Prep volleyball roundup: Litchfield upsets NLS

LITCHFIELD - In their first Wright County Conference match of the year, the Litchfield Dragons pulled an upset on No. 10-ranked New London-Spicer 25-23, 25-20, 25-18 on Thursday.
Mariah Hoff’s seven kills paced the Dragons, who improved to 1-0 in the conference and 9-5 overall.
Macy Huhner added six kills and two ace serves, and Brynne Wahl had three ace serves, one kill and 17 set assists.
Sydney Stone had eight kills and four ace serves, and Kabrie Weber seven kills and three ace blocks for the Wildcats (0-1, 12-2).
Litchfield 3,
New London-Spicer 0
NLS (0-1, 12-2) 23 20 18
Litchfield (1-0, 9-5) 25 25 25
New London-Spicer
Serving (aces): Sydney Stone 4, Kaitlyn Bergh 4, Kabrie Weber 2, Alyssa Fredrick 4, Espi Austvold 15, Lindsay Vagle 3, Carly Cronen 1, Shelby Stehn 1 … Set assists: Austvold 19, Cronen 8 … Hitting (kills): Stone 8, Weber 7, Erin Tebben 5, Austvold 1, Megan Thorson 2, Brennah Bergh 3 … Blocking (aces): Weber 3, Thorson 3, Tebben 4 … Digs (5 or more): Stone 11, K. Bergh 7, Austvold 5, Cronen 9
Litchfield
Serving (aces): Mariah Hoff 1, Brynne Wahl 3, Macy Huhner 2, Meghan Nelson 3, Breanna Sittig 1 … Set assists: Wahl 17 … Hitting (kills): Cassidy Resmen 1, Hoff 7, Wahl 1, Hannah Banks 3, Huhner 6, Hallie Euerle 1, Nelson 4, Brynna Goraczk 2 … Blocking (aces): Banks 1 … Digs (5 or more): Kyndra Beavers 5, Hoff 8, Wahl 6, Huhner 5, Sittig 8
Pheasant
Hancock 3, Ortonville 0
Kassandra Algarate racked up 10 kills and Lexi Steege had three ace serves for Hancock.
Steege also notched 15 digs, surpassing 1,000 for her career.
Ortonville 15 14 20
Hancock 25 25 25
Ortonville
Statistics not available
Hancock
Serving (aces): Lexi Steege 3 … Set assists: Brooke Jepma 10, Ashlyn Mattson 7… Hitting (kills): Kassandra Algarate 10, Leah Steiner 3, Nienhaus 4 … Blocking (aces): Steiner 5 … Digs (5 or more): Steege 15, Sabrina Mattson 5
West Central
Paynesville 3, Minnewaska 0
Ella Johnson and Allie Stanger each had seven kills, and Mackenzie Haines had two ace serves and 14 set assists for first-place Paynesville.
Emma Middendorf and Ariel Ostrander paced Minnewaska with seven kills apiece, and Taylor Amundson picked up 17 assists, four kills and seven digs.
Minnewaska (0-6, 6-8) 23 15 17
Paynesville (5-2, 10-7) 25 25 25
Minnewaska
Serving (aces): Abby VerSteeg 1, Ariel Ostrander 1, Emma Middendorf 1, Kaylee Glover 2 … Set assists: Taylor Amundson 17 … Hitting (kills): Amundson 4, Kaitlyn Lundebrek 1, Middendorf 7, Ostrander 7, VerSteeg 4, Becca Goetsch 1 … Blocking (aces): Middendorf 2, Ostrander 3, VerSteeg 1 … Digs (5 or more): Amundson 7, Ostrander 15, Glover 10, Goetsch 9, Guggisberg 5
Paynesville
Serving (aces): Sydney Riley 1, Mackenzie Haines 2, Brooke Kreamer 1 … Set assists: Riley 12, Haines 14 … Hitting (kills): Lexie Skoglund 2, Ella Johnson 7, Allie Stanger 7, Mckayla Quade 5, Ashley Froelich 6, Teirrah Syvertson 2 … Blocking (aces): Johnson 1, Stanger 1, Syvertson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Kreamer 12, Skoglund 18, Johnson 8
Sauk Centre 3, ACGC 0
Sauk Centre set the tone in the first game and defeated the Falcons in a West Central Conference match on Thursday.
Sauk Centre 25 25 25
ACGC 16 9 11
Sauk Centre
Statistics not available
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Serving (aces): Kaitlyn Moore 1, Hannah Wilner 1, Kendra Miller 3, Kylie Rosenquist 1 … Set assists: Mareel Lee 5 … Hitting (kills): Taryn Reinke 1, Moore 1, Wilner 2, Miller 2 … Blocking (aces): Reinke 1, Wilner 1 … Digs (5 or more): H. Wilner 4, Payton Wilner 6, Emily Wright 2
Morris/CA 3, YME 1
The Tigers improved to 4-3 in the WCC with its second victory this week. Brooke Gillespie had 22 spikes on 46 of 51 hitting. Lacey Maanum ripped the Sting defense for 18 kills, good on 33 of 36 attacks. Karly Fehr had 34 set-ups go for points. Defensively, Haley Erdahl had 10 saves and Riley Decker 11.
