandwiched another Koenen kill to give the Thunder Hawks their biggest lead of the set at 23-11.

Shifting the tide of the match, Melrose responded with six of the next seven points, but Brockmoller closed the set with a powerful kill that bounced just inside the backline.

In the second set, Melrose was the team that raced out of the gates. Consecutive ace blocks from junior middle blocker Kimberly Klassen gave the visitors a 9-4 advantage and led to a Montevideo timeout. She added another block to cap a 6-0 surge and give her team a 11-4 cushion.

The Dutchmen led by as much as 17-8 in the second set. The Thunder Hawks cut the deficit to 20-14 after a Koenen kill, but they could not get any closer. Klassen finished the set with an ace block.

Melrose (6-4) won the next set, before Montevideo pulled out the final two sets to seal the win. It is only the Dutchmen’s second defeat to a conference opponent this season.

The Thunder Hawks next play at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at MACCARY.

West Central
Montevideo 3,
Melrose 2

Melrose (6-4) 17 25 25 21 12

Montevideo (2-3) 25 16 17 25 15

Melrose

Stats not available

Montevideo

Serving (aces): Livia Gades 4, Tenley Epema 3, Lexi Brockmoller 1 … Set assists: Epema 51, Gades 2, Brockmoller 1, Avery Koenen 1 … Hitting (kills): Koenen 25, Megan Anderson 10, Gades 8, Epema 4, Brockmoller 3, Cali Molde 1 … Blocking (aces): Koenen 2 … Digs (5 or more): Brockmoller 32, Gades 28, Epema 10, Koenen 10, Anderson 9

BOLD 3,
Minnewaska 2

BOLD triumphed in a close match over Minnewaska at Glenwood.

The Warriors beat the Lakers 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-11.

For BOLD, Leslie :Snow had 19 kills and Caylee Weber added 17. Ella Mages had 25 set assists and Delaney Tersteeg contributed 19. Kenzie Visser had four blocks.

For Minnewaska, Avery Hoeper had 13 kills, Brecklyn Beyer added 11 and Dreya Barsness had 10. Barsness also had five service aces and Rylee Metz chipped in with four.

BOLD is host to Melrose at 7:15 p.m. Monday in Olivia. Minnewaska is scheduled to play Osakis at 7:15 p.m. Monday in Glenwood.

BOLD (3-4) 21 20 25 25 15

Minnewaska (4-5) 25 25 23 19 11

BOLD

Serving (aces): Ella Mages 2, Caylee Weber 2 … Set assists: Mages 25, Delaney Tersteeg 19 … Hitting (kills): Leslie Snow 19, Weber 17, Abby Meyers 7 … Blocking (aces): Kenzie Visser 4, Meyers 4, Weber 2 … Digs (5 or more): Emily Salinas 13, Snow 11, Weber 10

Minnewaska

Serving (aces): Dreya Barsness 5, Rylee Metz 4, Avery Fier 3, Avery Hoeper 2, Ava Chevalier 1, Haley Shea 1 … Set assists: Shea 15, Britta Nelson 9, Metz 9, Hoeper 5, Barsness 3, Chevalier 1, Fier 1 … Hitting (kills): Hoeper 13, Brecklyn Beyer 11, Barsness 10, Brooklyn Larson 6, Miaya Guggisberg 4, Chevalier 2 … Blocking (aces): Hoeper 3, Guggisberg 1, Chevalier 1/2, Larson 1/2 … Digs (5 or more): Fier 38, Barsness 19, Hoeper 15, Shea 9, Guggisberg 7, Nelson 7, Beyer 5, Metz 5

Wright County
Litchfield 3, GSL 1

Kristin Foley set up the attack with 40 set assists and Lily Osterberg led the offense with 16 kills as host Litchfield defeated Glencoe-Silver Lake.

Litchfield won 17-25, 25-17, 30-28, 25-13.

Liv Holmgren had five service aces and Rachel Foley also chipped in with nine kills in a balanced attack that included seven kills apiece from Sydney McCann and Greta Hansen.

Litchfield is host to Watertown-Mayer at 7 p.m. Monday.

GSL (5-6) 25 17 28 13

Litchfield (9-2) 17 25 30 25

Glencoe-Silver Lake

Stats not available

Litchfield

Serving (aces): Liv Holmgren 5, Addi Marquardt 3, Kristin Foley 2, Kamri Driver 2, Casey Justinson 1 … Set assists: K. Foley 40, Sydney McCann 2, Kaity Kusler 2, Kylie Ehlers 1, Driver 1 … Hitting (kills): Lily Osterberg 16, Rachel Foley 9, McCann 7, Greta Hansen 7, K. Foley 5, Kusler 4, Alexis Hansen 1 … Blocking (aces): G. Hansen 1 … Digs (5 or more): McCann 12, Holmgren 12, K. Foley 7, Addi Marquardt 7, R. Foley 5

NLS wins 2 matches

New London-Spicer swept a pair of Wright County Conference matches at Annandale. The Wildcats won the first match 25-18, 25-15, 25-17 before taking the second match 25-20, 22-25, 25-17, 25-17.

