Prep volleyball roundup: Cardinals roll past St. Cloud Tech

ST. CLOUD - The Willmar volleyball team stayed on the heels of Rocori in the Central Lakes Conference race with a three-set victory over St. Cloud Tech on Thursday night.
The Cardinals won 25-19, 25-17, 25-13 and improved to 9-1 in the CLC and 14-4 overall. Conference-leading Rocori entered the night at 8-0.
Leah Ruter again led the Cardinals at the net with 15 kills and just one hitting error in 31 attempts. Dani Rosen had eight kills and blocked three shots.
Riley Grussing missed on just one of 78 sets and had 35 assists.
Willmar 3, SC Tech 0
SC Tech (3-14) 25 25 25
Willmar (14-4) 19 17 13
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Willmar
Serving: Abby Erickson 13-13-1, Allie Roehl 12-13-0, Emily Chermak 14-14-2, Emma Rosen 2-3-1, Esther Grussing 8-11-4, Leah Ruter 6-8-2, Riley Grussing 8-11-1 … Set assists: Riley Grussing 77-78-35 … Hitting: Esther Grussing 12-14-6, Ruter 30-31-15, Riley Grussing 4-4-2, Sarah Smith 7-10-3, Cami Sletta 11-14-5, Catelyn Haug 4-4-1, Dani Rosen 11-14-8 … Blocking (aces): Riley Grussing 1, Smith 1, Dani Rosen 3 … Digs (5 or more): Jamie Reyes 5, Ruter 13, Chermak 8, Roehl 15
St. Cloud Tech
Statistics not available
Central Minn.
BBE 3, Rockford 0
No. 8 BBE took out Rockford in three games behind double-digit kills from Ashley Trustheim and Kinlee Swanson.
Tessa Halvorson and Karlee Kern each picked up four ace serves, and Hailey Braegelman added two ace serves, 22 set assists and four kills.
Rockford 19 11 15
BBE (5-0, 10-6) 25 25 25
Rockford
Statistics not available
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Serving (aces): Hailey Braegelman 2, Tessa Halvorson 4, Ashley Trustheim 1, Karlee Kern 4 … Set assists: Braegelman 22, Halvorson 10 … Hitting (kills): Braegelman 4, Katelyn Heinze 3, Kinlee Swanson 12, Trustheim 13, Amanda Kollman 2, Jamie Meyer 1, Kendall Kampsen 1 … Blocking (aces): Heinze 1, Swanson 1, Trustheim 2 … Digs (5 or more): Braegelman 8, Kern 15
Tomahawk
BLHS 3, CM/Comfrey 0
Ashley Tintes collected seven ace serves, 26 set assists and four kills for BLHS, which improved to 5-1 in the Tomahawk Conference.
Mariah Paulson put in 10 kills and Brittany Schmalz nine, and Ashley Peterson assisted 13 times.
CM/C (2-5, 4-11) 11 25 10
BLHS (5-1, 9-7) 25 27 25
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey
Statistics not available
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Serving (aces): Ashley Tintes 7, Jordyn Feige 1, Ashley Peterson 1 … Set assists: Tintes 26, Peterson 13 … Hitting (kills): Tintes 4, Breanna Buboltz 2, Feige 1, Kelsie Dascher 2, Mariah Paulson 10, Peterson 4, Kiana Johnson 10, Brittany Schmalz 9 … Blocking (aces): Buboltz 1 … Digs (5 or more): Tintes 5, Kaitlyn Krumrey 6, Mara Olinger 7
Pheasant
CGB 3, Hancock 0
The Owls lost two close games to the visitors. Leah Steiner, a 5-10 senior middle hitter, delivered 10 kills and six blocks for the home team. Kassandra Algarate made 8 kills and Ashlyn Mattson 13 set assists.
CGB 25 25 25
Hancock 22 18 23
Hancock
Serving (aces): none … Set assists: Ashlyn Mattson 13 … Hitting (kills): Leah Steiner 10, Kassandra Algarate 8 … Blocking (aces): Steiner 6 … Digs (5 or more): Lexi Steege 14
Wright County
Litchfield 3,
Annandale 1
Litchfield came out on top in four close games against its Wright County rival.
Meghan Nelson paced the Dragons with 13 kills, four ace serves and nine digs, and Mariah Hoff had 11 kills and four ace serves.
Hannah Banks and Macy Huhner each supplied 10 kills, and Brynne Wahl had five ace serves and 36 set assists.
