SAUK RAPIDS - The Willmar volleyball team remained undefeated in the Central Lakes Conference and on the season with a three-set victory over Sauk Rapids on Thursday.
Hitter Dani Rosen was impressive at the net, finishing with 12 kills on 16-of-17 hitting.
Leah Ruter had 9 kills and Riley Grussing missed just one set attempt and had 33 assists.
Emily Chermak served 4 aces and she also had 8 digs. The Cardinals had more than 50 digs in the three-game match.
“We were consistent the entire match for the first time,” said Willmar head coach Traci Grussing. “It was incredible. And defensively, we played really well.”
The Cardinals are 3-0 in the CLC and overall and play in the Shakopee tournament Saturday. They have Rochester Mayo, Shakopee and Buffalo in pool play, which begins at 10 a.m.
Willmar 3,
Sauk Rapids 0
Willmar (3-0) 25 25 25
Sauk Rapids (1-3) 21 12 13
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Willmar
Serving: Allie Roehl 10-10-0, Emily Chermak 20-21-4, Esther Grussing 10-11-2, Jamie Reyes 4-4-0, Leah Ruter 5-6-1, Riley Grussing 7-9-1, Sarah Smith 11-11-1 … Set assists: Riley Grussing 69-70-33 … Hitting: Cami Sletta 10-10-5, Catelyn Haug 3-4-2, Dani Rosen 16-17-12, Esther Grussing 9-10-2, Leah Ruter 32-36-9, Smith 3-4-2 … Blocking (aces): Haug 1, Rosen 1, Riley Grussing 1, Smith 3 … Digs (5 or more): Roehl 8, Chermak 8, Riley Grussing 8, Reyes 10, Ruter 2
Sauk Rapids
Statistics not available
Central Minn.
BBE 3, EVW 0
Ashley Trustheim had nine kills and Haley VanBeck picked up three ace serves in BBE’s win over EVW.
Kinlee Swanson notched five kills and an ace serve, and Tessa Halvorson had 12 set assists.
Hailey Braegelman added 11 set assists, two ace blocks and 11 digs, and was 13-for-13 serving.
EVW 22 11 13
BBE (3-0, 1-0) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Eden Valley-Watkins
Statistics not available
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Serving: Haley VanBeck 16-17-3, Ashley Trustheim 7-9-1, Kinlee Swanson 8-9-1, Katelyn Heinze 2-2-0, Hailey Braegelman 13-13-0, Karlee Kern 6-6-2, Mariah Heinze 3-3-0, Morgan Weller 3-3-2 … Set assists: Braegelman 11, Tessa Halvorson 12 … Hitting: VanBeck 1-1-0, Trustheim 17-20-9, Amanda Kollman 5-5-0, Swanson 16-20-5, K. Heinze 2-3-1, Braegelman 11-13-5, Kern 1-4-1, Jamie Meyer 2-4-1, Kendall Kampsen 3-3-2, Morgan Gronli 3-6-1 … Blocking (aces): Kollman 1, K. Heinze 1, Braegelman 2 … Digs (5 or more): Swanson 6, Braegelman 11, Kern 6
West Central
Melrose 3, Montevideo 1
Natalie Feldhake made seven ace blocks for the Thunder Hawks.
Melrose 25 25 18 25
Montevideo 17 9 25 20
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Melrose
Serving (aces): Emily Goerdt 2, Emily Tschida 2, Brooklyn Loxtercamp 2, Sandra Stringer 2… Set assists: Goerdt 18, Tschida 20… Hitting (aces): Goerdt 8, Justine Reverman 10, Loxtercamp 8 … Blocking (aces): Goerdt 1, Maddie Meyer 2 … Digs: Springer 36, Goerdt 15
Montevideo
Serving: Abby Olson 5-6-0, Allyssa Stern 10-11-0, Grace Sulflow 13-14-0, Natalie Feldhake 8-12-1, Erin Balken 10-13-1, Alexis Schmitz 14-16-1 … Set assists: Sulflow 50-56-5, Balken 30-43-13 … Hitting: Olson 20-32-6, Stern 21-33-6, Feldhake 7-15-7, Balken 10-18-2, Schmitz 4-7-2… Blocking (aces): Stern 1, Feldhake 7, Balken 1, Schmitz 2 … Digs (5 o1r more): Anna Melby 7, Stern 8
Sauk Centre 3, Minnewaska 0
Ariel Ostrander had 13 kills and 15 digs, and Emma Middendorf added eight kills and three ace blocks in the Lakers’ losing effort.
