2023-09-29 13:30:00
WATERTOWN — Quick starts and solid finishes carried No. 4 Watertown to a 3-0 Eastern South Dakota Conference volleyball sweep over No. 5 Pierre on Thursday night in the Civic Arena.
The Arrows (10-3 overall and 6-0 in the ESD), won 25-122, 25-19 and 25-20 over the Governors (8-3, 1-2).
In each set, Watertown grabbed the early lead (including 6-0 in the second set and 4-0 in the third set) and saw Pierre battle back before the Arrows used a late surge to get the win.
“This was a big win for us tonight. One of the team’s goals is winning an ESD title so we are one step closer,” said Watertown head coach Rosemary Bellum. “Small goals every day, game, week to reach the top goal of a state tournament trip.”
Emery Thury had a huge game for the Arrows, smacking 19 kills to go along with two solo blocks and six digs. Eve Hauger and Carter Jurrens each made seven kills. Jurrens also added one solo and two block assists and Hannah Herzog three block assists.
Miranda Falconer directed the offense with 36 assists. She also converted 18 serves. Paige McAreavey converted 15 serves with four aces and Natalie Pearson eight tith two. Pearson also made 16 digs and McAreavey eight.
“Addi Johnston and Paige were impressive in the back row, picking up balls that the Governors through were down and Miranda did a nice job of dishing assists to each of our hitters,” said Bellum.
“We played a much cleaner game tonight with only five service errors to compared to 14 on Tuesday. We also ended with six block kills. We also touched more attacks, which slows down the ball for our passes to put up a perfect pass. Then we can run a quicker offense.”
The Arrows host Sioux Falls Roosevelt at 7 p.m. on Tuesday before hitting the road until the regular-season finale on Nov. 2.
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Milbank 3, Britton-Hecla 0
BRITTON — Rachel Schulte tallied 14 kills, 11 assists, 11 digs and three block assists to push the Bulldogs to the 25-18, 25-16 and 25-10 Northeast Conference win.
Other leaders for Milbank (12-7 overall and 5-1 in the NEC) were Addisyn Krause, 21 assists; Skyler Skoog, 13-13 serving with seven kills; Claire Snaza, three kills and three block assists; Shaylee Schuchard, 15-16 serving with seven kills, one solo block and two block assists; Ella Sandvig, 18-18 serving with 12 digs; and Sierra Wenzl, 11-11 serving with 11 digs.
Emma Kraft had eight kills, Tiyanna Scott six kills, Kaegan Frederickson three aces and 13 digs, Heather Storbakken 11 assists and 11 digs, Annika Tank 13 digs and Addison Wade 11 digs for Britton-Hecla (7-8).
Aberdeen Roncalli 3, Clark-Willow Lake 0
CLARK — Roncalli improved to 11-2 overall and 7-0 in the Northeast Conference by winning 27-25, 25-12 and 25-20.
Faith Danielsonw as 15-15 serving with three aces and 20 assists for the Cavaliers. Camryn Bain had two aces and 12 digs, Ava Hanson 13 kills, Maddie Huber 10 kills and 12 assists, Jaidyn Feickert eight kills and two blocks and McKenna O’Keefe 19 digs.
The Cyclones (7-10) were led by Zoe Nichols, 10 good serves and 18 assists; Tehya Vig, 10 good serves and 10 digs; Avery Lee, 10 good serves; Shay Michalski, six kills and 11 blocks; Sara Thonvold, five kills and five blocks; and Hannah Heiman, seven digs.
Deuel 3, Great Plains Lutheran 1
CLEAR LAKE — Annika Kriz produced 19 kills and 17 digs and Josie Andersen eight kills and 16 assists to spark the Cardinals (6-10) to a 25-18, 12-25, 25-22 and 25-19 non-conference win.
Kaitlyn Gubrud added six kills and 10 digs, Alayna Carlson six kills and two block assists, Sara Jo Kreger 11 assists, Kayden Russell four assists and one solo and two block assists, Ella Kerkvliet 15 digs and Hope Bjerke two solo blocks.
Key contributors for the Panthers (10-9) included Jolie Lien, 19-21 serving with three aces; Abby Kjenstad, 16-17 serving with two aces, five kills and 13 digs; Kaitlyn Rawerts, 22-23 serving with 15 assists and 11 digs; Oliva Holmen, 11 kills and four block assists; Kaylee Carlson, seven kills and two block assists; Emma Dornbusch, five kills and two block assists ; Madeline Prahl, 14 assists; and Grace Powers, 10 digs.
Hamlin 3, Redfield 0
REDFIELD — Hamlin improved to 10-5 with the 25-22, 27-25 and 26-24 Northeast Conference win over Redfield (5-11).
Addie Neuendorf led the way with four aces, 15 assists, 16 kills and 10 digs. Marissa Bawdon contributed 18 assists and 12 digs, Emily Everson two aces, Grace Opdahl 12 digs and Kayde Nebel two solo and two block assists.
Charli Jungwirth went 12-13 serving with three aces for the Pheasants, who got 16 assists from Hayden Gall, nine kills and two solo and two block assists from Katie Rozell, seven kills from Ceci Suchor and 23 digs from Chloe Zens.
Wilmot 3, Waverly-South Shore 1
WILMOT — Addison Heinje recorded 18 kills and three aces to lead Wilmot to a 25-14, 25-20, 23-25 and 25-15 win.
Paige Johnson added 10 kills and two aces, Julia Anderson five kills and two aces, Mya Heinje 31 assists and Stacia Redday three kills, two aces and 10 assists for the Wolves (7-11).
Waverly-South Shore slipped to 3-15.