YME 12 27 15 11
Morris/CA 25 25 25 25
Yellow Medicine East
Serving (aces): Madison Hagert 1, Jordan Hinz 3, Rachel Johnson 1, Paige Steffen 1, Maggie Scheffler 1 … Set assists: Kalli Knudson 18 … Hitting (kills): Knudson 1, Chyanne Sand 3, Hinz 6, Johnson 1, Steffen 3, Makayla Dyrdahl 5 … Blocking (aces): Sand 3, Johnson 3, Dyrdahl 3 … Digs (5 or more): Marissa Sneller 10, Hagert 12, Hinz 11, Megan Odegard 5, Steffen 5, Dyrdahl 7
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving (aces): Haley Erdahl 2, Kayla Pring 2, Brooke Gillespie 2, Karly Fehr 2, Anika Mundal 1, Riley Decker 2 … Set assists: Fehr 41 … Hitting (kills): Lacey Maanum 18, Erdahl 1, Pring 8, Gillespie 22, Tracy Meischsner 1, Maanum 1 … Blocking (aces): Maanum 1, Pring 1, Meischsner 1 … Digs (5 or more): Maanum 7, Erdahl 10, Pring 5, Gillespie 20, Fehr 7, Lindsey Dierks 8, Decker 11
Central Minn.
BBE 3, Holdingford 1
Hailey Braegelman collected 12 kills, 15 set assists, five ace blocks and 12 digs to lead No. 2-ranked BBE over Holdingford.
Kinlee Swanson added 11 kills, three ace serves and nine digs, and Ashley Trustheim had 11 kills, two ace serves and five ace blocks.
Holdingford (4-6, 2-1) 14 18 25 17
BBE (3-0, 7-5) 25 25 23 25
Holdingford
Statistics not available
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Serving (aces): Morgan Gronli 2, Kinlee Swanson 3, Tessa Halvorson 1, Ashley Trustheim 2, Karlee Kern 1, Haley VanBeck 1 … Set assists: Hailey Braegelman 15, Halvorson 19 … Hitting (kills): Gronli 1, Braegelman 12, Katelyn Heinze 2, Swanson 11, Trustheim 11, Kern 1, Amanda Kollman 2, Kendall Kampsen 1 … Blocking (aces): Gronli 2, Braegelman 5, Heinze 1, Trustheim 5, Jamie Meyer 1 … Digs (5 or more): Braegelman 12, Heinze 5, Swanson 9, Halvorson 5, Trustheim 6, Kern 10
Tomahawk
Wabasso 3, BLHS 1
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart hung tough with a win in the second game but Wabasso didn’t fold and won in four games on Thursday.
Marian Paulson led the Mustangs with nine kills and Brittany Schmalz had seven. Paulson also had three ace blocks.
BLHS 17 25 18 20
Wabasso 25 21 25 25
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Serving (aces): Ashley Tintes 1, Kelsey Dascher 2, Ashley Peterson 1, Kiana Johnson 1, Kaitlyn Krumrey 1 … Set assists: Tintes 15, Peterson 17 … Hitting (kills): Tintes 6, Breanna Buboltz 4, Dascher 4, Marian Paulson 9, Peterson 3, Johnson 6, Brittany Schmalz 7 … Blocking (aces): Paulson 3, Johnson 2 … Digs (5 or more): Tintes 16, Dascher 6, Peterson 6, Krumrey 8, Mara Olinger 5
Wabasso
Statistics not available
Camden
KMS 3, MACCRAY 2
Kalli Forsell had 15 kills and Kallee Anderson 12 kills as KMS came out on top in a tight, five-set match.
Samantha Gjerde notched 36 set assists, one ace block, three ace serves and three kills. Anderson added five ace serves, and Eden Norton had 10 kills.
KMS (2-3, 5-6) 22 25 25 22 15
MACCRAY (2-3, 3-8) 25 24 23 25 5
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Serving (aces): Samantha Gjerde 3, Eden Norton 1, Mallory Carlson 1, Libby Wilts 2, Kallee Anderson 5, Kalli Forsell 1 … Set assists: Gjerde 36 … Hitting (kills): Tori Everson 3, Gjerde 3, Sydney Walsh 3, Norton 10, Carlson 1, Wilts 3, Anderson 12, Forsell 15 … Blocking (aces): Gjerde 1, Walsh 2, Carlson 1, Wilts 2, Anderson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Ali Krieger 28, Gjerde 17, Norton 22, Wilts 14, Forsell 20
MACCRAY
Statistics not available
CMCS 3, RCW 0
The Bluejays (4-1, 7-2) are at the Class A Showcase in Burnsville starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, a 12-team, two-day invite featuring many of the top small-school programs in Minnesota.
RCW is now 1-5 in the Camden and 5-8 overall.
RCW 18 13 22
CMCS 25 25 25
Renville County West
Serving (aces): Cassidy Fransen 1, Anessa Seehusen 1 … Set assists: Fransen 11 … Hitting (kills): Steph Wersal 3, Mikayla Pfarr 5, Courtney LIndahl 1, Emma Kronlokken 5, Seehusen 1, Libby Groen 2, Analisa Zaske 1 … Blocking (aces): Pfarr 1, Kronlokken 1 … Digs (5 or more): Fransen 7, Seehusen 6, Carina Zaske 14, Groen 16
Central Minnesota Christian School
Serving (aces): Christine Mikelson 12, Kalley Schwitters 1, Hannah Nelson 2, Lexi Scott 2 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 30 … Hitting (kills): Schwitters 3, Nicole Brouwer 3, Nelson 2, Natalie Brouwer 2, Scott 14, Erin Orred 9, Nic. Brouwer 3 … Blocking (aces): Na. Brouwer 2, Schwitters 3, Scott 3 … Digs (5 or more): Mikelson 16, Schwitters 7, Natalie Brouwer 5, Scott 16