CLARA CITY -- MACCRAY started the Section 3A-North volleyball playoffs with a bang from the service line, recording 16 aces in a 25-9, 25-16, 25-12 win over Ortonville Monday.
The Wolverines (13-7) will face Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in the subsection quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall.
Serving aces didn't come easy for MACCRAY last week in a 3-0 non-conference loss to Marshall, but Monday five players -- Hailey Goeman, Paige Schwitters, Kylie Siverhus, Alicia Koenen and Jenna Tebben -- served three each.
Abbey Thissen clobbered nine kills, followed by Koenen with seven, to pace the Wolverines. Schwitters had four ace blocks and Carly Haas had 16 set assists. Siverhus added 13.
MACCRAY 3, Ortonville 0
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Ortonville 9 16 12
MACCRAY 25 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Ortonville
Statistics not available
MACCRAY
Serving: Hailey Goeman 9-11-3, Carly Haas 9-9-1, Paige Schwitters 17-17-3, Kylie Siverhus 12-12-3, Alicia Koenen 10-11-3, Jenna Tebben 10-13-3, Pagie Sabe 1-1-0 ... Setting: Haas 34-36-16, Siverhus 24-26-13 ... Hitting: Koenen 10-12-7, Schwitters 8-9-4, Teagan Molden 6-8-2, Hannah Knott 9-9-6, Tebben 14-18-6, Abbey Thissen 11-14-9, Kailee Epema 3-4-2 ... Blocking (aces): Molden 1, Schwitters 4 ... Digs: Goeman 5, Tebben 6, Koenen 3
Wabasso 3, CMCS 0
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Wabasso's play at the net limited Central Minnesota Christian (10-18) to just 24 kills as the Rabbits advance to the quarterfinals.
Lacey Tebben had nine kills and Kristina Hankel followed with seven for the Bluejays. Heather Blom set up all 24 kills for CMCS.
Wabasso 25 25 26
CMCS 21 21 24
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Wabasso
Statistics not available
Central Minnesota Christian
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Serving: Ellen Kleinhuizen 16-16-0, Lacey Tebben 8-9-0, Rachelle Marcus 7-7-0, Shayla Beekman 8-9-2, Kaela Reid 5-7-0, Heather Blom 7-7-0, Jessica DeGroot 4-5-1 ... Setting: Blom 75-76-24 ... Hitting: Tebben 22-26-9, Marcus 17-21-4, Kristina Hankel 8-12-7, Beekman 8-13-1, Greta Jarveis 4-6-0, Blom 7-8-2, DeGroot 1-1-0, Kari Blom 1-1-1 ... Blocking (aces): Beekman 1, H. Blom 1, K. Blom 1 ... Digs: Kleinhuizen 3, Tebben 4, Marcus 10, Reid 3, Beekman 1, Jarveis 2, H. Blom 5, DeGroot 4, Janine Bakker 2
RTR 3, KMS 2
The Knights (9-17) threw a balanced attack against the Fighting Saints (12-15), led by Casey Thooft and Lindsey Willert with 12 kills each. RTR also did a good job of defending the KMS attack with three players recording 14-or-more digs each.
Katelyn Lottman led KMS with 15 kills and four ace blocks. Britta Diem added 11 kills and 12 digs, Haley Schutte served four aces and Andrea Glesne had 19 assists.
RTR 27 23 25 15 15
KMS 25 25 20 25 8
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
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Serving: Chelbi Welvaert 26-27-2, Casey Goodmund 16-18-2, Sam Neyens 11-11-0 ... Setting (assists): Welvaert 36 ... Hitting (aces): Casey Thooft 12, Lindsey Willert 12, Neyens 8 ... Blocking (aces): Willert 3, Rachel Kinny 2 ... Digs: Goodmund 14, Thooft 16, Jade Possail 18
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Serving: Christina Jones 21-22-0, Katelyn Lottman 9-12-3, Andrea Glesne 16-19-3, Britta Diem 9-12-3, Kayla Mitteness 3-3-0, Briana Baker 12-13-0, Haley Schutte 23-25-4 ... Setting: Jones 59-61-18, Glesne 57-59-19 ... Hitting: Lottman 27-36-15, Melissa Just 18-21-5, Britta Diem 37-40-11, Tracy Braaten 18-20-4, Sam Dunn 21-21-8, Brooke Carlson 11-15-1 ... Blocking (aces): Lottman 4, Braaten 2, Carlson 2, Dunn 1 ... Digs: Baker 11, Mitteness 1, Diem 12, Just 8, Schutte 8, Jones 4, Glesne 3, Dunn 5
TMB 3, Dawson-Boyd 0
TMB beat Dawson-Boyd (3-18) 25-19, 25-23, 25-12. Other statistics were not available at press time.
