NEW LONDON - A meeting of area volleyball heavyweights played out just as expected, which is down the wire in each of the five games.
New London-Spicer rallied to win the final two games and claim the non-conference victory behind All-State hitter Sydney Stone’s 29 kills and Kabrie Weber’s 11 kills and 4 blocks to down Central Minnesota Christian School 25-19, 21-25, 27-25, 25-23 and 15-12 at New London-Spicer High School.
CMCS’ Lexi Scott, like Stone a 2013 All-State Honorable Mention, shook off a few early hitting errors to slam home 26 kills, and she also served 5 aces, blocked 4 shots and had 14 digs.
NLS won the first game by six, the largest margin of victory in the match. CMCS rallied to win the second game, then rallied from nine points down to take the third game in extra points to push the Wildcats to the brink in the fourth game.
The Bluejays rallied from six points down in the fourth game but NLS held on for a two-point victory that forced a deciding fifth game.
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Stone made just one hitting error in 55 attacks. Espi Austvold had 39 assists and Stone, Weber, Alyssa Fredrick and Carley Cronen all served two aces.
Erin Orred made two errors in 28 attacks and finished with 11 kills. Nicole Brouwer made just two errors in 122 sets and finished with 50 assists. She also had 15 digs.
NLS improved to 6-1 overall and travels to play Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at 7:30 p.m. today in Belgrade.
CMCS is 3-1 and plays at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at 7:30 p.m. today in Kerkhoven.
NLS 3, CMCS 2
CMCS (3-1) 19 25 27 23 12
NL-Spicer (6-1) 25 21 25 25 15
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
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Central Minnesota Christian
Serving: Christine Mikelson 18-19-1, Kalley Schwitters 13-17-0, Nicole Brouwer 11-12-1, Hannah Nelson 9-10-0, Natalie Brouwer 23-24-2, Lexi Scott 16-18-5 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 120-122-50 … Hitting: Schwitters 9-12-6, Nicole Brouwer 6-6-4, Nelson 12-16-3, Natalie Brouwer 11-14-3, Scott 43-51-26, Erin Orred 26-28-11 … Blocking (aces): Nicole Brouwer 1, Nelson 1, Natalie Brouwer 2, Scott 4 … Digs (5 or more): Mikelson 9, Schwitters 19, Nicole Brouwer 15, Nelson 13, Natalie Brouwer 6, Scott 14
New London-Spicer
Serving: Shelby Stehn 7-8-0, Sydney Stone 11-14-2, Kaitlyn Bergh 12-15-1, Kabrie Weber 7-13-2, Brooke Beuning 2-2-0, Alyssa Fredrich 16-19-2, Espi Austvold 17-19-1, Carley Cronen 16-18-2 … Set assists: Austvold 146-154-39 … Hitting: Stone 54-55-29, Weber 25-28-11, Austvold 10-10-2, Erin Tebben 14-14-6, Brennah Bergh 12-15-4 … Blocking (aces): Weber 4, Megan Thorson 2, Tebben 1, B. Bergh 2 … Digs (5 or more): Stone 7, Cronen 9
Wheaton/HN 3, KMS 0
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross swept Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in a non-conference match on Monday in Wheaton.
KMS’ Kallee Anderson had a team-high 8 kills and Kalli Forsell had 6. Samanthan Gjerde had 18 of the Saints’ 29 set assists and Ali Krieger had 11 digs.
KMS 13 20 19
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Wheaton/HN 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Serving: Samantha Gjerde 1 ace, Kalli Forsell 1, Libby Wilts 2 … Set assists: Gjerde 19 … Hitting: Gjerde 1, Forsell 6, Anderson 8, Eden Norton 1, Wilts 1, Sydney Walsh 4 … Blocking (aces): Anderson 1, Wilts 1, Walsh 1, Tori Everson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Ali Krieger 11, Gjerde 7, Anderson 5, Norton 5, Wilts 6
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross
Statistics not available