The two teams were originally scheduled to face one another on Tuesday, Nov. 10, but that match was postponed due to inclement weather.

First match:

NLS (6-3) 25 25 25

Annandale (6-4) 18 15 17

Second match:

NLS (7-3) 25 22 25 25

Annandale (6-5) 20 25 17 17

Camden
MACCRAY 3,
D-B 0

Sydney Thein had eight kills, 10 set assists and three service aces to help MACCRAY beat Dawson-Boyd at Clara City.

The Wolverines won 25-14, 25-22, 25-10.

Kylee Kimpling added seven kills and Annie Bourne contributed eight set assists in the victory. MACCRAY plays at 3:15 p.m. Saturday against Montevideo in Clara City.

Dawson-Boyd’s next scheduled match is at 7 p.m. Thursday against Lakeview at Dawson.

D-B (1-9) 14 22 10

MACCRAY (2-2) 25 25 25

Dawson-Boyd

Stats not available

MACCRAY

Serving (aces): Sydney Thein 3, JoAnna Johnson 1, Ella Bourne 1, Elsie Sumner 1, Annie Bourne 1, Jordan Thein 1 … Set assists: S. Thein 10, A. Bourne 8, E. Bourne 2 … Hitting (kills): S. Thein 8, Kylee Kimpling 7, J. Thein 5, Sumner 5, Allison Koenen 3, Lizzie Koenen 2 … Blocking (aces): Kimpling 3, S. Thein 1, A. Koenen 1 … Digs (5 or more): E. Bourne 14, S. Thein 6, J. Thein 6

R-T-R 3, YME 0

Yellow Medicine East got stronger as the game went on, but the Sting were unable to avoid the sweep against ninth-ranked (in Class A) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Granite Falls.

The Knights won 25-18, 25-21, 26-24.

ALli Steffen led YME in kills (10) and digs (17). Ruby Bones chipped in with eight kills and two ace serves, and Riley Streich tallied 21 set assists and 10 digs.

The Sting are back at home Monday against Canby.

R-T-R (9-2) 25 25 26

YME (4-7) 18 21 24

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

Stats not available

Yellow Medicine East

Serving (aces): Jadyn Sakry 2, Ruby Bones 2, Alexis Smith 1, Alli Steffen 1, Kiara Sakry 1 … Set assists: Riley Streich 21, J. Sakry 1 … Hitting (kills): Steffen 10, Bones 8, Smith 5, J. Sakry 3, Shelby Mortenson 2 … Blocking (aces): N/A … Digs (5 or more): Steffen 17, K. Sakry 14, Streich 10, Smith 9, J. Sakry 7

Late Thursday
BBE 3,
EV-W 1

Ava Mueller had 21 kills and Karsee Kampsen contributed 47 set assists in Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa’s victory over Eden Valley-Watkins in Brooten.

BBE won 19-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-16.

For EV-W, Whitney Jansen had 22 set assists and four kills and Lindsey Wirz had 12 kills.

The Jaguars are scheduled to play at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Holdingford.

EV-W (4-4) 25 23 20 16

BBE (9-1) 19 25 25 25

Eden Valley-Watkins

Serving (aces): Whitney Jansen 1 … Set assists: Jansen 22, Lindsey Wirz 1, Reilly Hennen 2 … Hitting (kills): Isabella Butterfass 3, Brielle Kuechle 4, McKenna Moehrle 6, Jansen 4, Wirz 12 … Blocking (aces): Butterfass 2, Moehrle 5, Jansen 1 … Digs (5 or more): Jansen 5, Wirz 12, Hennen 13, Faith Unterberger 6

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa

Serving (aces): Karsee Kampsen 1, Tayjah Marthaler 4, Emily Kern 2, Kailey Fischer 2, Kylie Winter 2 … Set assists: Kampsen 47, Emily Kern 2, Fischer 3, Karissa Jones 2 … Hitting (kills): Paige Rupp 10, Kampsen 3, Ava Mueller 21, Kern 2, Fischer 8, Abby Berge 5, Jones 11 … Blocking (aces): Rupp 2, Kampsen 2, Mueller 1, Berge 1 … Digs (5 or more): Kampsen 13, Marthaler 8, Mueller 5, Kern 23, Fischer 9, Winter 7