AITKIN — The Aitkin Gobblers notched their first win of the Great River Conference season with a 3-1 win over Hinckley-Finlayson, which lost their sixth-straight conference game.
Jenae Herron tallied nine kills, while Mikayla Michaletz knocked back five blocks for the Gobblers. Bailey Nordean tipped nine set assists and Melissa Paulson scooped eight digs.
Hinckley-Finlayson 18 25 25 17
Aitkin 25 22 27 25
Aitkin statistics
Bailey Nordean 5 ace serves, 5 kills, 9 set assists
Mikayla Michaletz 1 ace serve, 5 blocks, 4 kills, 3 set assists
Jenae Herron 3 ace serves, 8 digs, 9 kills
Kassie Kokesh 2 ace serves, 5 kills, 4 set assists
Melissa Paulson 3 ace serves, 5 kills, 8 digs
Carene Bayerle 3 blocks, 4 digs, 2 kills
Conference: A 1-3. Overall: A 2-9. Next: Aitkin at Crosby-Ironton 7:15 p.m. Monday.
Little Falls 3,
St. Cloud Cathedral 0
LITTLE FALLS — Alayna Kabanuk smacked down 20 kills in the Little Falls Flyers 3-0 non-conference win over St. Cloud Cathedral Thursday.
Lexi Kapsner served five aces and worked for 12 digs, while Jessica Hanowski put up 18 set assists and added 12 digs.
St. Cloud Cathedral 23 21 17
Little Falls 25 25 25
Little Falls statistics
Lexi Kapsner 5 ace serves, 2 set assists, 12 digs
Jennifer Ronning 2 kills , 1 block, 1 dig
Noelle Kurowski 1 dig
Jessica Hanowski 18 set assists, 12 digs
Kala Bzdok 1 ace serve, 12 set assists, 4 digs
Jennifer Hortness 1 ace serve, 12 kills, 1 block, 10 digs
Alayna Kabanuk 1 ace serve, 20 kills, 1 set assist, 5 digs
Trista Saulter 1 ace serve
Brichelle Brummer 2 kills
Kendra Pohlman 2 kills, 1 set assist, 1 dig
Overall: LF 11-7. Next: Zimmerman at Little Falls 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Pequot Lakes 3,
Staples-Motley 0
PEQUOT LAKES — Abby Palmer tallied 12 ace serves, 8 kills and five digs and Pequot Lakes totaled 24 ace serves as a team in a 3-0 Mid-State Conference win over Staples-Motley Thursday.
Pequot’s Mattie Lueck added 12 set assists.
Kelly Pearson led the Cardinals with eight kills.
Staples-Motley 10 18 14
Pequot Lakes 25 25 25
Pequot Lakes statistics
Abby Palmer 12 ace serves, 8 kills, 5 digs
Ashley Abear 5 digs
Emma Clement 5 digs
Kayla Miller 6 kills, 3 digs, 1 block
Kristin Rettkowski 2 ace serves
Mattie Lueck 1 ace serve, 12 set assists, 2 blocks
Nicole Traut 1 ace serve, 5 kills
Rachel Mott 2 ace serves, 5 kills, 1 set assist
Rosie Mitchell 3 kills
Sabrina Aldin 6 ace serves, 1 dig, 7 set assists
Sydney Dotty 3 set assists
Vanessa Lane 1 kill
Conference: PL 2-1. Overall: PL 10-5. Next: Pequot Lakes at Pierz 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Staples-Motley statistics
Theresa Odden 5 digs, 1 block
Kelly Pearson 1 dig, 8 kills, 1 block
Marilyn Eagletail 1 dig, 1 kill, 1 block, 1 ace serve
Kaitlin Spar 2 kills, 2 blocks
Claire Uhlman 1 dig, 1 kill, 2 set assists
Quinn Uhlman 3 digs, 5 set assists, 2 ace serves
Josie Nanik 1 set assist
Conference: SM 0-3. Overall: SM 1-14. Next: Bertha-Hewitt at Staples-Motley 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Pierz 3,
Eden Valley-Watkins 1
EDEN VALLEY — Bridget Bednar registered 15 kills and 14 blocks to lead the Pierz Pioneers to a 3-1 victory over Eden Valley-Watkins in Thursday’s Central Minnesota Conference match.
Brook Brausen added 41 set assists. Megan Boser led with 16 digs and Lindsay Monson served four aces to go with 12 kills.
