ONAMIA — Melissa Paulson, Mikayla Michaletz and Janae Herron combined for 35 kills and 14 blocks to lead the Aitkin Gobblers past the Great River Conference leading Onamia Panthers 3-1 Tuesday.
Bailey Nordean contributed 20 digs and Kassie Kokesh tipped 19 set assists for Aitkin, which has now won nine straight matches.
Onamia had won seven straight matches and entered the contest tied for first with Braham.
The Gobblers improved to 8-1 in the conference and are now tied for second with Onamia behind Braham, where Aitkin travels to Thursday.
Onamia 25 19 22 22
Aitkin 22 25 25 25
Aitkin statistics
Bailey Nordean 1 ace serve, 5 kills, 1 block, 20 digs
Mikayla Michaletz 1 ace serve, 13 kills, 7 blocks, 5 digs
Jenae Herron 1 ace serve, 10 kills, 2 blocks, 8 digs
Chelsea Coombs 12 set assists
Kassie Kokesh 3 ace serves, 7 kills, 1 block, 19 set assists, 4 digs
Melissa Paulson 12 kills, 5 blocks, 4 digs
Conference: A 8-1. Overall: A 12-5. Next: Aitkin at Braham 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
■ Pequot Lakes 3, Park Rapids 0
PEQUOT LAKES — Abby Palmer recorded 18 ace serves to lead the Pequot Lakes Patriots to a 3-0 Mid-State conference blowout of the Park Rapids Panthers Tuesday.
Palmer added five kills and four digs for the 16-5-1 Patriots.
Park Rapids 4 9 14
Pequot Lakes 25 25 25
Pequot Lakes statistics
Emma Clement 2 ace serves, 3 digs
Nicole Traut 1 ace serve, 2 kills
Abby Palmer 18 ace serves, 5 kills, 4 digs
Justyne Litzau 4 digs
Kristin Rettkowski 1 block
Sabrina Aldin 7 set assists, 3 digs
Jessica Nies 1 set assist
Katie White 9 set assists, 1 ace serve, 1 block, 3 digs
Kayla Miller 2 ace serves, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 4 digs
Rosie Mitchell 3 ace serves, 3 kills
Morgan Lohmiller 1 ace serve
Conference: PL 3-1. Overall: PL 16-5-1. Next: Pequot Lakes at Pine River-Backus 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
■ Pine River-Backus 3,
Clearbrook-Gonvick 1
PINE RIVER — Brittany Kelley pounded down 17 kills and Journee Howard tallied 27 set assists for Pine River-Backus in a 3-1 defeat of Clearbrook-Gonvick in a non-conference match Tuesday.
Clearbrook-Gonvick 25 17 22 25
Pine River-Backus 16 25 25 27
Pine River-Backus statistics
Journee Howard 3 kills, 27 set assists, 1 ace serve, 1 block, 4 digs
Meg Stevenson 1 kill, 4 digs
Nicole Arends 1 dig
Allison Holm 1 dig
Kelsey Schwartz 2 ace serves
Liz Downie 7 kills, 5 digs
Brittany Kelley 17 kills, 1 set assist, 9 digs, 2 blocks
Megan Felthous 8 kills, 1 set assist, 1 ace serve, 7 digs, 1 block
Lexi Smith 7 digs
Overall: PRB 13-5. Next: Pequot Lakes at Pine River-Backus 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
■ Staples-Motley 3,
Detroit Lakes 2
DETROIT LAKES — Kelly Pearson collected nine kills and Kaitlin Spar added eight as the Staples-Motley Cardinals topped the Detroit Lakes Lakers 3-2 in Mid-State Conference action Tuesday.
The win broke up an eight match losing streak for the Cardinals.
Spar and Marily Eagletail also served four aces each.
Detroit Lakes 25 25 20 23 12
Staples-Motley 21 19 25 25 15
Staples-Motley statistics
Kelly Pearson 9 kills, 3 ace serves, 1 block, 33 digs
Kaitlin Spar 8 kills, 4 ace serves, 2 blocks, 33 digs
Ashley Jenniges 2 kills, 1 ace serve, 1 block, 15 digs
Claire Uhlman 4 kills, 1 ace serve, 1 block, 43 digs
Marilyn Eagletail 7 kills, 4 ace serves, 38 digs
Theresa Odden 5 kills, 34 digs
Conference: SM 3-2. Overall: SM 6-18. Next: Staples-Motley hosts Browerville 7:30 p.m. Monday.
■ Verndale 3, Laporte 0
VERNDALE — Teresa Moenkedick collected 20 kills and 13 digs, while adding a block and two set assists as Verndale swept Laporte 3-0 Tuesday.
Elyssa Kern added six ace serves, eight digs and 11 set assists for the Pirates.