Taylor Amundson collected 24 set assists, 15 digs and three kills.
Sauk Centre 25 25 25
Minnewaska (0-3, 1-3) 21 18 16
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Sauk Centre
Serving: Morgan Gamradt 14-14-0, Jill Klaphake 23-23-3, Katelyn Ahrens 6-6-0, Tayler Pfeffer 7-7-0, Mikayla Olson 7-7-0, Taylor Borgerding 6-6-0, Taylor Triebenbach 11-12-2 … Set assists: Klaphake 22 … Hitting (kills): Gamradt 6, Klaphake 1, Becca Weir 9, Taylor Ilgen 2, Olson 6, Borgerding 8, Triebenbach 1 … Blocking (aces): Klaphake 1, Weir 4, Ilgen 1, Olson 2, Borgerding 2 … Digs (5 or more): Gamradt 10, Klaphake 9, Pfeffer 6, Borgerding 14, Triebenbach 14
Minnewaska
Serving: Taylor Amundson 11-12-1, Emma Middendorf 6-9-1, Ariel Ostrander 6-6-0, Kaylee Glover 4-4-0, Abby VerSteeg 8-9-1, Ashlyn Guggisberg 14-16-2 … Set assists: Amundson 24 … Hitting: Amundson 8-8-3, Kaitlyn Lundebrek 12-15-1, Middendorf 17-23-8, Ostrander 33-36-13, Glover 17-25-8, VerSteeg 7-9-1, Becca Goetsch 1-2-0, Guggisberg 2-2-0 … Blocking (aces): Middendorf 3 … Digs (5 or more): Amundson 15, Lundebrek 6, Ostrander 15, Glover 8, Goetsch 9, Guggisberg 7
Morris/CA 3,
Paynesville 0
The Tigers evened their season record at 2-2 with a three-set victory over the Bulldogs in Morris on Thursday.
Brooke Gillespie had 11 kills, Kayla Pring had 9 and Lacee Maanum had 8 for Morris/Chokio-Alberta.
Karly Fehr missed just one set attempt and finished with 21 assists.
The Tigers are off until traveling to Sauk Centre on Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. conference match.
Paynesville 20 13 14
Morris/CA (2-1, 2-2) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Paynesville
Serving: Sydney Riley 9-9-0, Mackenzie Haines 5-7-0, Brooke Kreamer 1-3-0, Lexie Skoglund 12-12-0, Ella Johnson 8-10-5, Halle Johnson 6-7-0 … Set assists: Riley 10 … Hitting: Kreamer 2-2-2, Skoglund 10-12-4, E. Johnson 13-17-3, Allie Stanger 2-6-0, Mckayla Quade 4-8-2, Ashley Froelich 8-10-6, Teirrah Syvertson 3-3-1, Kaitlyn Dingmann 2-4-1 … Blocking (aces): Froelich 1 … Digs (5 or more): Kreamer 11, Skoglund 13, E. Johnson 14
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving: Lacee Maanum 15-15-2, Haley Erdahl 11-12-1, Kayla Pring 7-7-2, Brooke Gillespie 8-9-1, Karly Fehr 18-19-1, Lindsey Dierks 9-9-0, Bobbi Jo Kurtz 3-3-0 … Set assists: Fehr 55-56-21 … Hitting: Maanum 20-26-8, Erdahl 11-13-0, Pring 15-19-9, Gillespie 21-24-11, Fehr 2-2-2, Tracy Meichsner 4-4-0 … Blocking (aces): Maanum 1, Gillespie 1 … Digs (5 or more): Erdahl 6, Pring 5, Gillespie 13, Kourtney Giese 8
Benson 3, ACGC 0
Benson’s Krista Motzko and Sophie Ascheman collected seven kills apiece, and Motzko grabbed 11 digs and one ace serve.
