MINNEOTA - The Central Minnesota Christian School volleyball team regularly puts together solid seasons. Sometimes great seasons.
But Minneota has been the one problem they haven’t been able to solve.
Until Thursday night.
The Bluejays rolled out their best match of the season and swept out the Vikings in three games, 25-19, 25-19 and 25-18.
“We had a really specific game plan and they couldn’t have played better,” said Bluejays’ head coach Terrin DeBoer. “They all played their rol and all did their job.”
Lexi Scott was spectacular, with 30-for-30 hitting and 19 kills. She also blocked nine shots and had 10 digs.
The Bluejays hit .493, with just three hitting errors in 69 attacks.
Minneota star Taylor Reiss had 20 kills but no other Viking had more than six.
“Our goal was to get Taylor through the front row as quickly as possible and keep Lexi on the front row as long as possible,” DeBoer said.
The Bluejays won three Class A state champioships from 1998 to 2000, and they won at Minneota in five games in the 2001 season. But that’s the last time the Bluejays defeated Minneota in their last 17 conference meetings and the last time they won in Minneota.
“It was awesome,” DeBoer said.
The Bluejays are now 6-1 in the Camden Conference, a half-game behind the Vikings. CMCS is 14-3 overall heading into Saturday’s Willmar Invitational.
CMCS 3, Minneota 0
CMCS (6-1 14-3) 25 25 25
Minneota (7-1 14-6) 19 19 18
Central Minnesota Christian
Serving (aces): Nicole Brouwer 1, Natalie Brouwer 1, Lexi Scott 1 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 34 … Hitting (kills): Kalley Schwitters 6, Nicole Brouwer 3, Hannah Nelson 2, Scott 19, Errin Orred 7 … Blocking (aces): Schwitters 3, Nicole Brouwer 3, Nelson 1, Natalie Brouwer 4, Scott 9, Orred 4 … Digs (5 or more): Christine Mikelson 5, Schwitters 10, Nicole Brouwer 6, Nelson 6, Natalie Brouwer 9, Scott 10
Minneota
Serving (aces): Emily Stienessen 2 … Set assists: Charlie Josephson 31 … Hitting (kills): Taylor Reiss 20, Krista Maeyaert 6 … Blocking (aces): Maeyaert 2, Reiss 3 … Digs (5 or more): Reiss 6, Engels 6
West Central
Morris/CA 3, BOLD 2
Morris/Chokio-Alberta lost its first two games, but came back to win three in a row to beat BOLD 20-25, 26-28, 25-11, 25-20, 15-10 on Thursday.
Lacey Maanum and Kayla Pring combined for 31 kills, and Brooke Gillespie notched 11.
Pring had three ace serves and two ace blocks, and Gillespie had 27 set assists.
Karly Fehr collected 33 set assists, one ace serve and two kills.
The Tigers improved to 5-3 in the conference and 6-4 overall, and BOLD fell to 3-6, 5-9.
Morris/CA (5-3, 6-4) 20 26 25 25 15
BOLD (3-6, 5-9) 25 28 11 20 10
Morris/CA
Serving (aces): Lacey Maanum 2, Haley Erdahl 1, Kayla Pring 3, Brooke Gillespie 1, Karly Fehr 1, Courtney Giese 2, Lindsey Dierks … Set assists: Fehr 33, Tracy Meichsner 3 … Hitting (kills): Maanum 16, Erdahl 2, Pring 15, Gillespie 11, Fehr 2, Meichsner 2 … Blocking (aces): Erdahl 1, Pring 2, Fehr 1 … Digs (5 or more): Maanum 5, Erdahl 9, Gilliespie 27, Fehr 14, Meichsner 6, Giese 17, Dierks 12
BOLD
Serving (aces): Lauren Kopel 5, Whitney Haney 3, Peyton Weis 3 … Set assists: Kopel 11, Allison Krause 17 … Hitting (kills): Weis 14, Haney 10, Kiah Morse 7 … Blocking (aces): Haney 5, Krause 2, Kenna Steffel 1, Morse 1, Lanie Altmann 1 … Digs (5 or more): Ashley Schmitz 35, Morse 25, Weis 13, Krause 13
Minnewaska 3,
Benson 1
Minnewaska picked up its second conference win with four close games against Benson.
