Prep Volleyball Roundup: Alexandria too much for Willmar

ALEXANDRIA - The Willmar Cardinals fell in four Tuesday, losing 25-16, 20-25, 25-17, 25-14 to Alexandria in a Central Lakes Conference match.

Cami Sletta paced Willmar with 14 kills and an ace block.

Hannah Gallagher added two ace serves, four kills and two ace blocks, and Carly Wedel picked up five kills and an ace block.

Addie Erickson had 18 digs, and Esther Grussing setup 26 points.

Willmar hosts St. Cloud Tech on Thursday.

Alexandria 3, Willmar 1

Willmar 16 25 17  14

Alexandria          25 20 25 25

Willmar

Serving (aces): Emma Rosen 1, Esther Grussing 1, Hannah Gallagher 2, Heidi Sellman 2, Sam Pina 1 … Set assists: Grussing 26 … Hitting (kills): Cami Sletta 14, Carly Wedel 5, Grace Marti 3, Gallagher 4, Sellman 3 … Blocking (aces): Sletta 1, Wedel 1, Grussing 1, Marti 1, Gallagher 2, Sellman 2 … Digs (5 or more): Addie Erickson 18, Wedel 9, Grussing 5, Gallagher 6, Pina 5

Alexandria

Statistics not provided

CAMDEN

MACCRAY 3, LQPV 0

MACCRAY continued its strong season Tuesday night, defeating Lac qui Parle Valley in three sets in Clara City, 25-17, 28-26, 25-19.

The Orwicks were at it again, as Carly and Emily combined for 24 kills, 20 digs and two aces. Sydney Schwitters had 29 assists and Ellie Thein had 16 digs in addition to leading the team with three aces.

MACCRAY will head to Kerkhoven on Thursday to face the Fighting Saints at 7:15 p.m. LQPV will take on Yellow Medicine East on the road at the same date and time.

LQPV (4-9)          17 26 19

MACCRAY (8-4) 25 28 25

LQPV

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MACCRAY

Serving (aces): Ellie Thein 3, Emily Orwick 1, Carly Orwick 1, Ellie Hultgren 1, Olivia Ruiter 1, Danni Burns 1 Set assists: Sydney Schwitters 29 Hitting (kills): E. Orwick 12, C. Orwick 12, Thein 10, Piper Asche 8 Blocking (aces): Asche 1 Digs: Meghan Listerud 22, Thein 16, C. Orwick 14, Schwitters 7, E. Orwick 6, Hultgren 6

Minneota 3, KMS 1

The Saints hung with the perennial Camden Conference power before dropping the match in four games on Tuesday.

Kallee Anderson led KMS with 20 kills. Sydney Walsh had nine kills and Eden Norton had seven.

Sam Gjerde had 38 set assists and 10 digs, and Walsh also had the Saints’ line block ace.

KMS are 5-3 in the Camden Conference and 10-4 overall. They play host to MACCRAY on Thursday in Kerkhoven.

KMS (5-3, 10-4) 9 22 25 23

Minneota (6-1, 11-6)      25 25 21 25

KMS

Serving (aces): Molly Jeppesen 1, Tori Everson 1, Kallee Anderson 1, Eden Norton 1, Katie Krieger 2 … Set assists: Sam Gjerde 38, Jeppesen 1, Norton 1 … Hitting (kills): Walsh 9, Jeppesen 2, Everson 5, Anderson 20, Gjerde 5, Norton 7 … Blocking (aces): Walsh 1 … Digs (5 or more): Everson 14, Gjerde 10, Norton 12, Krieger 11, MiKaylie Hagen 16

Minneota

Statistics not provided

Canby 3, RCW 0

Canby got the best of Renville County West in a Camden Conference match on Tuesday.

Britney Marr led the Jaguars with six kills, and Mikayla Pharr had five solo blocks and nine digs.

Avery Elfering finished with two ace serves, 10 set assists and nine digs.

