WILLMAR — Behind 34 assists from junior setter Lydia Larson and 14 kills from senior outside hitter Bailey Olson, Willmar had little trouble against St. Cloud Tech on Tuesday.
The Cardinals won 25-9, 25-8, 25-10 during a Central Lakes Conference match from Willmar High School.
“Our offense looked really good,” Cardinals head coach Traci Grussing said. “We had a lot of kills and Lydia did a good job putting the ball up for everybody.”
Senior right-side hitter Sophie Kobienia and sophomore outside hitter Sydney Schnichels each had eight kills. Junior middle hitter Mackenzie Knofczynski added seven kills.
The Cardinals (12-0) had nine aces from the service line as well as 13 ace blocks, five of which coming from senior middle hitter Madelyn Gregory.
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Senior libero Abby Stark produced team-highs with three ace serves and 14 digs.
Willmar’s next scheduled match is 7 p.m. Friday at Monticello. It’s an addition to the schedule. The Cardinals originally were scheduled to play St. Cloud Apollo, which had to cancel.
Willmar 3,
St. Cloud Tech 0
St. Cloud Tech (0-9) 9 8 10
Willmar (11-0) 25 25 25
St. Cloud Tech
Stats not available
Willmar
Serving (aces): Lydia Larson 2, Abby Stark 3, Bailey Olson 2, Sydney Schnichels 1, Emily Staska 1 … Set assists: Larson 34, Abby Stark 4, Ashley Guse 1 … Hitting (kills): Stark 1, Olson 14, Schnichels 8, Sophie Kobienia 8, Madelyn Gregory 3, Mackenzie Knofczynski 7, Marissa Rosen 2 … Blocking (aces): Olson 1, Schnichels 3, Kobienia 2, Gregory 5, Knofczynski 1, Rosen 1 … Digs (5 or more): Larson 8, Stark 14, Schnichels 6, Callie Slagter 6, Guse 5
Tomahawk
BLHS 3,
Cedar Mountain 0
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart beat Cedar Mountain 25-16, 25-18, 25-12 at Hector.
Emilie Hable had 11 kills and two ace serves and Tia Weispfennig added 11 kills and one ace serve for the Mustangs. Allison Dornseif had 25 set assists for BLHS, which also got 16 digs and four kills from Chloe Ufkes.
The Mustangs are scheduled to play at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s.