Ariel Ostrander collected three ace serves, 14 kills, one ace block and 15 digs.
Emma Middendorf picked up 10 kills, one ace serve and five ace blocks, and Taylor Amundson had 32 set assists and five kills.
Krista Motzko paced Benson with eight kills.
Benson (1-7, 4-9) 20 25 22 20
Minnewaska (2-6, 8-9) 25 23 25 25
Benson
Serving (aces): Hanna Lindblad 2, Shyanne Himley 5, Megan Amundson 2, Krista Motzko 1 … Set assists: Lindblad 21 … Hitting (kills): Motzko 8, Sophie Ascheman 7, Kelsey Pederson 5, Lindblad 5 … Blocking (aces): none … Digs (5 or more): Motzko 16, Mady Kreinke 9, Lindblad 7, Amundson 6
Minnewaska
Serving (aces): Ariel Ostrander 3, Ashlyn Guggisberg 1, Emma Middendorf 1 … Set assists: Taylor Amundson 32 … Hitting (kills): Abby VerSteeg 4, Ostrander 14, Middendorf 10, Kaitlyn Lundebrek 4, Kaylee Glover 7, Amundson 5 … Blocking (aces): VerSteeg 1, Ostrander 1, Middendorf 5 … Digs (5 or more): Ostrander 15, Guggisberg 11, Becca Goetsch 24, Lundebrek 5, Glover 10, Amundson 6
Sauk Centre 3, Paynesville 0
Ashley Froelich’s eight kills led Paynesville in the Bulldogs’ losing effort to Sauk Centre.
Allie Stanger added five kills and three ace blocks.
Becca Weir had 11 kills and Jill Klaphake had 28 set assists.
Paynesville (6-4, 10-8) 19 8 22
Sauk Centre (9-1, 14-4) 25 25 25
Paynesville
Serving (aces): Lexie Skoglund 1 … Set assists: Sydney Riley 8, Mackenzie Haines 8 … Hitting (kills): Haines 1, Skoglund 2, Ella Johnson 2, Allie Stanger 5, Mckayla Quade 1, Ashley Froelich 8, Teirrah Syvertson 1 … Blocking (aces): Brooke Kreamer 1, Allie Stanger 3, Quade 1 … Digs (5 or more): Haines 12, Kreamer 9, Skoglund 16, Johnson 13
Sauk Centre
Serving (aces): Taylor Triebenbach 2, Jill Klaphake 2, Morgan Gamradt 1 … Set assists: Klaphake 28 … Hitting (kills): Gamradt 6, Becca Weir 11, Madison Moritz 6, Tayler Pfeffer 6 … Blocking (aces): Pfeffer 5, Mikayla Olson 4 … Digs (5 or more): Gamradt 10, Moritz 9, Triebenbach 18, Pfeffer 5
Montevideo 3, YME 2
Montevideo rallied to win the final two games and the West Central Conference match on Thursday in Granite Falls.
Makayla Dyrdahl had 20 kills for the Sting and Kalli Knudson had 35 set assists.
Montevideo 25 19 12 25 15
YME 19 25 25 21 13
Montevideo
Statistics not available
Yellow Medicine East
Serving (aces): Kalli Knudson 2, Madison Hagert 3, Jordan Hinz 2, Paige Steffen 1, Makayla Dyrdahl 3 … Set assists: Knudson 35 … Hitting (kills): Dyrdahl 20, Maggie Scheffler 6, Steffen 3, Hinz 6, Chyanne Sand 6 … Blocking (aces): Sand 3, Dyrdahl 3, Steffen 1 … Digs (5 or more): Hinz 18 Hagert 21, Marissa Sneller 10 Dyrdahl 6
Central Minn.
BBE 3, HLWW 0
The No. 4-ranked Jaguars topped HLWW behind 13 kills from Kinlee Swanson, and eight kills, 14 set assists, one ace serve and two ace blocks from Hailey Braegelman.
Tessa Halvorson collected 16 assists, eight digs and one ace serve, and Ashley Trustheim had five kills, two ace blocks and six digs.