Annandale (1-5, 8-11) 19 25 20 22
Litchfield (3-1, 12-5) 25 16 25 25
Annandale
Statistics not available
Litchfield
Serving (aces): Cassidy Resmen 1, Mariah Hoff 4, Brynne Wahl 5, Macy Huhner 2, Meghan Nelson 4, Breanna Sittig 1 … Set assists: Wahl 36 … Hitting (kills): Hoff 11, Wahl 1, Hannah Banks 10, Huhner 10, Nelson 13, Brynna Goraczk 1 … Blocking (aces): Banks 1, Huhner 1 … Digs (5 or more): Kyndra Beavers 6, Resmen 5, Hoff 9, Wahl 9, Sittig 16
New London-Spicer 3, Mound Westonka 0
Mound Westonka (0-6, 6-13) 12 20 12
NL-Spicer (2-1, 18-5) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
New London-Spicer
Serving: Sydney Stone 7-7-2, Kaitlyn Bergh 11-12-1, Alyssa Fredrick 3-5-1, Espi Austvold 9-11-0, Lindsay Vagle 13-14-1, Carley Cronen 6-7-0, Shelley Stehn 10-10-1, Mya Rohman 3-3-1… Set assists: Brooke Beuning 28-28-12, Austvold 52-56-28, Cronen 7-7-3 … Hitting: Stone 28-30-15 Kabrie Weber 19-21-15, Megan Thorson 12-14-5, Vagle 8-9-2, Erin Tebben 11-12-5, Brennan Bergh 8-8-2 … Blocking (aces): Stone 3, Weber 4, Austvold 1, Tebben 2, B. Bergh 1 … Digs (5 or more): Cronen 11, Fredrick 6, K. Bergh 8
West Central
Sauk Centre 3, Montevideo 1
Montevideo got back into a West Central Conference match with a convincing win in Game Two but the Mainstreeters regained their momentum and won in four games on Thursday in Montevideo.
The Thunder Hawks’ Natalie Feldhake finished with 12 kills, Abby Olson had 11 kills and Alyssa Stern put away nine shots and also served four aces.
Grace Sulflow had 36 set assists, and Alexis Schmitz had five ace serves and 19 digs.
The T-Hawks play at Lac qui Parle Valley at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Sauk Centre 25 9 25 25
Montevideo 18 25 21 12
Sauk Centre
Statistics not available
Montevideo
Serving (aces): Anna Melby 12-12-0, Abby Olson 4-5-0, Alyssa Stern 19-19-4, Grace Sulflow 11-11-1, Erin Balken 9-10-0, Alexis Schmitz 17-19-5 … Set assists: Sulflow 123-127-36, Balken 21-23-4 … Hitting (kills): Olson 31-43-11, Stern 29-33-9, Sulflow 4-5-0, Natalie Feldhake 27-30-12, Balken 15-17-1, Schmitz 11-13-3 … Blocking (aces): Olson 3, Sulflow 2, Feldhake 3, Schmitz 1 … Digs (5 or more): Melby 7, Olson 5, Stern 10, Sulflow 8, Balken 5, Schmitz 19
Paynesville 3, ACGC 0
Ashley Froelich notched eight kills and three ace serves, and Mckayla Quade had six kills and five ace blocks for Paynesville.
Paynesville 25 25 25
ACGC 18 17 13
Paynesville
Serving (aces): Sydney Riley 3, Lexie Skoglund 3, Ashley Froelich 3 … Set assists: Riley 16 … Hitting (kills): Skoglund 1, Ella Johnson 3, Allie Stanger 4, Mckayla Quade 6, Froelich 8, Teirrah Syvertson 3 … Blocking (aces): Quade 5, Syvertson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Brooke Kreamer 16, Riley 7, Skoglund 15, Johnson 6
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Statistics not available
Melrose 3, Morris/CA 1
Emily Goerdt led first-place Melrose with 14 kills, two ace serves and 26 set assists, and Justine Revermann collected 19 kills and 13 digs.
Lacy Maanum contributed 16 kills for MCA, and Kayla Pring and Brooke Gillespie each had 12.