Warner 3, Herreid-Selby Area 0
WARNER — No. 1 Class B Warner ran its record to 24-0 by rolling to a 25-12, 25-14 and 25-9 win over Herreid-Selby Area (11-5).
Ava Nilsson converted 14 of 14 serves with six aces and also had 38 assists and three block assists for Warner. Courtney Bjorgaard was 11-11 serving with 14 digs. Lauren Marcuson pitched in with 16 kills and 12 digs, Kyleigh Schopp 15 kills and three block assists and Haleigh Holt 15 digs.
Deubrook Area 3, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 0
WHITE — Zoey Molengraaf made 11 kills and Kyarra Blum 10 to lead the Dolphins (8-10) to a 27-25, 25-6 and 25-19 Dakota Valley Conference victory.
Hannah Kjelden and Mataya Gouws each tallied seven kills, Kylee Johnson 18 assists, Madalyn Bauman 17 assists and two aces and Delaney Pedersen 11 digs and two aces for Deubrook Area. Blum also had two blocks and Kjelden seven digs.
ORR (6-10) got eight kills, 10 digs and two blocks from Julia Trygstad; seven kills from Bella Malisch; four kills from Camlin Schmeider; 12 assists from Emily Matson; nine assists and 12 digs from Rylan Pearson; and 15 digs from Alivia Bickett.
Estelline-Hendricks 3, De Smet 0
De SMET — Sadie Johnson’s 14 assists and 21 digs guided the Redhawks to the 25-18, 25-14 and 25-13 Dakota Valley Conference win.
Presley Bury added four aces, Kenzy Beare 17 kills and two blocks, Rachel Hexem four kills and two blocks and Claire Dagel two blocks for Estelline-Hendricks (18-2 overall and 6-0 in the DVC).
Alyssa Asleson notched four aces, five assists and 13 digs for De Smet (4-13). Megan Dylla added nine assists, Hazel Luethmers nine kills, Mirra Beck three kills and Brooke Jennings and Harper Anderson seven digs apiece.
Flandreau 3, Sioux Valley 2
VOLGA — Flandreau (12-8) outlasted Sioux Valley (12-6) in the Lake Central Conference match 20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 17-25 and 15-11 by getting 16 kills from Lizzie Pavlis, 15 from Claire Sheppard and 10 from Sadie Iott.
Pavlis also had five solo and four block assists and Sheppard seven digs and three block assists for the Fliers. Abby Schoeberl garnered eight kills, 42 assists, 10 digs and five block assists; Addy Hammer 17 digs; and Hayden Neises 12 digs.
Kaedyn Sapp recorded 20 kills, 26 digs, two solo blocks and one block assists for Sioux Valley. Sunny Hesby added 30 assists, Allie Hofer 12 kills and nine digs, Machaela Gerasch 19 assists and eight digs, Keyra Kruse five block assists, Talya Vincent 15 digs and Adison Renkly 12 kills, nine digs and three solo and six block assists.
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Colman-Egan 3, Castlewood 0
CASTLEWOOD — Fourth-rated Class B Colman-Egan won the Dakota Valley Conference match 25-18, 29-27 and 25-13.
The Hawks (16-3 overall and 5-1 in the DVC) were led by Karissa Williams with four aces; Lanie Mousel two aces, 22assists, three blocks and 18 digs; Kaylee Voelker 18 assists; Anna Zwart, 12 kills and three blocks; Elaina Rhode, eight kills; Daniela Lee, eight kills and 24 digs; and Presley Luze, 20 digs.
Gracie Haug finished with two aces, 30 assists and 22 digs for Castlewood, Presley Knecht contributed 14 kills and 11 digs, Emerson Carter 13 kills, two solo blocks and one block assist; Cassidy Kirwan, six kills; Kelly Goens two block assists; and Karli Akin 11 digs.
Aberdeen Central 3, Brandon Valley 2
BRANDON — Grace Kuch hammered 20 kills and Lauryn Burckhard 16 to carry the Golden Eagles to the 25-22, 21-25, 22-25, 25-15 and 15-13 Eastern South Dakota Conference win.
Kuch also went 14-15 serving with three aces and 18 digs for the Golden Eagles (11-3). Madison Miller was 31-33 serving with four aces and 11 digs. Ayrlie Waldo added 42 assists, Sawyer Bahr 11 digs, Taryn Nieman one solo and two block assists and Ashley Wangler two solo and two block assists.
Faulkton Area 3, Aberdeen Christian 1
FAULKTON — The Trojans (13-6) won the Lake Region Conference match 25-18, 25-16, 21-25 and 25-12.
Leaders for Faulkton Area included Carley Cotton, 21-23 serving with four aces; Anna Aesoph, 18-23 serving with two aces; Addison Melius, 13 kills; Kelli Stoecker 12 kills and five block assists; Tegan Baloun, 21 assists; and Micah Martinmaas, 12 assists.
Sawyer Schwan was 21-21 serving with eight assists and Chloe Bosma 14-15 serving with eight kills for Aberdeen Christian (7-13). Ari Johnson contributed five kills and five blocks, Jolie Fogarty 10 assists and five blocks, Alexis Isakson 25 digs and Payton Skarin 18 digs.
Other Thursday Scores
Elkton-Lake Benton def. Arlington 23-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-13
Langford Area def. Waubay-Summit 25-21, 18-25, 28-30, 25-16, 15-12
Florence-Henry def. Tri-State, 25-14, 25-20, 25-13
Iroquois-Lake Preston def. Dell Rapids St. Mary 14-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-23
Ipswich def. Potter County, 25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 25-17
North Central at Strasburg-Zeeland (N.D.), score not available.
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