Volleyball: Willmar downs Alexandria in three

WILLMAR - The Willmar volleyball team battled with Alexandria through the first two sets but sent its Central Lakes Conference counterpart packing in the third to advance in the Section 8AAA playoffs on Friday at Willmar High School.

Willmar won 25-20, 25-20 and 25-12.

Willmar advanced to play Sauk Rapids at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Willmar.

The Cardinals' Sydney Olson and Grace Marti both finished with 10 kills, Abby Teisinger had seven kills and Carly Wedel and Caitlin Ogdahl both had five.

Ogdahl also had four ace serves and 22 digs. Wedel had 35 set assists, five kills, a block and nine digs.

Willmar 3,

Alexandria 0

Alexandria (13-15) 20 20 12

Willmar (21-7) 25 25 25

Alexandria

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Willmar

Serving (aces): Abby Stark 1, Callie Slagter 1, Caitlin Ogdahl 4, Carly Wedel 1 ... Set assists: Wedel 35, Stark 2 ... Hitting (kills): Wedel 5, Ogdahl 5, Bailey Olson 2, Sydney Olson 10, Grace Marti 10, Reagan Bos 2, Abby Teisinger 7, Sophie Kobienia 2, Stark 1 ... Blocking (aces): Wedel 1, S. Olson 1, Marti 1, Bos 1, Teisinger 2, Kobienia 2 ... Digs (5 or more): Stark 13, Slagter 10, Cambrie Parker 5, Ogdahl 22, Wedel 9

Section 5A

BBE 3,

Kimball 0

Tenth-ranked and top-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa made short work of No. 4 seed Kimball on Friday with a three-set win, 25-13, 25-7, 25-14.

Karsee Kampsen finished the night with 36 set assists, with the bulk going to Brittany Berge and her 17 kills. Ally Gruber had nine kills and eight digs, and Emily Kern helped keep the ball off the court with a Jaguar-best 12 digs.

On Tuesday, Oct. 30, BBE heads to Long Prairie to face second-seeded Osakis, which advanced with a five-set win over Browerville on Friday.

Kimball (5-24) 13 7 14

BBE (23-4) 25 25 25

Kimball

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BBE

Serving (aces): Katherine Mastey 3, Emily Kern 2, Grace Illies 2, Brittany Berge 1, Karsee Kampsen 1 ... Set assists: Kampsen 36, Illies 3, Kern 1 ... Hitting (kills): Berge 17, Ally Gruber 9, Emily Knight 7, Mastey 5, Illies 4, Kampsen 1 ... Blocking (aces): Knight 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Kern 12, Gruber 8, Illies 6

Benson 3,

KMS 2

Benson pulled off the upset over KMS to move on in the Section 5A playoffs on Friday in Kerkhoven.

The Braves, beaten soundly in the first two sets, rallied to take the final three games, including a 16-14 victory in the deciding fifth set.

Claire Ricard led Benson with 15 kills and a pair of solo blocks, and Mariah Ahrndt had eight kills, served three aces, had three blocks and 18 digs.

Ahrndt had 16 set assists and Ellie Moesenthin had 19.

KMS' Lydia Wagner had 12 kills and Haylee Johnson had 10. The Saints had 13 ace serves, with Hallie Nichols leading with five and Katie Krieger had four.

Mallory Rudningen had 32 set assists and 16 digs, and Krieger had 36 digs.

Benson (8-14) 17 11 25 25 16

KMS (16-13) 25 25 20 22 14

Benson

Serving (aces): Mariah Ahrndt 3, Rachel Berens 2, Zoe Doscher 1, Ellie Moesenthin 1 ... Set assists: Moesenthin 19, Ahrndt 16 ... Hitting (kills): Ahrndt 8, Berens 6, Beth Cain 4, Maranda Wieber 1, Claire Ricard 15, Abby Lundebrek 1, Abbie Mitteness 2 ... Blocking (aces): Ahrndt 3, Berens 1, Ricard 2, Lundebrek 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Ahrndt 18, Doscher 8, Cain 16, Moesenthin 10, Wieber 23, Mitteness 25

KMS

Serving (aces): Hallie Nichols 5, Katie Krieger 4, Maret Gjerde 2, Mallory Rudningen 1, Morgan Lesteberg 1 ... Set assists: Rudningen 32, K. Krieger 1, Lexy Swanson 1 ... Hitting (kills): Lydia Wagner 12, Haylee Johnson 10, Lauren Krieger 6, Rudningen 3, Claire Haugen 3, Gjerde 2, Kenna Kelley 2, Swanson 1 ... Blocking (aces): Johnson 1 ... Digs (5 or more): K. Krieger 36, Rudningen 16, Lesteberg 16, Nichols 15, Gjerde 10, Wagner 10, Swanson 6

Section 3A-North

Canby 3,

MACCRAY 1

Fifth-seeded Canby rebounded from a tight first-set loss to win the next three for a Section 3A-North road win over fourth-seeded MACCRAY in the section quarterfinals on Friday.

