Wildcats rebound to win thriller

LITCHFIELD - New London-Spicer had to rebound from lackluster performances in the second and third games to defeat Litchfield in five games in a Wright County Conference matchup on Tuesday.

NLS won 25-15, 14-25, 17-25, 25-19 and 15-11.

The Wildcats' Kendra Bagley had a team-high 14 kills and Aleah Zieske was right behind her with 13 kills. Ashlyn Olson also topped double-digit kills with 11.

Emma Hanson had seven kills and Ava Kramer finished with six kills and a team-high five solo blocks.

The Wildcats' Hunter Paffrath had 26 set assists and 10 digs, and Presley Arndt-Callenius had 15 assists, she served five aces and eight digs.

NLS 3,

Litchfield 2

NLS (9-13) 25 14 17 25 15

Litchfield (9-12) 15 25 25 19 11

New London-Spicer

Serving (aces): Emily Novak 1, Payton Mages 1, Presley Arndt-Callenius 5 ... Set assists: Hunter Paffrath 26, Arndt-Callenius 15 ... Hitting (kills): Aleah Zieske 13, Ashlyn Olson 11, Ava Kramer 6, Emma Hanson 7, Kendra Bagley 14 ... Blocking (aces): Zieske 1, Olson 1, Kramer 5, Hanson 1, Bagley 1, Mages 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Zieske 5, Ashton Engelke 13, Novak 18, Paffrath 10, Bagley 9, Mya Krause 10, Arndt-Callenius 8

Litchfield

Stats not provided

Willmar 3,

SC Tech 0

Willmar never let St. Cloud Tech in the match, winning a Central Lakes Conference match in three sets on Tuesday night at Willmar High School.

The Cardinals, now 16-5 overall, won 25-12, 25-14 and 25-15.

Willmar's Grace Marti had a team-high seven kills, and Reagan Bos and Caitlin Ogdahl both had four kills.

Ogdahl also served six aces and had a solo block. Carly Wedel had 18 set assists, she served two aces, had three kills, three solo blocks and seven digs.

Abby Stark had three ace serves, put away a couple of kills and had 16 digs.

The Cardinals play at Fergus Falls at 7 p.m. Thursday.

SC Tech (5-14) 12 14 15

Willmar (16-5) 25 25 25

St. Cloud Tech

Stats not provided

Willmar

Serving (aces): Carly Wedel 2, Abby Stark 3, Caitlin Ogdahl 6, Callie Slagter 1, Cambrie Parker 2 ... Set assists: Wedel 18, Stark 2, Lydia Larson 2 ... Hitting (kills): Wedel 3, Stark 2, Ogdahl 4, Bailey Olson 2, Sydney Olson 2, Sydney Schnichels 1, Grace Marti 7, Reagan Bos 4, Marissa Rosen 1 ... Blocking (aces): Wedel 3, Ogdahl 1, B. Olson 1, S. Olson 1, Schnichels 2, Sophie Kobienia 1, Marti 3, Abby Teisinger 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Wedel 7, Stark 16

BLHS 3,

SESM 0

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart began a late-season, three-game homestand on the right foot, sweeping Sleepy Eye St. Mary's for a Tomahawk Conference win on Tuesday.

Allison Dornseif delivered 28 set assists, with Rachel Dean and Sara Kottke finishing with nine and eight kills, respectively. Katie Buboltz and Chloe Ufkes each scooped up 14 digs, leading four Mustangs with double-digit saves.

SESM (10-12) 16 22 20

BLHS (9-15) 25 25 25

Sleepy Eye-St. Mary's

Stats not provided

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart

Serving (aces): Marissa Ebbers 1, Katie Buboltz 1, Allison Dornseif 1 ... Set assists: Dornseif 28 ... Hitting (kills): Rachel Dean 9, Sara Kottke 8, Ebbers 6, Alyssa Petersen 4, Kimberly Novotny 4, Dornseif 1 ... Blocking (aces): Dean 2, Novotny 2, Kottke 1, Dornseif 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Buboltz 14, Chloe Ufkes 14, Petersen 10, Kottke 10, Ebbers 7, Dornseif 7

BBE 3,

LPGE 0

Ally Gruber and Brittany Berge were dangerous at the net, combining for 26 kills in BBE's three-set win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Tuesday.