Morris/CA 21 25 23 22
Melrose (10-0, 14-3) 25 22 25 25
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving (aces): Brooke Gillespie 2, Karly Fehr 1 … Set assists: Fehr 35 … Hitting (kills): Lacy Maanum 16, Kayla Pring 12, Gillespie 12, Fehr 2 … Blocking (aces): Maanum 4, Pring 1 … Digs (5 or more): Pring 7, Gillespie 27, Fehr 14
Melrose
Serving (aces): Emily Goerdt 2, Sandra Sprenger 1 … Set assists: Goerdt 26, Emily Tschida 17 … Hitting (kills): Goerdt 14, Justine Revermann 19, Mattie Meyer 9 … Blocking (aces): Goerdt 2, Meyer 3 … Digs (5 or more): Revermann 13, Tschida 10, Sprenger 38, Meyer 7
BOLD 3, Benson 1
BOLD came back from a Game 1 loss to win three straight over Benson.
Peyton Weis’ 12 kills and two ace serves led the Warriors (4-6, 7-9), and Kiah Morse added nine kills and 21 digs.
Allison Krause and Lauren Kopel combined for 28 set assists, and Whitney Haney notched three ace blocks.
Sophie Ascheman paced Benson with 10 kills and two ace blocks.
Benson (1-9, 3-11) 25 19 21 22
BOLD (4-6, 7-9) 21 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Benson
Serving: Hanna Lindblad 25-28-6, Addie Forbord 6-6-1 … Set assists: Lindblad 20, Forbord 10 … Hitting: Kelsey Pederson 22-26-7, Sophie Ascheman 23-32-10, Krista Motzko 22-33-5, Shyanne Himley 21-23-7 … Blocking (aces): Ascheman 2, Motzko 1, Hannah Ricard 2 … Digs (5 or more): Lindblad 20, Kelsey Pederson 9, Forbord 7, Motzko 12, Mady Krienke 11
BOLD
Serving: Whitney Haney 13-13-2, Peyton Weis 22-23-1, Lauren Kopel 20-21-1, Ashley Schmitz 13-13-1, Allison Krause 10-12-1 … Set assists: Krause 16, Kopel 12 … Hitting: Kiah Morse 28-31-9, Weis 32-40-12, Haney 28-31-4, Krause 21-25-4 … Blocking (aces): Haney 3, Kenna Steffel 1 … Digs (5 or more): Morse 21, Schmitz 20, Weis 24
Camden
Minneota 3, MACCRAY 0
The Wolverines played the Vikings tough but fell in three. The attack line was balanced with major contributions from Ashley Dirksen (9 kills), Emily Orwick 8) and Ellie Thein (6).
Sydney Schwitters was perfect on 42 sets with 12 going for points.
MACCRAY (4-4. 4-11) 20 18 23
MINNEOTA 8-1, 15-6) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
MACCRAY
Serving: Sydney Schwitters 12-13-2, Ali Siverhus 9-10-0, Ashley Dirksen 11-12-0, Emily Orwick 4-5-0, Ellie Thein 9-10-1 … Set assists: Siverhus 30-32-7, Schwitters 42-42-12 … Hitting: Dirksen 34-49-9, Thein 15-16-6, E. Orwick 19-22-8, Carly Orwick 11-14-2, Mallory Van Klompenburg 4-6-2, Emily Wrede 7-7-2 … Blocking (aces): C. Orwick 1 … Digs (5 or more): Laura Hauser 9, Thein 8, Dirksen 5
RCW 3, KMS 0
A balanced hitting attack led Renville County West to a three-set victory over Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in a Camden Conference match on Thursday.
Stephanie Wersal and Anessa Seehusen both had six kills and Emma Kronlokken and Courtney Lindahl both had five. The four players made just four errors in 75 attacks.
Cassidy Fransen was good on 73 of 76 sets and had 26 assists.
RCW 25 25 25
KMS 22 18 23
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Renville County West
Serving: Cassidy Fransen 13-14-1, Courtney Lindahl 11-14-1, Carina Zaske 9-9-1, Libby Groen 10-10-1, Lexi Bakker 14-16-2 … Set assists: Fransen 73-76-26 … Hitting: Fransen 1-1-1, Stephanie Wersal 15-16-6, Mikayla Pfarr 16-17-2, Lindahl 22-23-5, Emma Kronlokken 20-21-5, Anessa Seehusen 14-15-6, Zaske 3-3-1 … Blocking (aces): Fransen 2, Wersal 2, Pfarr 3, Lindahl 1, Seehusen 1 … Digs (5 or more): Lindahl 5, Zaske 19, Groen 6
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Statistics not available