BBE (4-0, 8-5) 25 25 25
HLWW (1-3, 3-10) 18 11 11
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Serving (aces): Hailey Braegelman 1, Tessa Halvorson 1, Karlee Kern 2, Mariah Heinze 1 … Set assists: Braegelman 14, Halvorson 16 … Hitting (kills): Morgan Gronli 4, Braegelman 8, Katelyn Heinze 3, Kinlee Swanson 13, Ashley Trustheim 5 … Blocking (aces): Braegelman 2, K. Heinze 1, Swanson 1, Trustheim 2, Jamie Meyer 2 … Digs (5 or more): Swanson 8, Halvorson 8, Trustheim 6, Kern 6
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Statistics not available
Wright County
NLS 3, Glencoe-SL 1
The Wildcats snapped a two-match skid to improve to 13-3 overall. Sydney Stone, who recorded her 1,000th career kill on Tuesday, pounded down 23 kills, pocketed 11 digs, served three aces and made two blocks to help NLS collect its first win in conference play.
Kabrie Weber followed with nine kills and had a team-high five blocks, while Espi Austvold had 39 assists and four blocks, Carly Cronen 13 digs, and Lindsay Vagle three ace serves.
The Wildcats are at the Willmar Invite on Saturday.
GSL (1-3, 13-8) 17 18 25 14
NLS (1-1, 13-3) 25 25 20 25
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Statistics not available
New London-Spicer
Serving (aces): Sydney Stone 3, Kabrie Weber 1, Lindsay Vagle 3 … Set assists: Espi Austvold 39, Erin Tebben 1, Carly Cronen 5 … Hitting (kills): Stone 23, Weber 9, Austvold 3, Megan Thorson 4, Tebben 4, Brennah Bergh 6, Cronen 3 … Blocks: Stone 2, Weber 5, Austvold 4, Tebben 2, B. Bergh 2 … Digs (5 or more): Stone 11, Kaitlyn Bergh 8, Austvold 8, Cronen 13
Litchfield 3,
Mound Westonka 0
Macy Huhner had 13 kills and one ace serve, and Hannah Banks added eight kills and an ace block as Litchfield upended its Wright County rival.
Brynne Wahl picked up 26 set assists, three kills and seven digs, and Meghan Nelson had nine kills and an ace serve for the Dragons.
Litchfield (2-0, 11-5) 25 25 25
Mound Westonka (0-5, 5-12) 19 20 14
Litchfield
Serving (aces): Mariah Hoff 2, Macy Huhner 1, Meghan Nelson 1, Breanna Sittig 3 … Set assists: Brynne Wahl 26 … Hitting (kills): Kyndra Beavers 1, Cassidy Resmen 1, Hoff 7, Wahl 3, Hannah Banks 8, Huhner 13, Hallie Euerle 1, Nelson 9 … Blocking (aces): Banks 1, Nelson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Beavers 7, Hoff 13, Wahl 7, Nelson 5, Sittig 15
Mound Westonka
Statistics not available
Camden
MACCRAY 3, RCW 0
Ashley Dirksen had 14 kills and Emily Orwick had 10 to lead the Wolverines over the Jaguars in three games on Thursday.
Ali Siverhus finished with 19 set assists and seven digs.
MACCRAY 25 25 25
RCW 12 14 14
MACCRAY
Serving (aces): Sydney Schwitters 1, Ali Siverhus 2, Ashley Dirksen 2, Ellie Thein 4 … Set assists: Siverhus 19, Schwitters 9 … Hitting (kills): Dirksen 14, Thein 4, Emily Orwick 10, Carly Orwick 2, Mallory VanKlompenburg 2, Siverhus 1, Emily Wrede 2 … Blocking (aces): C. Orwick 1, Wrede 1 … Digs (5 or more): Laura Hauser 5, Siverhus 7, Dirksen 9, Thein 5, E. Orwick 6
Renville County West
Serving (aces): Courtney Lindahl 1, Carina Zaske 1 … Set assists: Cassidy Fransen 17 … Hitting (kills): Fransen 1, Stephanie Wersal 5, Mikayla Pfarr 7, Lindahl 10, Emma Kronlokken 7, Zaske 2, Lexi Bakker 2 … Blocking (aces): Wersal 1, Pharr 1, Kronlokken 1, Malerie Thompson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Fransen 10, Pharr 8, Lindahl 14, Kronlokken 11, Zaske 36, Bakker 13
