Prep volleyball roundup: CMCS beats RTR to advance to semifinals

MARSHALL - The top-seeded Central Minnesota Christian Bluejays took care of business Friday by sweeping Camden Conference rival Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 25-17 25-15 25-23 in the quarterfinals of the Section 3A-North playoffs at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Lexi Scott’s match-high totals of 15 digs, 14 kills and five ace blocks helped propel CMCS (26-6) into the semifinals where it will face No. 5 Lakeview on Tuesday at 6 p.m. back at SMSU. Following the match No. 2 Minneota and No. 3 Dawson-Boyd will face off in the other semifinal.
Also helping out the Bluejays in a big way Friday was Kalley Schwitters and Erin Orred as both supplied 10 kills and four kills. Schwitters added 13 digs and two ace serves. Nicole Brouwer guided the offense with 33 assists.
Hannah Nelson added three ace serves and Natalie Brouwer nine digs, four kills and three ace blocks.
CMCS 3, RTR 0
RTR (13-17) 17 15 23
CMCS (26-6) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Statistics not available
Central Minnesota Christian
Serving: Christine Mikelson 7-7-0, Kalley Schwitters 13-13-2, Nicole Brouwer 12-12-0, Hannah Nelson 16-16-3, Natalie Brouwer 9-11-1, Lexi Scott 15-15-2 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 97-97-33 … Hitting: Schwitters 24-27-10, Nelson 16-16-2, Natalie Brouwer 9-10-4, Scott 19-21-14, Erin Orred 19-23-10 … Blocking (aces): Schwitters 4, Natalie Brouwer 3, Nicole Brouwer 2, Scott 5, Orred 4 … Digs (5 or more): Mikelson 7, Schwitters 13, Nicole Brouwer 8, Nelson 6, Natalie Brouwer 9, Scott 15
Dawson-Boyd 3, MACCRAY 1
MACCRAY won the first set against the No. 3-seeded Blackjacks, but Dawson-Boyd won the next three sets to move into the semifinals.
Emily Orwick had 12 kills and Mallory VanKlompenburg another eight for the No. 6 Wolverines, who end the season 10-14. Ashley Dirksen followed with six kills and Ellie Thein five, while Thein led the team with 23 digs.
MACCRAY (10-14) 26 20 20 10
Dawson-Boyd (16-9) 24 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
MACCRAY
Serving: Sydney Schwitters 11-11-1, Laura Hauser 8-8-0, Ashley Dirksen 11-11-1, Emily Orwick 12-13-0, Ellie Thein 16-16-2, Ellie Hultgren 6-9-0, Dani Burns 1-2-0 … Set assists: Schwitters 30 … Hitting: Ashley Dirksen 59-72-6, Thein 30-42-5, Orwick 38-46-12, Mallory VanKlompenburg 26-30-8, Schwitters 22-22-4, Emily Wrede 14-15-1, Hauser 3-3-0 … Blocking (aces): VanKlompenburg 1, Orwick 2, Thein 1 … Digs (5 or more): Hauser 21, Dirksen 18, Schwitters 19, Thein 23, Hultgren 17
Dawson-Boyd
Statistics not available
Section 5A-South
BBE 3, EVW 1
The top-seeded Jaguars dropped the first set to No. 4-seed Eden Valley-Watkins, but came back to win three straight and advance to the semifinals where they will face No. 3-seed Verndale on Tuesday in Long Prairie.
Hailey Braegelman collected three ace serves, seven kills, two ace blocks and 17 set assists for the Jaguars.
Kinlee Swanson had 16 kills and one ace block, and Kendall Kampsen added three ace serves, two ace blocks and eight digs.
EVW 25 16 10 20
BBE (16-12) 21 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Eden Valley-Watkins
Statistics not available
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Serving: Hailey Braegelman 3, Tessa Halvorson 4, Haley VanBeck 1, Kendall Kampsen 3 … Set assists: Braegelman 17, Halvorson 18 … Hitting: Braegelman 7, Katelyn Heinze 2, Kinlee Swanson 16, Jamie Meyer 1, Karlee Kern 1, Morgan Gronli 6, Amanda Kollman 1 … Blocking (aces): Braegelman 2, K. Heinze 1, Swanson 1, Gronli 2, Kollman 2, Kampsen 2 … Digs (5 or more): Braegelman 15, Swanson 16, Mariah Heinze 6, Kern 19, Halvorson 7, Kampsen 8
Section 6AA-South
Albany 3, Paynesville 1
Albany (18-11) won its ninth straight match to eliminate the Bulldogs (12-13) from the playoffs.
Allie Stanger and Ashley Froelich had nine kills each for Paynesville. Mackenzie Haines added 23 assists, Ella Johnson seven kills, Lexie Skoglund 22 digs and Brooke Kreamer 18 digs.
Paynesville (12-13) 12 25 13 23
Albany (18-11) 25 20 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Paynesville
Serving: Sydney Rice 13-14-2, Mackenzie Haines 14-15-1, Brooke Kreamer 7-10-1, Lexie Skoglund 14-16-2, Ella Johnson 8-10-1, Ashley Froelich 4-4-0, Kaitlyn Dingmann 1-1-0 … Set assists: Riley 8, Haines 23, Megan Bekius 1 … Hitting: Riley 1-1-0, Kreamer 2-2-0, Skoglund 10-13-4, Johnson 20-22-7, Allie Stanger 23-25-9, McKayla Quade 10-16-4, Froelich 18-22-9, Teirrah Syvertson 6-7-3 … Blocking (aces): Froelich 1 … Digs (5 or more): Haines 5, Kreamer 18, Skoglund 22, Johnson 10, Bekius 5
Albany
Statistics not available
Section 3AA-North
Montevideo 3,
Litchfield 2
Montevideo, the sub-section’s No. 5-seed, put up just eight points on the scoreboard in the second set, but the Thunder Hawks rallied to win the final two sets to advance to the semifinals. They will play at top-seeded New London-Spicer (23-5) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Statistics from Montevideo were not available at press time Friday.
Meghan Nelson had 15 kills, Hannah Banks 11 and Mariah Hoff nine for Litchfield (15-13). Macy Huhner supplied six ace serves and Breanna Sittig 21 digs.
Montevideo (12-10) 25 8 22 25 15
Litchfield (15-13) 21 25 25 20 12
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Montevideo
Statistics not available
Litchfield
Serving: Cassidy Resmen 12-13-1, Mariah Hoff 17-19-4, Brynne Wahl 19-22-1, Macy Huhner 23-26-6, Meghan Nelson 12-13-1, Breanna Sittig 11-11-1 … Set assists: Resmen 1, Hoff 3, Wahl 34, Hannah Banks 1, Huhner 1, Sittig 1 … Hitting: Hoff 30-35-9, Wahl 9-9-2, Banks 14-16-11, Hannah Norlin 13-19-4, Huhner 21-27-4, Nelson 31-33-15, Brynna Goraczk 1-1-1 … Blocking (aces): Wahl 2, Banks 1 … Digs (5 or more): Hoff 17, Wahl 10, Norlin 6, Sittig 21
Section 2AAA
Chaska 3, Willmar 0
Chaska ended Willmar’s season with a 25-12, 25-13, 25-8 win in the section quarterfinals on Friday. The Cardinals finish their season 21-7.
Addition information was not provided at press time.