Prep volleyball roundup: Sauk Centre tops Melrose, moves into first-place tie

SAUK CENTRE - A strong showing at the net from Sauk Centre stymied Melrose as the Mainstreeters swept the visiting Dutchmen 25-19, 25-22, 25-19 Tuesday to gain a share of first place in the West Central North Conference.
It was the first loss in conference play and the first setback in 13 non-tournament matches for Melrose, which fell to 16-5 overall. It was the 15th straight win for Sauk Centre as it improves to 11-1 in the conference and 23-4 overall.
Becca Weir had nine of Sauk Centre’s 20 blocks and also put down eight kills. Mikayla Olson had a team-high 10 kills, Jill Klaphake amassed 22 assists, Taylor Triebenbach added a team-high 19 digs and Madison Moritz served three aces.
Emily Goerdt piled up 12 kills, 17 assists, 16 digs and three ace serves for Melrose. Justine Revermann supplied 12 kills and 10 digs.
Sauk Centre 3,
Melrose 0
Melrose (10-1, 16-5) 19 22 19
Sauk Centre (11-1, 23-4) 25 25 25
Melrose
Serving (aces): Emily Goerdt 3 … Set assists: Goerdt 17, Emily Tschida 14 … Hitting (kills): Goerdt 12, Justine Revermann 12 … Blocking (aces): n/a … Digs (5 or more): Goerdt 16, Tschida 8, Revermann 10, Taryn Van Heel 14
Sauk Centre
Serving (aces): Morgan Gamradt 1, Jill Klaphake 1, Madison Moritz 3, Tayler Pfeffer 1, Taylor Triebenbach 1 … Set assists: Gamradt 1, Klaphake 22, Becca Weir 1, Moritz 1, Pfeffer 1, Mikayla Olson 1, Triebenbach 1 … Hitting (kills): Gamradt 3, Klaphake 4, Weir 8, Taylor Ilgen 1, Moritz 2, Pfeffer 2, Olson 10 … Blocks: Klaphake 1, Weir 9, Ilgen 1, Moritz 1, Pfeffer 4, Olson 2, Taylor Borgerding 2 … Digs (5 or more): Gamradt 18, Klaphake 10, Moritz 8, Pfeffer 6, Borgerding 5, Triebenbach 19
Paynesville 3, YME 2
First-place Paynesville lost two of its first three games, but came back to beat the Sting behind 12 kills and eight ace serves from Ashley Froelich.
Ella Johnson had nine kills and Allie Stanger eight, and Sydney Riley and Mackenzie Haines combined for 33 set assists.
Chyanne Sand and Makayla Dyrdahl paced YME with 16 kills each, and Dyrdahl had four ace serves with Sand picking up five ace blocks.
Paynesville (7-4, 12-8) 16 25 20 25 15
YME (3-7, 8-13) 25 17 25 22 13
Paynesville
Serving (aces): Sydney Riley 2, Mackenzie Haines 1, Brooke Kreamer 1, Lexie Skoglund 2, Ashley Froelich 8 … Set assists: Riley 16, Haines 17 … Hitting (kills): Riley 1, Skoglund 2, Ella Johnson 9, Allie Stanger 8, Mckayla Quade 3, Froelich 12, Teirrah Syvertson 2 … Blocking (aces): Stanger 1, Quade 1, Froelich 2 … Digs (5 or more): Riley 5, Kreamer 22, Skoglund 14, Halle Johnson 5
Yellow Medicine East
Serving (aces): Kalli Knudson 19-20-1, Madison Hagert 19-20-2, Kelsey Sorenson 2-3-0, Megan Odegard 6-8-1, Jordan Hinz 23-24-2, Paige Steffen 7-9-1, Maggie Scheffler 12-16-1, Makayla Dyrdahl 18-22-4 … Set assists: Knudson 29 … Hitting (kills): Chyanne Sand 28-31-16, Hinz 18-22-7, Steffen 11-13-5, Scheffler 8-9-1, Dyrdahl 25-32-16 … Blocking (aces): Sand 5, Hinz 2, Scheffler 1, Dyrdahl 1 … Digs (5 or more): Hagert 8, Hinz 12, Scheffler 10, Dyrdahl 5
Montevideo 3, Benson 0
Montevideo (8-3, 8-8) 25 25 25
Benson (1-10- 3-17) 10 21 18
Montevideo
Statistics not provided
Benson
Serving (aces): Megan Amundson 3, Krista Motzko 2 … Set assists: Hanna Lindblad 19 … Hitting (kills): Amundson 3, Hannah Ricard 4, Lindblad 4, Motzko 2, Taylor Laumeyer 1, Sophie Ascheman 3, Amanda Nissen 1, Shyanne Himley 7 … Blocking (aces): Ricard 1 … Digs (5 or more): Lindblad 5, Madyson Krienke 6, Nissen 5
BOLD 3, ACGC 0
BOLD kept ACGC winless behind seven kills from Lanie Altmann and four kills and five ace blocks from Kenna Steffel.
