MORRIS -- Strong serving and the net play of Erin Schieler led a Morris/Chokio-Alberta comeback to tip Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 23-25, 13-25, 25-12, 25-20 and 15-9 on Tuesday.
Both teams finished 8-4 in the West Central South Conference.
The Tigers had only two serving errors in five games. Mackenzie Weatherly had one of those, but she also had six aces in 24 deliveries.
Schieler cranked out 67 attacks with 22 going for kills against eight errors, plus eight ace blocks. Carrie Roske worked the back line for 49 digs.
Katie Knisley led the Falcons with 12 kills. Sydney Larson logged four ace blocks and 12 digs and setter Paige Wilner finished with 40 assists.
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Morris/CA 3, ACGC 2
ACGC (8-4, 15-8) 25 25 12 20 9
Morris/CA (8-4, 16-8) 23 13 25 25 15
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
ACGC
Serving: Sydney Larson 8-10-1, Paige Wilner 19-19-2, Katie Knisley 6-8-0, Chastity Pautzke 11-14-1, Chelsea Jans 13-13-1, Shelby Schroeder 7-9-1... Setting: Wilner 146-149-40 ... Hitting: Larson 19-23-3, Knisley 42-47-12, Pautzke 20-22-3, Jans 16-16-3 ... Blocking (aces): Larson 4, Wilner 1, Knisley 2, Jans 1, Kayla Johnson 1 ... Digs: Larson 12, Knisley 4, Pautzke 4, Jans 4
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving: Carrie Roske 21-21-0, Erin Schieler 12-12-0, Kesley DeCamp 10-10-1, Haley Scheldorf 11-11-1, Dani Schultz 16-16-1, Mackenzie Weatherly 23-24-6 ... Setting: Terianne Itzen 1-1-1, Shadow Olson 5-7-1, Kelsey Loew 11-11-1, Scheldorf 66-68-20, Schultz 8-8-2, Weatherly 65-65-18 ... Hitting: Itzen 20-22-5, Sydney Engebretson 19-23-4, Olson 25-27-7, Schieler 59-67-22, Schultz 28-31-8, Loew 11-15-0 ... Blocking (aces): Engebretson 6, Olson 1, Schieler 8, Loew 3, Schultz 3 ... Digs: Roske 49, Schultz 20, DeCamp 17, Scheldorf 11, Weatherly 9, Engebretson 6, Olson 5, Schieler 4
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Benson 3, Montevideo 0
Monica Lindblad had eight ace serves, Emily Auch, Rachel Bausman and Samantha Goff had eight kills apiece and Emma Peterson added seven more kills to help Benson (9-3, 15-10) post a sweep in its regular-season finale. The Braves finished second in the conference.
Kendyl Anderson paced Montevideo (1-10, 4-20) with four kills and three ace blocks.
Benson (9-3, 15-10) 25 25 25
Montevideo (1-10, 4-20) 21 17 13
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Benson
Serving: Emily Auch 11-13-2, Monica Lindblad 22-23-8, Ashley Landmark 11-12-1, Brennan Hagen 2-2-1, Emma Peterson 14-16-4, Rachel Bausman 5-6-0, Alexa Nissen 2-5-0 ... Setting: Auch 2-2-0, Lindblad 21-21-8, Landmark 57-58-15, Hagen 1-1-0, Peterson 2-2-1, Bausman 4-4-1, Nissen 14-16-3, Samantha Goff 1-1-0, Ellen Reuss 3-3-1 ... Hitting: Auch 19-21-8, Lindblad 8-8-1, Emily Goff 1-1-0, Peterson 17-17-7, Bausman 17-21-8, Nissen 1-1-1, S. Goff 9-9-8, Reuss 3-3-2 ... Blocking (aces): S. Goff 1 ... Digs: Auch 8, Lindblad 5, Mackenzie Jensen 2, Landmark 5, Peterson 12, Bausman 7, Nissen 3
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Montevideo
Serving: Kendyl Anderson 4-5-0, Nichole Strei 5-5-0, Alyssa Doty 2-2-0, Elissa Christensen 7-9-1, Kelsey Amborn 5-5-0, Haley Kubista 3-3-1, Olivia Bisel 8-10-2, Kayla Aanerud 4-5-0 ... Setting: Anderson 1-1-0, Strei 26-27-5, Doty 3-4-0, Christensen 5-5-0, Kubista 43-46-8, Dani Emkes 6-8-1, Aanerud 2-2-1, Bri Grussing 1-1-0, Nettie Duvall 2-3-0 ... Hitting: Anderson 16-16-4, Doty 6-7-3, Christensen 15-19-2, Amborn 6-7-1, Bisel 1-1-0, Emkes 6-8-1, Duvall 3-3-0, Rhea Melby 2-2-1 ... Blocking (aces): Anderson 3, Christensen 2 ... Digs: Anderson 1, Strei 1, Doty 1, Christensen 8, Amborn 7, Kubista 6, Bisel 2, Aanerud 1
BOLD 3, LQPV 0
The Warriors, who clinched the conference title outright last week, improved to 11-0 in the loop with a sweep.