Gruber finished with 15 kills and Berge finished with 11. Karsee Kampsen had 28 set assists and served four aces.

BBE (19-3) 25 25 25

LPGE (5-18) 8 5 15

BBE

Serving (aces): Brittany Berge 2, Emily Kern 3, Grace Illies 2, Jenna Dingmann 2, Karsee Kampsen 4 ... Set assists: Emily Knight 1, Illies 2, Dingmann 2, Kampsen 28 ... Hitting (kills): Ally Gruber 15, Berge 11, Knight 7, Illies 1, Kampsen 2, Katherine Mastey 3 ... Blocking (aces): Knight 3 ... Digs (5 or more): Illies 7, Dingmann 6

Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

Stats not provided

Montevideo 3,

ACGC 0

Cali Christianson had 13 kills and she served four aces, and Jasmyn Kronback had seven kills to lead Montevideo to a West Central Conference win over ACGC on Tuesday in Grove City.

Noelle Sulflow led the Thunder Hawks with 21 set assists.

ACGC's Lindsey Minnick had five kills and Rachel Wilner had 11 set assists.

Montevideo plays host to BOLD at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Montevideo (6-14) 25 25 25

ACGC (3-15) 22 20 13

Montevideo

Serving (aces): Liv Gades 1, Cali Christianson 4, Noelle Sulflow 1, Kenzie Hoidal 1, Bailey Bauman 1 ... Set assists: Sulflow 21, Gades 7 ... Hitting (kills): Christianson 13, Jasmyn Kronback 7, Madi Kilibarda 3, Sydney Zindel 2, Megan Anderson 1, Sulflow 1, Hoidal 1, Bauman 1 ... Blocking (aces): Kilibarda 1, Sulflow 1, Zindel 3 ... Digs (5 or more): Christianson 8, Hoidal 13

ACGC

Serving (aces): Shayna Hobson 2, Rachel Wilner 1 ... Set assists: Rachel Wilner 11 ... Hitting (kills): Hobson 2, Lindsey Minnick 5, Alexis Schmidt 3, Erika Tagtow 2 ... Blocking (aces): None ... Digs (5 or more): Jeana Denton 8

BOLD 3,

Benson 0

BOLD downed Benson in three games and the Warriors notched their 20th win of the season on Tuesday night.

BOLD's Makenna Steffel had 13 kills and Ashley Trongard and Alex Revier both finished with seven kills.

Makayla Snow had 28 set assists, and Steffel had 12 digs while Trongard had eight.

Mariah Ahrndt finished with 15 set assists, five digs, one ace block and two ace serves for the Braves. Claire Ricard was the top hitter with six kills.

Benson (4-13) 25 25 25

BOLD (20-2) 15 5 22

Benson

Serving (aces): Mariah Ahrndt 2, Zoe Doscher 1, Mati Short 1 ... Set assists: Ahrndt 15, Ellie Moesenthin 4 ... Hitting (kills): Claire Ricard 6, Rachel Berens 5, Beth Cain 5, Ahrndt 1, Maranda Wieber 1, Abbie Mitteness 1 ... Blocking (aces): Ahrndt 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Mitteness 11, Doscher 6, Ahrndt 5

BOLD

Serving (aces): Morgan Schmitz 2, Ashley Trongard 2 ... Set assists: Makayla Snow 28 ... Hitting (kills): Makenna Steffel 13, Trongard 7, Alex Revier 7 ... Blocking (aces): NA ... Digs (5 or more): Makenna Steffel 12, Morgan Schmitz 8, Ashley Trongard 8

Sauk Centre 3,

Minnewaska 0

Sauk Centre swept Minnewaska for win No. 24 on the season Tuesday night.

