MADISON - In a match that saw Lac qui Parle Valley and Montevideo split the first four games, the host Eagles survived Game 5 to stun the Thunder Hawks in a non-conference contest Monday.
LQPV (5-17) won the first game 25-17 and Game 4 25-19, while Montevideo won Game 2 25-17 and Game 3 25-19.
Sydney Wittnebel had a team-high 11 kills and 15 digs for the Eagles. Kylee Larsen added nine kills and 14 assists, Kelsey Miller a team-high 19 digs and three ace serves, and Morgan Croatt 17 assists.
LQPV 3, Montevideo 2
Montevideo (9-8)............17 25 25 19 11
LQPV (5-17)...................25 17 19 25 15
Montevideo
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Lac qui Parle Valley
Serving (aces): Sydney Wittnebel 1, Kaitlin Connor 1, Kelsey Miller 3, Kelsea Lund 1 … Set assists: Kylee Larsen 14, Morgan Croatt 17 … Hitting (kills): Wittnebel 11, Larsen 9, Jenny Arnold 2, Connor 6, Breanna Seelye 2, Kelsey Kuechenmeister 2 … Blocks: Seelye 4, Connor 3, Kuechenmeister 3, Wittnebel 1, Larsen 1 … Digs (5 or more): Wittnebel 15, Arnold 9, Larsen 5, Miller 19, Taniah Tosel 5, Lund 5
Osakis 3,
Minnewaska 0
Minnewaska (9-11) couldn’t snap Osakis’ winning streak as the Silverstreaks (17-6) won their sixth straight match.
Ariel Ostrander and Emma Middendorf both supplied the Lakers with six kills with Ostrander also coming up with 11 digs and Middendorf four blocks.
Becca Goetsch had a team-high 14 digs for Minnewaska.
Osakis (17-6)...........................25 25 25
Minnewaska (9-11)...................15 20 13
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Osakis
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Minnewaska
Serving (aces): Ashlyn Guggisberg 1, Becca Goetsch 1, Emma Middendorf 1, Taylor Amundson 1 … Set assists: Ariel Ostrander 1, Amundson 12 … Hitting (kills): Abby Ver Steeg 2, Ostrander 6, Middendorf 6, Kaitlyn Lundebrek 1, Kaylee Glover 2, Amundson 2 … Blocks: Ver Steeg 2, Ostrander 1, Middendorf 4 … Digs (5 or more): Ostrander 11, Guggisberg 5, Goetsch 14, Glover 9, Amundson 5
KMS 3, Benson 1
The Fighting Saints (11-9) started out strong by winning Game 1 by 10 points, but after Benson took Game 2 25-22 KMS won Games 3 and 4 by just two points each.
Kalli Forsell had 17 digs, Sam Gjerde 44 assists and Ali Krieger - who collected her 1,000th career dig last week - 30 digs to pace KMS. Kallee Anderson added nine kills, Libby Wolts eight kills and Eden Norton 14 digs.
Benson (4-16) was ignited by Shyanne Himley’s 12 kills and five ace serves, and Krista Motzko’s 16 digs and eight kills. Hanna Lindblad supplied 25 assists and four ace serves.
Benson (4-16)....................15 25 24 23
KMS (11-9).........................25 22 26 25
Benson
Serving (aces): Shyanne Himley 5, Hanna Lindblad 4, Shaleah Schmidt 2, Krista Motzko 1 … Set assists: Lindblad 25, Addie Forbord 7, Himley 2 … Hitting (kills): Himley 12, Motzko 8, Hannah Ricard 6, Kelsey Pederson 4 … Blocking (aces): Ricard 2 … Digs (5 or more): Motzko 16, Lindblad 11, Schmidt 10, Mady Krienke 10
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Serving (aces): Sam Gjerde 3, Kalli Forsell 1, Libby Wilts 3, Ali Krieger 3 … Set assists: Gjerde 44 … Hitting (kills): Gjerde 4, Forsell 17, Kallee Anderson 9, Eden Norton 6, Wilts 8, Sydney Walsh 6, Tori Everson 3 … Blocks: Forsell 2, Anderson 3, Walsh 2, Everson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Gjerde 12, Forsell 8, Anderson 6, Norton 14, Wilts 12, Krieger 30, MiKaylie Hagen 6