Shyanne Himley added seven ace serves and five kills, and Kelsey Pederson had 19 set assists and 12 digs.
ACGC 20 17 10
Benson 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Serving: Taryn Reinke 3-5-0, Kaitlyn Moore 9-9-0, Hannah Wilner 6-6-0, Kendra Miller 6-7-1, Payton Wilner 2-3-0, Maree Lee 6-6-0 … Set assists: Lee 3 … Hitting: Reinke 6-8-1, Moore 2-3-0, H. Wilner 8-12-1, Mickena Inselmann 4-5-1, Miller 7-9-1, P. Wilner 3-3-0, Lee 4-4-1 … Blocking (aces): Reinke 3 … Digs (5 or more): n/a
Benson
Serving: Megan Amundson 3-3-1, Hanna Lindblad 8-10-1, Kelsey Pederson 6-8-0, Madyson Krienke 10-11-1, Krista Motzko 11-12-1, Shaleah Schmidt 11-13-4, Shyanne Himley 15-16-7 … Set assists: Lindblad 19 … Hitting: Amundson 1-2-1, Hannah Ricard 8-11-4, Lindblad 8-9-4, Pederson 12-17-2, Motzko 20-28-7, Sophie Ascheman 9-18-7, Himley 10-12-5 … Blocking (aces): none … Digs (5 or more): Pederson 12, Motzko 11, Krienke 9, Lindblad 8
Camden
CMCS 3, MACCRAY 0
The Bluejays won by at least 9 points in each set and got match-high totals of 15 kills, 13 digs and 4 ace blocks from Lexi Scott. Kalley Schwitters also supplied the victors 4 ace blocks and added 7 kills and 3 ace serves. Erin Orred followed Scott with 8 kills, Natalie Brouwer had another 7, and Nicole Brouwer added 38 assists and Christine Mikelson 3 ace serves.
Ashley Dirksen and Emily Orwick had 5 kills each and Sydney Schwitters piled up 9 digs for MACCRAY.
The Bluejays have a non-conference match against New London-Spicer on Monday at New London.
MACCRAY (1-1, 1-2) 16 16 15
CMCS (1-0, 3-0) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
MACCRAY
Serving: Sydney Schwitters 8-8-0, Ali Siverhus 10-11-2, Laura Hauser 5-5-0, Ashley Dirksen 7-7-1, Emily Orwick 5-7-0, Ellie Thein 9-9-1 … Set assists: Siverhus 9, Schwitters 4 … Hitting: Dirksen 23-29-5, Thein 12-15-4, E. Orwick 14-17-5, Carly Orwick 10-12-3, Mallory VanKlompenburg 3-4-1, Siverhus 11-13-3 … Blocking (aces): E. Orwick 1 … Digs (5 or more): Hauser 5, Siverhus 7, Schwitters 9
CMCS
Serving: Christine Mikelson 14-14-3, Kalley Schwitters 10-11-3, Nicole Brouwer 11-1-1, Hannah Nelson 8-11-0, Natalie Brouwer 15-15-1, Lexi Scott 8-9-0 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 38 … Hitting: Schwitters 10-13-7, Nicole Brouwer 5-6-2, Nelson 5-7-2, Natalie Brouwer 10-11-7, Scott 22-23-15, Erin Orred 23-23-8 … Blocking (aces): Schwitters 4, Nicole Brouwer 2, Nelson 1, Scott 4, Orred 2 … Digs (5 or more): Mikelson 7, Schwitters 7, Nicole Brouwer 6, Nelson 10, Scott 13
KMS 3, Canby 1
Not much separated these teams at the end of the night-the difference after four games just seven total points.
The first three games were two-point game; the home floor Fighting Saints pulled the curtain down winning the fourth 25-20.
KMS got balanced hitting from Kalli Forsell (11 kills), EdinNorton (10), Kallee Anderson (10) and Sydney Walsh (14). Libby Wilts and Alison Krieger combined for 29 digs.