Allison Krause picked up four ace serves, three kills and 13 set assists.
ACGC (0-10, 0-13) 12 19 12
BOLD (5-6, 8-9) 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Serving: Payton Wilner 1, Maree Lee 2 … Set assists: Lee 12 … Hitting: Taryn Reinke 7, Kaitlyn Moore 5, Hannah Wilner 2, Mickena Inselmann 1, Kendra Miller 2, Lee 1, Kylie Rosenquist 1 … Blocking (aces): none … Digs (5 or more): P. Wilner 5
BOLD
Serving: Allison Krause 25-25-4, Lauren Kopel 11-13-2, Whitney Haney 10-12-1 … Set assists: Kopel 11, Krause 13 … Hitting: Lanie Altmann 10-10-7, Kiah Morse 21-23-5, Haney 15-16-5, Kenna Steffel 10-12-4, Peyton Weis 12-15-4, Krause 13-15-3 … Blocking (aces): Steffel 5, Haney 3, Morse 1, Weis 1 … Digs (5 or more): Ashley Schmitz 20, Weis 13, Krause 10
Morris/CA 3, Minnewaska 0
Morris/Chokio-Alberta (7-4, 12-5) won its fifth straight match and for the 10th time in 11 matches after sweeping the visiting Lakers.
The Tigers won 25-22, 25-19, 25-22.
Maanum finished with 18 kills and Brooke Gillespie had 14. Karly Fehr had 35 set assists and made just one error in 88 attempts.
Ariel Ostrander and Emma Middendorf had nine kills each for Minnewaska. Ostrander also pocketed a team-high 24 digs.
Morris/CA improved to 12-5 overall and plays in the 12-team Brainerd Invitational on Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.
Minnewaska (3-8, 9-12) 22 19 22
Morris/CA (7-4, 12-5) 25 25 25
Minnewaska
Serving (aces): Abby Ver Steeg 1, Becca Goetsch 1, Emma Middendorf 1, Kaylee Glover 1 … Set assists: Ashlyn Guggisberg 1, Glover 1, Taylor Amundson 20 … Hitting (kills): Ver Steeg 3, Ariel Ostrander 9, Middendorf 9, Kaitlyn Lundebrek 2, Glover 2, Amundson 4 … Blocks: Ostrander 1, Middendorf 4, Amundson 1 … Digs (5 or more): Ostrander 24, Guggisberg 6, Goetsch 11, Lundebrek 5, Glover 11, Amundson 11
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Serving (aces): Lacee Maanum 14-14-1, Haley Erdahl 13-13-1, Kayla Pring 11-11-0, Brooke Gillespie 5-6-1, Karly Fehr 20-20-1, Lindsey Dierks 10-10-1 … Set assists: Fehr 87-88-35 … Hitting (kills): Maanum 32-37-18, Erdahl 14-18-3, Pring 15-17-6, Gillespie 36-43-14, Fehr 3-4-1 … Blocking (aces): Maanum 2, Gillespie 1 … Digs (5 or more): Erdahl 12, Gillespie 12, Fehr 10, Kourtney Giese 12, Dierks 13
Camden
RTR 3, RCW 1
Mikayla Pfarr had nine kills, Stephanie Wersal eight and Anessa Seehusen seven for the Jaguars, who had their winning streak snapped at three. Cassidy Fransen chalked up 29 assists, Carina Zaske added 17 digs, and Pfarr (five) and Seehusen (four) combined for nine ace blocks.
RTR (4-6, 7-15) 25 23 25 25
RCW (2-8, 11-16) 23 25 8 13
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Statistics not available
Renville County West
Serving (aces): Courtney Lindahl 1 … Set assists: Cassidy Fransen 29, Anessa Seehusen 1, Carina Zaske 1 … Hitting (kills): Fransen 1, Stephanie Wersal 8, Mikayla Pfarr 9, Lindahl 5, Emma Kronlokken 4, Seehusen 7, Malerie Thompson 1 … Blocking (aces): Wersal 1, Pfarr 5, Seehusen 4 … Digs (5 or more): Fransen 5, Zaske 17, Libby Groen 7, Lexi Bakker 9
KMS 3, LQPV 0
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg needed overtime to post the sweep, winning the third game 28-26. Tori Everson’s 10 kills, Kalli Forsell’s nine kills and five ace serves, and Ali Krieger’s 19 digs and four ace serves sparked the Fighting Saints.
The Eagles were paced by Kaitlin Connor’s six kills, Nreanna Seelye’s five ace blocks and Taniah Tosel’s 11 digs.
