SARTELL -- The Willmar volleyball team continued its run of quality matches, getting a 25-23, 25-20, 17-25, 20-25, 15-13 Central Lakes Conference win over Sartell Thursday.
"Our goal was to start the match well and end the match well," said Willmar coach Terrin DeBoer.
That's exactly what the Cardinals (3-8, 6-12) accomplished, winning the first two games by a total of seven points, then getting the victory by two points in the fifth game.
Addy Nelsen had an all-around performance to lead Willmar. She had 10 kills and six ace blocks at the net and 19 assists running the offense.
"She's a captain and a leader and really stepped up tonight," DeBoer said.
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Emily Minnick led the team with 15 kills and Katie Lippert followed with eight kills and six ace blocks. Four attackers had at least 30 attempts each.
"We were really able to spread around the attempts," DeBoer noted.
Shae Bruess led the defense with 27 digs and Casey Marcus added 12 digs.
Willmar 3, Sartell 2
Willmar (3-8, 6-12) 25 25 17 20 15
Sartell (4-8, 10-11) 23 20 25 25 13
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Willmar
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Serving: Hailey Vreeman 16-17-0, Lindsey Atchison 13-13-0, Shae Bruess 21-21-0, Addy Nelsen 17-17-1, Casey Marcus 11-13-0, Emily Minnick 15-17-1 ... Setting: Nelsen 60-61-19, Vreeman 68-68-18 ... Hitting: Katie Lippert 19-24-8, Minnick 31-35-15, Laura Swartz 24-32-6, Nelsen 31-33-10, Taylor Flegel 10-12-3, Vreeman 6-6-0, Sarah Kooistra 25-32-6 ... Blocking (aces): Nelsen 6, Lippert 6, Minnick 3, Flegel 2, Kooistra 1 ... Digs: Bruess 27, Atchison 11, Nelsen 7, Swartz 4, Marcus 12, Vreeman 4, Kooistra 6, Flegel 3, Minnick 3
Sartell
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