Piper Asche and Danni Burns both had double-digit kills with 14 and 13, respectively.

Sydney Thein finished with 34 set assists, and Kate Hultgren came up with 18 digs and had three of the team's 10 ace serves.

Canby (17-11) 22 26 25 25

MACCRAY (16-14) 25 24 19 15

Canby

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MACCRAY

Serving (aces): Ella Bourne 3, Kate Hultgren 3, Sydney Thein 2, Jami Heida 1, Piper Asche 1 ... Set assists: Thein 34 ... Hitting (kills): Asche 14, Danni Burns 13, Thein 8, Gabby Randt 4, Annie Dykema 3, Kylee Kimpling 2 ... Blocking (aces): Asche 1, Burns 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Kate Hultgren 18, Burns 16, Thein 12, Heida 11, Bourne 8

RTR 3,

YME 1

With a four-set victory, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton ended Yellow Medicine East's 17-game win streak and its season in the Section 3A-East quarterfinals Friday, 19-25, 25-20, 25-10, 25-15.

Meeghen Dahlager had a team-best 17 kills along with 14 digs for the Sting while fellow senior middle hitter Mackenzie Dyrdahl finished with eight kills, two ace serves, three blocks and 14 digs. Madison Hinz came up with 25 set assists and Alli Steffen scooped up 18 digs in the loss.

RTR (18-9) 19 25 25 25

YME (19-6) 25 20 10 15

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

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Yellow Medicine East

Serving (aces): Mackenzie Dyrdahl 2, Abby Jaenisch 2, Madison Hinz 1, Meeghen Dahlager 1, Lily Jaenisch 1 ... Set assists: Hinz 25, Dyrdahl 5, Anayansi Flores 1 ... Hitting (kills): Dahlager 17, Alli Steffen 9, Dyrdahl 8, Hinz 1, Flores 1 ... Blocking (aces): Dyrdahl 3, Steffen 2, Flores 1, Jadyn Sakry 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Steffen 18, Dyrdahl 14, Dahlager 14, Hinz 12, Jaenisch 6

Minneota 3,

CMCS 0

Minneota cruised in their playoff opener against Central Minnesota Christian on Friday in Minneota.

CMCS' Elli Stoel had five kills and Coco Duininck had eight set assists.

CMCS (7-23) 7 5 6

Minneota (30-1) 25 25 25

Central Minnesota Christian School

Serving (aces): None ... Set assists: Coco Duininck 8 ... Hitting (kills): Elli Stoel 5, Molly Mulder 2, Emma Van Dyken 1, Duininck 1 ... Blocking (aces): None ... Digs (5 or more): Sadie VanderPol 5

Minneota

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College Volleyball

Rochester 3,

Ridgewater 0

Morgan Gronli had 13 kills and Lexi Vos had 11 but Ridgewater fell to Rochester in three games on Friday.

The Warriors' Baylee Larsen had five kills, four solo blocks and six digs, and Staci Banks finished with 21 set assists and Sarah Sulflow had 14. Gronli had 13 digs and Sulflow had 15 digs.

RCTC 28 25 25

Ridgewater 26 22 16

Rochester

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Ridgewater

Serving (aces): None ... Set assists: Staci Banks 21, Sarah Sulflow 14 ... Hitting (kills): Morgan Gronli 13, Lexi Vos 11, Baylee Larsen 5, Jessica Lemke 3, Banks 2, Sulflow 2 ... Blocking (aces): Larsen 4, Vos 2 ... Digs (5 or more): Sulflow 15, Banks 14, Lemke 13, Gronli 13, Hannah Nelson 7, Larsen 6, Cate Haug 6

1/2: Joe Brown / TribuneWillmar's Abby Teisinger goes on the attack against an Alexandria blocker during the first set of Friday's Section 8AAA quarterfinal match at Willmar High School.

2/2: Joe Brown / TribuneWillmar's Carly Wedel celebrates after the Cardinals scored a point late in the first set of Friday's Section 8AAA quarterfinal match against Alexandria at Willmar High School.