Ellie Danielson and Emma Thorfinnson each led the Lakers with 10 digs and Danielson finished with a team-high seven kills.

Sauk Centre (24-1) 25 25 25

Minnewaska (9-11) 14 22 8

Sauk Centre

Stats not provided

Minnewaska

Serving (aces): Sierra Lindemann 1, Kristen Glover 1, Emma Thorfinnson 1, Avery Hoeper 1 ... Set assists: Lindemann 1, Thorfinnson 1, Sara Geiser 12, Hoeper 1 ... Hitting (kills): Ellie Danielson 7, Thorfinnson 3, Hoeper 3, Makenna Panitzke 2, Alexis Piekarski 2 ... Blocking (aces): Danielson 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Lindemann 5, Danielson 10, Thorfinnson 10, Hoeper 7

MCA 3,

Melrose 0

Morris/Chokio-Alberta swept Melrose in a narrow West Central Conference battle.

Lexi Pew paced the Tigers with 12 kills and Bailey Marty finished with 10 kills and 11 digs. LaRae Kram and Liz Dietz split setting duties, finishing with 19 and 14 set assists, respectively.

Melrose (16-9) 22 10 22

Morris/CA (14-7) 25 25 25

Melrose

Stats not provided

Morris/Chokio-Alberta

Serving (aces): Bailey Marty 1, Riley Decker 2 ... Set assists: Liz Dietz 14, Decker 2, LaRae Kram 19 ... Hitting (kills): Sophie Carlson 3, Kenzie Hockel 6, Emma Berlinger 4, Lexi Pew 12, Marty 10, Jen Solvie 3 ... Blocking (aces): Carlson 1, Pew 2 ... Digs (5 or more): Hockel 6, Marty 11, Dietz 5, Decker 13

Canby 3,

CMCS 0

Central Minnesota Christian ends Camden Conference play with a 2-9 record after taking a three-set road loss to Canby on Tuesday night.

Tori Muzik finished with a team-best eight digs, and Coco Duininck had 11 set assists for the Bluejays.

Starting at 5 p.m. Friday, CMCS will compete at the two-day Jimmy John's Classic in Marshall.

CMCS (5-18) 17 11 14

Canby (15-11) 25 25 25

Central Minnesota Christian School

Serving (aces): Molly Mulder 2, Lauren Ammermann 1, Tori Muzik 1, Elli Stoel 1 ... Set assists: Coco Duininck 11, Megan Slagter 1, Ammermann 1 ... Hitting (kills): Mulder 5, Sadie VanderPol 4, Stoel 4, Emma Van Dyken 2, Slagter 1, Duininck 1 ... Blocking (aces): Van Dyken 2, Duininck 1, Stoel 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Tori Muzik 8, Stoel 5

Canby

Stats not available

D-B 3,

LQPV 0

Karoline Dahl racked up 14 kills and Lydia Aafedt added 26 set assists for Dawson-Boyd in a 3-0 win against Lac qui Parle Valley.

Dahl tallied four ace serves and a team-best 13 digs as well.

LQPV (3-16) 14 21 23

D-B (4-14) 25 25 25

Lac qui Parle Valley

Stats not provided

Dawson-Boyd

Serving (aces): Mary Bothun 1, Tarah Johnson 1, Lydia Aafedt 2, Karoline Dahl 4, Amelia Olson 1 ... Set assists: Aafedt 26 ... Hitting (kills): Avery Bartunek 5, Bothun 5, Megan Mamer 3, Dahl 14, Olson 1, Rachel Hahn 1 ... Blocking (aces): Bothun 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Bothun 11, Dahl 13, Olson 11

RTR 3,

KMS 0

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton pushed its win total to double digits with a sweep of KMS Tuesday night.

Lydia Wagner took home six kills for the Saints to lead the team.