RCW      16 10 23

Canby   25 25 25

Renville County West

Serving (aces): Avery Elfering 2, Mandy Zetah 1, Kaylee Bratsch 1, Anessa Seehusen 1 … Set assists: Elfering 10, Bratsch 5 … Hitting (kills): Elfering 2, Britney Marr 6, Bratsch 2, Seehusen 3, Emma Kronlokken 1, Mikayla Pharr 3 … Blocking (aces): Zitah 1, Marr 2, Seehusen 1, Kronlokken 2, Pharr 5 … Digs (5 or more): Elfering 9, Marr 9, Bratsch 8, Libby Groen 14, Steph Zaske 8

Canby

Statistics not provided

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 3, Dawson-Boyd 0

The Blackjacks put up a valiant fight against a powerhouse opponent, but ultimately dropped their 12th contest in a row.

Mary Bothun was the team leader in ace serves (two) and kills (five). Alyssa Strand reinforced her with an ace, a kill and seven digs. Katie Willander had 11 digs and six assists.

The Blackjacks will try to get back in the win column Thursday on the road against Lakeview at 7:30 p.m.

TMB (17-2)          25 25 25

Dawson-Boyd (1-13)       6 11 13

TMB

Statistics not provided

Dawson-Boyd

Serving (aces): Mary Bothun 2, Alyssa Strand 1 Set assists: Katie Willander 6, Faith Anyasike 1 Hitting (kills): Bothun 5, Strand 1, Willander 1, Hannah Stelter 1 Blocking (aces): None Digs: Willander 11, Strand 7, Jalynn Popma 6

WEST CENTRAL

BOLD 3, Benson 0

The BOLD Warriors bounced back from a close loss on Monday night to defeat the Braves of Benson in three sets, 25-23, 25-15, 25-15.

The win pushes the Warriors over .500 on the season, to 6-5. Allison Krause led the team with five aces and 14 assists. Mikayla Snow and Kiah Morse tied for the team lead with seven kills apiece, and Whitney Haney had five kills and four block aces.

For Benson, Megan Amundson led the team with three aces and nine digs, and also recorded five kills. Sophie Ascheman added six kills and two aces.

BOLD’s next match is on the road against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City on Thursday. Benson will host Morris/Chokio-Alberta on Thursday.

Benson (4-13)    23 15 15

BOLD (6-5)          25 25 25

Benson

Serving (aces): Megan Amundson 3, Sophie Ascheman 2, Addie Forbord 1 Set assists: Forbord 8, Courtney McNeill 6 Hitting (kills): Ascheman 6, Amundson 5, Kelsey Pederson 3, Amanda Nissen 2, Victoria Pagel 2 Blocking (aces): Pagel 3, Pederson 1 Digs: Amundson 9, Forbord 8, Pederson 6

BOLD

Serving (aces): Allison Krause 5, Emily Gass 2, Lauren Kopel 2 Set assists: Krause 14, Kopel 4 Hitting (kills): Makayla Snow 7, Kiah Morse 7, Whitney Haney 5 Blocking (aces): Haney 4, Elsa Skeie 1 Digs: Gass 13, Morse 13, Peyton Weis 10

Sauk Centre 3, ACGC 0

Sauk Centre improved to 8-0 in the conference and 14-2 overall after getting 11 kills and three blocks from Becca Weir, and 19 assists, five kills and four ace serves from Jill Klaphake in a home match on Tuesday.

Kendra Miller had five kills, Hannah Wilner another four and Maree Lee collected 10 assists and seven digs for Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. (2-6, 4-9).

On Thursday Sauk Centre is at Montevideo and ACGC hosts BOLD.

ACGC (2-6, 4-9) 10 11   8

Sauk Centre (8-0, 14-2)  25 25 25

ACGC

Serving (aces): Hannah Wilner 1, Kylie Rosenquist 1 … Set assists: Maree Lee 10 … Hitting (kills): Wilner 4, Kendra Miller 5, Miranda Lang 1, Taryn Reinke 2 … Blocking (aces): Miller 1, Lee 1 … Digs (5 or more): Lee 7

Sauk Centre

Serving (aces): Morgan Gamradt 3, Jill Klaphake 4, Becca Weir 1, Amanda Lahr 1, Tayler Pfeffer 2 … Set assists: Klaphake 19, Taylor Borgerding 3, MiKayla Olson 1, Pfeffer 5 … Hitting (kills): Gamradt 1, Klaphake 5, Weir 11, Borgerding 3, Amanda Lahr 1, Olson 3, Breann Gritz 1, Pfeffer 5 … Blocking (aces): Klaphake 1, Weir 3, Borgerding 2, Olson 3, Pfeffer 1, Kelsey Peschel 1 … Digs (5 or more): Gamradt 8, Klaphake 11, Borgerding 5, Pfeffer 5, Kenzie Schmiesing 5

Melrose 3, Morris/CA 1

Melrose avenged a loss in the season opener to hand Morris/Chokio-Alberta just its second loss on Tuesday in Morris.