Laporte 11 5 4
Verndale 25 25 25
Verndale statistics
Shania Glenz 4 kills, 6 digs, 1 block
Teresa Moenkedick 20 kills, 2 set assists, 13 digs, 1 block
Jordyn Glenz 4 ace serves, 2 kills, 1 set assist, 8 digs
Elyssa Kern 6 ace serves, 1 kill, 11 set assists, 5 digs
Krista Dailey 3 kills, 2 set assists, 3 digs
Miranda Dougherty 1 kill, 1 set assist, 5 digs
Jessica Wright 9 digs
Overall: V 13-6. Next: Verndale at Sebeka 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
■ Fourth Baptist 3,
Lake Region 2
PLYMOUTH — Marlee Moore finished with 12 kills, 13 digs and eight blocks as Lake Region was edged by Fourth Baptist 3-2 Tuesday.
Bethany Cressman added 25 digs for the hornets and Sam Snow notched 25 set assists and eight kills.
Fourth Baptist 21 27 25 16 15
Lake Region 25 25 17 25 10
Lake Region statistics
Marlee Moore 12 kills, 8 blocks, 1 ace serve, 13 digs
Bethany Cressman 4 kills, 2 blocks, 25 digs, 1 set assist
Sam Snow 8 kills, .5 block, 1 ace serve, 12 digs, 25 set assists
Taylor Snow 5 kills, 2 ace serves, 19 digs, 1 set assist
Grace Czeczok 4 kills, 24 digs, 11 set assists
Molly Grider 6 kills, .5 blocks, 1 ace serve, 1 dig
Emily Cremers 22 digs
Conference: LRCS 7-5. Overall: LRCS 12-5. Next: Lake Region hosts Maplewood Academy 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
■ St. Cloud Cathedral 3,
Little Falls 0
LITTLE FALLS — The Little Flyers saw their three-match win streak stopped, despite the eight kill effort from Noelle Kurowski, as they to St. Cloud Cathedral 3-0 Tuesday in a Granite Ridge Conference match.
Stephanie Wardarski tallied 17 set assists and Sierra Virnig notched 15 digs for the Flyers.
St. Cloud Cathedral 25 25 25
Little Falls 17 22 16
Little Falls statistics
Emily Suska 1 ace serve, 6 digs
Jennifer Ronning 4 kills, 3 digs
Katie Schulte 2 kills, 3 digs, 1 block
Kendra Pohlman 6 kills, 2 ace serves, 3 digs
Laura Fregin 1 kill, 1 dig
Noelle Kurowski 8 kills, 3 ace serves, 12 digs
Sierra Virnig 1 set assist, 15 digs
Stephanie Wardarski 1 kill, 17 set assists, 9 digs
Conference: LF 4-5. Overall: LF 7-19. Next: Little Falls hosts Foley 7:15 p.m. Thursday.
■ LPGE 3, Pierz 1
PIERZ — Bridget Bednar racked up 13 digs, 12 kills, 4 blocks, 2 set assists and an ace serve for the Pierz Pioneers, who fell to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 3-1 Tuesday.
Jessica Hawks tallied 11 digs and 19 set assists and Anna Welle added 10 kills, eight blocks and three digs for the Pioneers.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 21 25 25 25
Pierz 25 20 21 18
Pierz statistics
Miranda Woitalla 1 dig
Jessica Hawks 11 digs, 19 set assists, 1 kill, 1 block
Elizabeth Tomala 1 dig, 1 set assist
Brook Brausen 6 set assists
Bridget Bednar 13 digs, 2 set assists, 12 kills, 1 ace serve, 4 blocks
Megan Boser 8 digs
Tiara Hopkins 8 digs, 5 kills, 1 block
Anna Welle 8 digs, 10 kills, 3 blocks
Kailee Monson 1 kill
Alyssa Boser 2 digs, 2 kills, 3 blocks
Michaela Rocheleau 3 digs, 2 set assists, 5 kills, 1 ace serve
Overall: Prz 16-9. Next: Pierz hosts Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
■ Wadena-Deer Creek 3,
Crosby-Ironton 0
CROSBY — Hallie Schmidt recorded six kills and two digs as the Crosby-Ironton Rangers lost to the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines 3-0 in a Mid-State Conference match Monday.
Wadena-DC 25 25 25
Crosby-Ironton 5 3 12
Crosby-Ironton statistics
Mariah Melenich 1 assist, 6 digs
Shania Johnson 2 kills, 8 digs
Dawn Nelson 1 kill
Sam Anderson 1 ace, 1 kill
Hallie Schmidt 6 kills, 2 digs
Bailey Swensen 1 kill, 7 assists, 6 digs
Lisa Knutson 2 kills, 1 block, 1 dig
Kerra Grittner 4 digs
Karigan Lattery 1 dig
Conference: C-I 0-4. Overall: C-I 4-19. Next: Crosby-Ironton hosts Hill City 7:15 p.m. Thursday.