KMS (10-8) 13 22 15

RTR (10-7) 25 25 25

KMS

Serving (aces): Katie Krieger 2, Haylee Johnson 1, Mallory Rudningen 1, Halie Nichols 2 ... Set assists: Rudningen 19 ... Hitting (kills): Lauren Krieger 2, Lexy Swanson 2, Maret Gjerde 2, Lydia Wagner 6, Haylee Johnson 5, Rudningen 3, Morgan Lesteberg 1, Claire Hauge 1 ... Blocking (aces): Wagner 1, Kenna Kelley 2 ... Digs (5 or more): K Krieger 14, L Krieger 7, Nichols 6, Lesteberg 8

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

Stats not provided

MACCRAY 3,

TMB 0

MACCRAY improved its Camden Conference record to 7-3 after sweeping Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Tuesday in Clara City.

Kylee Kimpling and Piper Asche both had 11 kills in the Wolverines' victory, with Asche also coming up with two blocks. Sydney Thein had a team-high three ace serves, leading a pack that finished with 10 aces on the evening. Thein also finished with 29 set assists.

TMB (12-10) 19 17 21

MACCRAY (10-11) 25 25 25

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

No stats available

MACCRAY

Serving (aces): Sydney Thein 3, Ella Bourne 2, Abigail Pieper 2, Danni Burns 1, Kate Hultgren 1, Piper Asche 1 ... Set assists: Thein 29 ... Hitting (kills): Kylee Kimpling 11, Asche 11, Burns 8, Annie Dykema 2, Thein 2, Gabby Randt 1 ... Blocking (aces): Asche 2, Kimpling 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Burns 19, Hultgren 18, Thein 12, Bourne 8, Jaimi Heida 6

YME 3,

RCW 0

Meeghen Dahlager had 21 kills to lead Yellow Medicine East to a three-set win over Renville County West in a Camden Conference match on Tuesday.

YME's Mackenzie Dyrdahl had 14 kills and served three aces, and Madison Hinz had 41 set assists and also served three aces.

RCW's Lauren Wulf had seven kills, 15 set assists and three solo blocks.

RCW plays at the Jimmy John's Classic on Friday and Saturday in Marshall, with its first match at 5 p.m. Friday.

RCW (5-14) 17 15 24

YME (17-5) 25 25 26

Renville County West

Serving (aces): Avery Elfering 2, Makenna Bruns 2 ... Set assists: Lauren Wulf 15 ... Hitting (kills): A. Elfering 7, Emma Mott 2, Riley Elfering 2, Wulf 9, Katie Marr 1, Leslie Gonzalez 5 ... Blocking (aces): R. Elfering 1, Wulf 3, Marr 3, Gonzalez 1 ... Digs (5 or more): A. Elfering 8, Bruns 9, Wulf 7, Vanessa Savig 21

Yellow Medicine East

Serving (aces): Madison Hinz 3, Mackenzie Dyrdahl 3, Abby Jaenisch 2, Alli Steffen 2 ... Set assists: Hinz 41, Meeghen Dahlager 2 ... Hitting (kills): Dahlager 21, Dyrdahl 14, Steffen 6, Anayansi Flores 4, Hinz 2 ... Blocking (aces): Flores 3, Jadyn Sakry 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Steffen 11, Dyrdahl 10, Hinz 8, Dahlager 7

1/3: New London-Spicer's Ashlyn Olson (left) hits against Litchfield's Lily Osterberg during Tuesday's Wright County Conference match at Litchfield High School. Joe Brown / Tribune

2/3: Litchfield's Colby Christensen (14) hits the ball around a pair of New London-Spicer blockers during Tuesday's Wright County Conference match at Litchfield High School. Joe Brown / Tribune

3/3: Kendra Bagley (13) and the New London-Spicer volleyball team celebrate after scoring a point in the first set of Tuesday's Wright County Conference match at Litchfield. Joe Brown / Tribune