Brittany Nissen pounded down 18 kills, while Tyann Caspers added 10 kills and three ace serves for BOLD (19-4). Sarah Gass finished with 28 assists and Molly Herdina also had three ace serves.
Kacey Struxness had eight kills and seven assists for the Eagles (3-8, 5-17). Amanda Broin delivered six kills, Katie Deyo led with four ace blocks and Rachel Streich had 13 digs.
BOLD (11-0, 19-4) 25 25 25
LQPV (3-8, 5-17) 14 15 15
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(Key: good-attempts-aces)
BOLD
Serving: Sarah Gass 15-15-3, Alex Ebnet 8-8-1, Tyann Caspers 10-10-3, Molly Herdina 10-12-3, Nikki Neisen 16-16-1 ... Setting: Gass 66-67-28, Caspers 10-11-8, Brittney Haugen 3-3-1 ... Hitting: Caspers 23-30-10, Herdina 14-18-6, Haugen 5-5-3, Brittany Nissen 33-41-18, Neisen 12-15-4 ... Blocking (aces): Neisen 3, Haugen 1, Herdina 1 ... Digs: Gass 4, Ebnet 9, Breanna Holwerda 5, Neisen 5, Chloe Altmann 2
Lac qui Parle Valley
Serving: Hayley Wittnebel 4-4-0, Kali Molden 3-3-0, Rachel Streich 6-6-1, Kacey Struxness 8-8-1, Rachel Schlieman 8-8-0, Brooke Rheingans 8-9-0, Amanda Broin 5-6-0 ... Setting: Struxness 30-32-7, Schlieman 22-24-5, Rheingans 5-5-3 ... Hitting: Streich 14-14-3, Struxness 23-28-8, Broin 14-16-6, Rheingans 7-10-3, Tara Zupan 7-11-1 ... Blocking (aces): Streich 1, Broin 1, Rheingans 3, Katie Deyo 4 ... Digs: Wittnebel 4, Streich 13, Zupan 2, Struxness 4, Schlieman 5, Broin 10, Rheingans 7, Deyo 2
YME 3, Paynesville 0
Ashly Sneller's eight kills led a balanced hitting attack for the Sting (7-5, 12-13). Angie Scheffler and Emily Baker added six kills each and Mariah Skjefte had four. Courtney Hinz finished with 20 assists and three ace serves. Baker also had 14 digs.
For Paynesville (3-9, 4-18), Caitlyn Gottwald had five ace blocks, three kills and 13 digs.
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Paynesville (3-9, 4-18) 17 20 15
YME (7-5, 12-13) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Paynesville
Serving: Caitlyn Gottwald 3-5-0, Jessica Jimenez 2-5-0, Andrea Guzy 10-12-0, Jackie Skoglund 6-7-1, Greta Keller 11-11-1, Chloe Flannigan 9-10-0 ... Setting: Gottwald 1-1-0, Jimenez 3-3-0, Guzy 41-42-7, Keller 2-2-1, Flannigan 39-39-6 ... Hitting: Gottwald 15-19-3, Jimenez 18-21-7, Guzy 12-13-0, Kayla Youngs 10-15-2, Keller 13-14-2, Flannigan 5-6-2 ... Blocking (aces): Gottwald 5, Jimenez 2, Guzy 1, Youngs 1 ... Digs: Gottwald 13, Jimenez 3, Guzy 7, Youngs 2, Shelby Goltz 15, Keller 8, Flanningan 8, Megan Schaefer 8
Yellow Medicine East
Serving: Angie Scheffler 5-6-1, Courtney Hinz 13-13-3, Emily Baker 13-14-3, Jennessa Hoffman 9-10-2, Mariah Skjefte 10-11-2, Ashly Sneller 7-9-1 ... Setting: Scheffler 6-6-1, Hinz 66-66-20, Sneller 1-1-0, Chandler Rodriguez 4-4-0 ... Hitting: Scheffler 15-18-6, Baker 15-17-6, Skjefte 16-22-4, Sneller 17-22-8, Rodriguez 8-8-2 ... Blocking (aces): Scheffler 1, Hinz 1, Baker 3 ... Digs: Scheffler 8, Hinz 5, Baker 14, Nena McCalla 1, Hoffman 6, Sneller 7, Rodriguez 1
Paynesville at YME
