Tribune Staff Reports
MARSHALL - Central Minnesota Christian will play for the Section 3A-North championship after beating Lakeview 25-18, 25-14, 25-20 on Tuesday at Southwest Minnesota State.
The No. 1-seed Bluejays (27-6) will face No. 2-seed Minneota 7:30 p.m. Thursday at SMSU.
Lexie Scott’s 17 kills and three ace blocks paced CMCS, with Erin Orred picking up eight kills and three ace blocks.
Nicole Brouwer collected two ace serves, three kills and 37 set assists, and Natalie Brouwer had three kills and three ace blocks.
CMCS 3, Lakeview 0
Lakeview..................................18 14 20
CMCS (27-6)............................25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Lakeview
Statistics not available
Central Minnesota Christian
Serving: Christine Mikelson 14-15-1, Kalley Schwitters 9-9-0, Nicole Brouwer 15-15-2, Hannah Nelson 8-9-0, Natalie Brouwer 18-19-0, Lexie Scott 4-6-0 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 100-101-37 … Hitting: Schwitters 21-23-7, Nicole Brouwer 6-6-3, Nelson 11-14-4, Natalie Brouwer 12-13-3, Scott 28-32-17, Erin Orred 21-21-8 … Blocking (aces): Natalie Brouwer 3, Scott 3, Orred 3 … Digs (5 or more): Mikelson 24, Schwitters 11, Nicole Brouwer 9, Natalie Brouwer 10, Scott 19
Section 6AA
Sauk Centre 3,
Osakis 0
Sauk Centre won its 17th straight match by posting its 21st sweep of the season to advance to Thursday’s sub-section final. The Mainstreeters (26-4) will meet West Central Conference rival Melrose (26-5) at 6 p.m. in Sauk Rapids. The teams split two regular-season matches with Sauk Centre winning the most recent meeting, a 3-0 sweep on Oct. 7.
Pacing the Mainstreeters Tuesday was Becca Weir’s 10 kills and six blocks, Jill Klaphake’s 28 assists, five kills and four ace serves, and Morgan Gamradt’s 15 digs, nine kills and two ace serves. Taylor Triebenbach added a team-high 18 digs.
Osakis (21-8)...........................18 24 7
Sauk Centre (26-4)..................25 26 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Osakis
Statistics not available
Sauk Centre
Serving (aces): Morgan Gamradt 2, Jill Klaphake 4 … Set assists: Klaphake 28, Madison Moritz 4, Tayler Pfeffer 3, Mikayla Olson 1, Taylor Triebenbach 1 … Hitting (kills): Gamradt 9, Klaphake 5, Becca Weir 10, Amanda Lahr 1, Moritz 7, Olson 5, Taylor Borgerding 1, Triebenbach 1 … Blocks: Klaphake 1, Weir 6, Lahr 1, Moritz 1, Pfeffer 2, Olson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Gamradt 15, Klaphake 6, Katelyn Ahrens 6, Moritz 12, Triebenbach 18
Melrose 3, Little Falls 0
Melrose had little trouble with Little Falls in the Section 6AA North semifinals on Tuesday in Melrose.
Emily Goerdt and Mattie Meyer both had 10 kills and Emily Tschida had 15 set assists and Goerdt 9.
Little Falls...............................12 19 14
Melrose (26-5)........................25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Little Falls
Statistics not available
Melrose
Serving: Emily Tschida 3 aces, Justine Revermann 2 … Set assists: Tschida 15, Emily Goerdt 9 … Hitting: Goerdt 10 kills, Mattie Meyer 10, Revermann 6 … Blocking (aces): Meyer 4, Goerdt 1 … Digs (5 or more): Tschida 2, Goerdt 8
Section 2A-North
BOLD 3, Nicollet 0
The Warriors will be playing in the sub-section final for the fourth straight year after outlasting the Raiders in three close games. BOLD, the No. 2 seed, will meet top-seeded Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (20-10) Thursday at 6 p.m. at Mankato West High School.
BOLD is the three-time defending North champion and beat BLHS in four games on Sept. 30.
A balanced attack propelled the Warriors Tuesday, led by Whitney Haney’s 12 kills and Kenna Steffel’s nine kills. Haney also supplied four blocks and three ace serves. Defensively, Kiah Morse had 27 digs and Ashley Schmitz another 26 for BOLD.