KMS (4-6, 12-9) 25 25 28
LQPV (0-10, 5-18) 11 15 26
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Serving (aces): Sam Gjerde 3, Kalli Forsell 5, Kallee Anderson 1, Libby Wilts 2, Ali Krieger 4, Tori Everson 1 … Set assists: Gjerde 29 … Hitting (kills): Gjerde 1, Forsell 9, Anderson 7, Wilts 1, Everson 10, Mallory Carlson 1, Sydney Walsh 4 … Blocking (aces): Anderson 1, Everson 2, Walsh 2 … Digs (5 or more): Eden Norton 6, Wilts 10, Krieger 19, MiKaylie Hagen 8
Lac qui Parle Valley
Serving (aces): Jenny Arnold 1, Kaitlin Connor 1, Morgan Croatt 1 … Set assists: Croatt 8, Kylee Larsen 2 … Hitting (kills): Sydney Wittnebel 3, Connor 6, Larsen 2, Nreanna Seelye 2, Kelsey Kuchenmeister 1 … Blocks: Connor 1, Kuchenmeister 1, Seelye 5 … Digs (5 or more): Wittnebel 6, Arnold 7, Larsen 5, Taniah Tosel 11, Kelsea Lund 5
MACCRAY 3,
Dawson-Boyd 1
Ashley Dirksen slammed in 22 kills as MACCRAY rallied from a Game 1 loss to beat Dawson-Boyd in the Wolverines’ regular-season finale.
Emily Orwick collected four ace serves, 13 kills and five ace blocks, and Sydney Schwitters had 38 set assists, three kills and nine digs.
Ellie Thein added six kills and Mallory VanKlompenburg 10.
Dawson-Boyd (7-3, 15-9) 15 25 26 18
MACCRAY (5-5, 9-13) 25 13 28 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Dawson-Boyd
Statistics not available
MACCRAY
Serving: Sydney Schwitters 10-10-0, Laura Hauser 7-7-0, Ashley Dirksen 10-11-0, Emily Orwick 20-23-4, Ellie Thein 11-13-0, Ellie Hultgren 20-22-2 … Set assists: Schwitters 38 … Hitting: Dirksen 76-83-22, Thein 30-42-6, Orwick 31-38-13, Mallory VanKlompenburg 30-31-10, Emily Wrede 6-10-4, Schwitters 9-9-3, Hauser 4-4-0 … Blocking (aces): Orwick 5, Dirksen 2, VanKlompenburg 1, Wrede 1 … Digs (5 or more): Hauser 22, Thein 18, Dirksen 16, Hultgren 10, Orwick 5, Schwitters 9
CMCS 3, Lakeview 0
Central Minnesota Christian School set itself up to play a match for the Camden Conference championship with a league victory on the road Tuesday.
The Bluejays took out Lakeview 25-15, 25-14, 25-22.
Lexi Scott had 16 kills and Erin Orred followed with 10 and just one hitting error in 22 attacks. Scott and Orred both had two ace blocks.
Nicole Brouwer finished with 37 set assists.
The Bluejays won their 25th match of the season and they play Tracy-Milroy-Balaton for the conference championship at 7 p.m. Monday at MACCRAY High School.
CMCS (9-1 25-5) 25 25 25
Lakeview 15 14 22
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Central Minnesota Christian School
Serving: Christine Mikelson 11-12-1, Kalley Schwitters 11-11-0, Nicole Brouwer 12-14-1, Hannah Nelson 15-17-1, Natalie Brouwer 6-8-0, Lexi Scott 10-11-2 … Set assists: Nicole Brouwer 100-103-37 … Hitting: Schwitters 23-23-6, Nicole Brouwer 8-8-6, Hannah Nelson 9-11-3, Natalie Brouwer 12-12-3, Scott 28-32-16, Erin Orred 21-22-10 … Blocking (aces): Nicole Brouwer 1, Nelson 1, Natalie Brouwer 1, Scott 2, Orred 2 … Digs (5 or more): Mikelson 14, Schwitters 16, Nicole Brouwer 5, Nelson 8, Natalie Brouwer 11, Scott 17
Lakeview
Statistics not available
Tomahawk
BLHS 3, MVL 1
BLHS won its third straight conference match, taking out Minnesota Valley Lutheran in four after a close loss in the first game.
Mariah Paulson had nine kills and nine ace blocks, and Kiana Johnson and Brittany Schmalz each supplied 12 kills.
Ashley Tintes added seven kills and 22 set assists.
MVL (2-5, 9-15) 25 12 11 23
BLHS (6-1, 13-9) 23 25 25 25
Minnesota Valley Lutheran
Statistics not available
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Serving (aces): Ashley Tintes 1, Jordyn Feige 2, Brittany Schmalz 1, Kaitlyn Krumrey 1 … Set assists: Tintes 22, Ashley Peterson 17 … Hitting (kills): Tintes 7, Breanna Buboltz 3, Kelsey Dascher 2, Mariah Paulson 9, Peterson 4, Kiana Johnson 12, Schmalz 12 … Blocking (aces): Paulson 9, Johnson 5 … Digs (5 or more): Buboltz 7, Dascher 9, Peterson 8, Krumrey 5, Mara Olinger 12