Brooke Gillespie had eight kills while Lindsey Dierks, Jenna Howden and Carly Maanum had seven apiece for the Tigers (5-2, 11-2).

Karly Fehr guided the MCA offense with 28 assists and Riley Decker had a team-high 24 digs.

The Tigers are at Benson on Thursday.

Melrose               25 15 25 25

Morris/CA (5-2, 11-2)     18 25 21 18

Melrose

Statistics not provided

Morris/Chokio-Alberta

Serving (aces): Karly Fehr 1, Lindsey Dierks 1, Riley Decker 1, Koral Tolifson 1 … Set assists: Fehr 28 … Hitting (kills): Brooke Gillespie 8, Fehr 2, Dierks 7, Ashley Solvie 4, Jenna Howden 7, Haley Erdahl 2, Carly Maanum 7, Moira McNally 2 … Blocking (aces): Gillespie 1, Fehr 1, Solvie 1, Howden 1, McNally 2 … Digs (5 or more): Gillespie 10, Fehr 7, Dierks 6, Erdahl 9, Decker 24, Tolifson 6

Minnewaska 3, Montevideo 1

Minnewaska snapped a four-match losing streak with a four-game victory over the Thunder Hawks on Tuesday at Minnewaska High School.

Minnewaska’s Kaylee Glover and Abby VerSteeg both had 12 kills, Emma Middendorf had seven kills and five ace blocks.

Glover also served three aces and Taylor Amundson finished with two service aces, 23 set assists, two kills and a solo block.

Montevideo’s Abby Olson led the team with eight kills, Alexis Schmitz had six, and Grace Sulflow and Sarah Sulflow combined for 27 set assists.

Montevideo (8-9)            25 15 23 20

Minnewaska (5-11)         17 25 25 25

Montevideo

Serving (aces): Olivia Hagen 1, Abby Olson 4, Bre Welling 1, Sarah Sulflow 1, Alexis Schmitz 3 … Set assists: Grace Sulflow 14, Sarah Sulflow 13 … Hitting (kills): Katie Hillerud 5, Abby Olson 8, Molly Reeves 1, Ashley McKee 5, Alexis Schmitz 6, Kaylee Glomstad 3 … Blocking (aces): Kami  Ochsendorf 1, McKee 2, Schmitz 3 … Digs (5 or more): Hagen 13, Killerud 5, Olson 16

Minnewaska

Serving (aces): Kaylee Glover 3, Abby VerSteeg 1, Ashley Blom 1, Taylor Amundson 2 … Set assists: Amundson 23, Blom 1 … Hitting (kills): Glover 12, Abby VerSteeg 12, Emma Middendorf 7, Amundson 2, Bailey Stewart 1, Sierra Lindemann 1, Courtney Erickson 1 … Blocking (aces): VerSteeg 1, Middendorf 5, Amundson 1, Lindemann 1 … Digs (5 or more): Glover 16, VerSteeg 12, Makenzia Zemke 8, Blom 7, Stewart 9, Madisen Lundebrek 12

NON-CONFERENCE

Mayer Lutheran 3, BLHS 0

Kiana Johnson had five kills and an ace block, and Mariah Paulson added four kills, an ace serve and an ace block for Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart on Tuesday.

The Mustangs play Thursday at Cedar Mountain/Comfrey.

ML          25 25 25

BLHS      16   7  12

Mayer Lutheran

Statistics not provided

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart

Serving (aces): Mariah Paulson 1, Brittany Schmalz 1 … Set assists: Madison Ehlers 4, Kaitlyn Krumrey 6 … Hitting (kills): Breanna Buboltz 1, Ehlers 1, Paulson 4, Kiana Johnson 5, Schmalz 1, Rachel Grimm 1, Alaina Leske 2 … Blocking (aces): Paulson 1, Johnson 1 … Digs (5 or more): none