Canby 23 23 26 20
KMS 25 25 24 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
KMS
Serving (aces): Kalli Forsell 2, Kallee Anderson 1, Eden Norton 1, Libby Wilts 2, Alison Krieger 1 … Set assists: Samantha Gjerde 43… Hitting (aces): Gjerde 3, Forsell 11, Anderson 10, Norton 10, Wilts 5, Sydney Walsh 14, Mallory Carlson 1 … Blocking (aces): Anderson 2, Gjerde 2 … Digs (5 or more): Gjerde 11, Forsell 5, Anderson 4, Norton 16, Wilts 15, Walsh 6, Krieger 14
RTR 3, LQPV 1
Lac qui Parle Valley rallied to win game three but couldn’t hold off Russell-Tyler-Ruthton in a Camden Conference game on Thursday.
LQPV’s Kaitlin Connor had 7 kills and Sydney Wittnebel had 5 kills and 12 digs.
RTR 25 27 22 25
LQPV 13 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Serving: not available … Set assists: Britney Miersma 28-30, Lexi Wendland 73-78 … Hitting: Janel Wichern 29-38-27, Bailey Possail 5-10-2, Nicole Enemark 27-32-2 … Blocking (aces): not available … Digs (5 or more): Wichern 17, Enermark 10
Lac qui Parle Valley
Serving: Morgan Croatt 18-18-0, Jenny Arnold 10-14-1, Kaitlin Connor 7-10-0, Sydney Wittnebel 9-11-1, Kylee Larsen 16-19-0, Kelsey Miller 5-5-0, Kelsea Lund 6-6-0 … Set assists: Croatt 35-36-14, Jenny Arnold 24-26-5 … Hitting: Connor 13-14-7, Sydney Wittnebel 10-16-5, Kylee Larsen 17-23-10, Breanna Seelye 10-13-4 … Blocking (aces): Arnold 2, Connor 5, Larsen 1, Kelsey Kuechenmeister 2, Seelye 2 … Digs (5 or more): Arnold 6, Wittnebel 12, Larsen 8, Miller 7
Tomahawk
BLHS 3, Springfield 0
The Mustang servers were perfect in 74 attempts with three aces combined led by Ashley Tintes and Mariah Paulson who were both 17-for-17.
Kiana Johnson paced BLHS with seven kills and three ace blocks, and Paulson had five ace blocks and four kills.
The Mustangs improved to 3-1 and 2-0 in the Tomahawk Conference.
BLHS (3-1, 2-0) 25 25 25
Springfield 20 18 23
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Serving: Ashley Tintes 17-17-1, Breanna Buboltz 2-2-0, Jordyn Feige 7-7-1, Kelsie Dascher 9-9-0, Mariah Paulson 17-17-1, Ashley Peterson 13-13-0, Kiana Johnson 5-5-0, Brittany Schmalz 4-4-0 … Set assists: Tintes 9, Peterson 10 … Hitting: Tintes 13-13-1, Buboltz 11-12-2, Feige 1-1-0, Dascher 9-12-2, Paulson 21-24-4, Peterson 5-10-0, Johnson 23-25-7, Schmalz 30-33-5, Mara Olinger 1-1-0 … Blocking (aces): Johnson 3, Paulson 5 … Digs (5 or more): Tintes 8, Dascher 7, Paulson 7
Springfield
Statistics not available
Pheasant
Wheaton 3, Hancock 0
Kassandra Algarate had 13 kills and Leah Steiner had 9, but the Owls fell to Warriors on Thursday.
Brooke Jepma had 18 set assists.
The Owls play at West Central at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Wheaton 25 26 25
Hancock 17 24 21
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Wheaton
Statistics not available
Hancock
Serving: Kassandra Algarate 4 aces, Leah Steiner 3 … Set assists: Brooke Jepma 18 … Hitting: Algarate 13, Steiner 9, Gabbi Nienhaus 3 … Blocking (aces): Claire Hanson 8, Steiner 5 … Digs (5 or more): Lexi Steege 15