Nicollet (13-12)........................23 24 22
BOLD (14-12)...........................25 26 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Nicollet
Statistics not available
BOLD
Serving: Whitney Haney 16-18-3, Peyton Weis 10-12-1, Allison Krause 10-11-1 … Set assists: Krause 22, Lauren Kopel 11 … Hitting: Haney 28-32-12, Kenna Steffel 26-26-9 … Blocks: Steffel 2, Kiah Morse 1, Lanie Altmann 2, Haney 4 … Digs (5 or more): Ashley Schmitz 26, Morse 27, Weis 19
BLHS 3,
Mankato Loyola 1
The top-seeded Mustangs (20-10) will be looking to avenge two losses to BOLD (14-12) as they upended Mankato Loyola in a sub-section semifinal at Glencoe. BLHS lost earlier in the season and in last year’s sub-section final to BOLD. The two will meet again Thursday at 6 p.m. at Mankato West High School in the North final.
Mariah Paulson with 14 kills and Kiana Johnson and Brittany Schmalz with eight more each guided BLHS Tuesday. Ashley Tintes (22) and Ashley Peterson (15) had a combined 38 assists and Jordyn Feige served up five aces.
Mankato Loyola (13-12)......17 19 25 23
BLHS (20-10)......................25 25 18 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Mankato Loyola
Statistics not available
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Serving: Ashley Tintes 11-12-0, Jordyn Feige 18-20-5, Kelsie Dascher 21-21-2, Ashley Peterson 11-12-1, Kiana Johnson 8-10-2, Brittany Schmalz 2-2-0, Kaitlyn Krumrey 12-15-0 … Set assists: Tintes 22, Dascher 2, Peterson 15, Mara Olinger 1 … Hitting: Tintes 17-21-4, Breanna Buboltz 9-11-3, Feige 1-1-0, Dascher 6-8-1, Mariah Paulson 32-36-14, Peterson 13-14-3, Johnson 25-30-8, Schmalz 27-29-8, Krumrey 1-1-0, Olinger 1-1-0 … Blocking (aces): Buboltz 1, Paulson 2, Schmalz 1 … Digs (5 or more): Tintes 11, Peterson 6, Schmalz 9, Olinger 12
Section 3AA-North
Redwood Valley 3, Morris/CA 2
The Cardinals pulled off a minor upset as the Section 3AA North’s No. 3 seed, downing the No. 2 Tigers in five games on Tuesday in Morris.
MCA’s Lacee Maanum led the team with 14 kills and Kayla Pring had 12. Karly Fehr finished with 32 set assists.
Redwood Valley plays New London-Spicer for the subsection championship on Thursday in Benson.
Redwood Valley (24-5)...25 22 25 23 15
Morris/CA (18-9)............22 25 18 25 9
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Redwood Valley
Statistics not available
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving: Lacee Maanum 18-19-0, Haley Erdahl 17-19-1, Brooke Gillespie 13-15-0, Kristy Fehr 16-17-0, Kourtney Giese 11-12-0, Lindsey Dierks 15-15-1 … Set assists: Fehr 114-117-32 … Hitting: Maanum 50-55-14, Erdahl 9-10-0, Kayla Pring 53-58-12, Gillespie 41-44-12, Fehr 7-7-1, Tracy Meichsner 6-8-1 … Blocking (aces): Maanum 1, Erdahl 1, Pring 1., Fehr 1, Meichsner 1 … Digs (5 or more): Erdahl 12, Pring 9, Gillespie 19, Fehr 8, Meichsner 6, Giese 36, Dierks 10
Section 5A-North
Verndale 3, BBE 0
No. 3 seed Verndale upset No. 1 seed Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in Section 5A quarterfinals play on Tuesday. The Pirates, now 23-5 overall, play No. 1 seed Browerville at 6p.m. Thursday in Pierz.
Verndale was never fazed by the Jaguars, as they took the opening set, 25-15. BBE was able to keep the second set within striking distance, but the Pirates had the momentum in their favor and won 25-21. With the season hanging on the net for BBE, they put up their best fight. However, it was Verndale who eked out the set and match 26-24.
The Jaguars finished the season 16-13.
Verndale (22-9)........................25 25 26
BBE (16-13)..............................15 21 24
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Verndale
Statistics not available
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Serving: Kinlee Swanson 1, Tessa Halvorson 1, Mariah Heinze 1 … Set assists: Hailey Braegelman 13, Halvorson 13, Amanda Kollman 2, Swanson 1 … Hitting: Kendall Kampsen 2, Braegelman 5, Morgan Gronli 2, Swanson 12, Ashley Trustheim 6, Kollman 3 … Blocking (aces): Trustheim 5, Kampsen 1, Gronli 1, Katelyn Heinze 1, Swanson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Karlee Kern 12, Braegelman 9, Swanson 8, Trustheim 7, VanBeck 5