EW-Watkins 23 23 25 13
Pierz 25 25 18 25
Pierz statistics
Megan Boser 16 digs, 1 set assist
Tiara Hopkins 5 kills, 15 digs
Miranda Woitalla 2 digs
Brook Brausen 1 block, 5 digs, 41 set assists
Anna Welle 3 blocks, 9 kills, 8 digs, 1 set assists, 2 ace serves
Lindsay Monson 7 blocks, 12 kills, 2 digs, 1 set assist 4 aces
Bridget Bednar 14 blocks, 15 kills 2 digs, 1 set assist, 2 ace serve
Olivia Zajak 1 block, 8 kills, 11 digs, 1 set assist, 2 ace serves
Alyssa Boser 2 digs
Conference: Prz 3-0. Overall: Prz 10-2. Next: Pequot Lakes at Pierz 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Pine River-Backus 3,
Cass Lake-Bena 0
CASS LAKE — Morgan Demars and Molly Porta each knocked down five kills and Tatum Sheley finished with 14 digs for Pine River-Backus in a 3-0 victory over Cass Lake-Bena in a Northland Conference match.
Rachel Kline totaled 11 set assists and Sheley also had four service aces for the Tigers.
Cass Lake-Bena 13 21 15
Pine River-Backus 25 25 25
Pine River-Backus statistics
Megan Felthous 3 kills, 8 digs
Rachel Kline 11 set assists, 6 digs
Nicole Arends 1 ace serve
Brittany Kelley 4 kills, 2 ace serves, 2 digs
Allison Holm 1 kill, 2 digs
Lexi Smith 5 digs
Morgan Demars 5 kills, 5 set assists, 9 digs
Journee Howard 2 kills, 1 set assist, 1 dig
Lexi Hansen 1 kill
Grace Allen 2 digs, 1 ace serve
Molly Porta 5 kills, 2 digs
Tatum Sheley 3 kills, 14 digs, 4 ace serves
Conference: PRB 1-2. Overall: PRB 6-6. Next: Pine River-Backus at Pillager 2 p.m. Friday.
Wadena-Deer Creek 3,
Park Rapids 0
WADENA — Emily Miron registered 12 kills, 7 blocks and two digs to help the unbeaten and ninth-ranked Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines to a 3-0 Mid-State Conference victory over Park Rapids Thursday.
Brittney Noon finished with 11 kills, five digs, four blocks and an ace serve and Heather Theisen added 22 set assists, six digs and one kill and one block for W-DC.
Park Rapids 7 7 13
Wadena-Deer Creek 25 25 25
Wadena-Deer Creek statistics
Caitlin Volkmann 3 kills, 12 digs, 1 ace serve
Melissa Moenkedick 2 kills, 1 dig, 5 blocks
Hope Theisen 4 digs
Brittney Noon 11 kills, 5 digs, 4 blocks, 1 ace serve
Sydney Schissel 1 kill, 8 digs
Avery Jackson 3 digs, 3 set assists
Halley Maas 2 kills
Heather Theisen 1 kill, 6 digs, 22 set assists, 1 block
Morgan Lugert 1 dig, 4 ace serves
Emily Miron 12 kills, 2 digs, 7 blocks
Conference: WDC 3-0. Overall: WDC 10-0. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Breckenridge 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Crosby-Ironton 1,
Detroit Lakes 3
DETROIT LAKES — Sienna Miller registered 17 digs, 11 kills, 5 set assists and one block in a 3-1 Mid-State Conference loss to Detroit Lakes Thursday.
Bailey Swensen contributed 16 set assists, Amy Biever added 25 digs and Missy Foote finished with nine kills and nine digs.
Detroit Lakes 25 23 25 25
Crosby-Ironton 13 25 9 18
Crosby-Ironton statistics
Amy Biever 25 digs
Shania Johnson 3 ace serves, 4 kills, 4 digs
Hallie Schmidt 1 ace serve, 6 digs, 1 block
Missy Foote 9 kills, 3 set assists, 9 digs, 4 blocks
Bailey Swensen 16 set assists, 2 digs
Sienna Miller 1 ace serve, 11 kills, 5 set assists, 17 digs, 1 block
Lisa Knutson 1 kill, 1 set assist, 8 digs
Conference: C-I 1-2. Overall: C-I 6-10. Next: Aitkin at Crosby-Ironton 7:15 p.m. Monday.
Henning 3, Verndale 0
HENNING — Teresa Moenkedick turned in eight kills, 16 digs and four blocks in Verndale’s 3-0 Park Region Conference loss to Henning Thursday.
Jordyn Glenz added 11 blocks and Jordanna Schluttner contributed 10 blocks and seven kills.
Henning 25 25 25
Verndale 9 12 7
Verndale statistics
Teresa Moenkedick 8 kills, 16 digs, 4 blocks
Sarah Moenkedick 1 ace serve, 1 kills, 13 set assists, 5 digs, 6 blocks
Jordyn Glenz 2 kills, 9 digs, 11 blocks
Elyssa Kern 6 set assists, 1 dig
Jordanna Schluttner 7 kills, 1 set assist, 4 digs, 10 blocks
Krista Dailey 1 set assist, 2 digs, 5 blocks
Miranda Dougherty 2 kills, 8 digs, 3 blocks
Jessica Wright 8 digs
Conference: V 1-2. Overall: V 3-5. Next: New York Mills at Verndale 7 p.m. Sept. 29.
