AREA VOLLEYBALL
Patriots sweep Goblers in season final
AITKIN — The Pequot Lakes Patriots closed out the regular season with a 3-0 win over the Aitkin Gobblers on Tuesday night in a non-conference match.
Abby Palmer pounded out 12 kills, and Kayla Miller scooped up 13 digs for the Patriots. Palmer and Miller also tallied three ace serves each.
The Gobblers were led by Bailey Nordeen with 13 digs, and Jenae Herron who totaled five kills.
Pequot Lakes 25 25 25
Aitkin 10 20 21
Aitkin statistics
Bailey Nordean 1 ace serve, 1 kill, 13 digs
Mikayla Michaletz 4 kills, 3 blocks, 9 digs
Jenae Herron 1 ace serve, 5 kills, 7 digs
Chelsea Coombs 2 set assists
Kassie Kokesh 2 kills, 1 block, 6 set assists
Melissa Paulson 1 ace serve, 3 kills, 1 block 1 dig
Overall: A 13-7. Next: Aitkin in Subsection 1, Section 7-2A playoffs TBA.
Pequot Lakes statistics
Brittny Bzdok 1 dig, 1 kill
Emma Clement 12 digs
Nicole Traut 1 ace serve, 4 kills, 1 set assist, 5 digs
Abby Palmer 3 ace serves, 12 kills, 6 digs
Kristin Rettkowski 1 set assist, 2 blocks
Sabrina Aldin 2 ace serves, 11 set assists, 1 dig
Katie White 1 ace serve, 13 set assists, 2 kills, 1 block
Kayla Miller 3 ace serves, 13 digs, 8 kills, 2 blocks
Rosie Mitchell 4 kills
Ashley Abear 7 digs, 2 ace serves
Morgan Lohmiller 1 dig, 2 set assists
Overall: PL 19-5-1. Next: Pequot Lakes in North Subsection 8-2A playoffs TBA.
■ Verndale 3,
Staples-Motley 0
VERNDALE — The Verndale Pirates, led by 17 kills from Teresa Moenkedick, cruised past Staples-Motley in three games to win their non-conference match with the Cardinals on Tuesday night.
Sarah Moenkedick notched 23 set assists. Jordan Glenz and Sarah Moenkedick each finished with 16 digs for the Pirates.
Kaitlin Spar recorded five kills, and Ashley Jenniges tipped 12 set assists for the Cardinals.
Staples-Motley 17 17 16
Verndale 25 25 25
Verndale statistics
Shania Glenz 2 ace serves, 8 kills, 12 digs
Teresa Moenkedick 1 ace serve, 17 kills, 12 digs, 1 block
Sarah Moenkedick 23 set assists, 16 digs
Jordyn Glenz 4 ace serves, 9 kills, 16 digs, 1 block
Elyssa Kern 17 set assists, 7 digs
Krista Dailey 4 kills, 3 digs, 2 blocks
Miranda Dougherty 3 kills, 3 digs
Jessica Wright 1 ace serve, 15 digs
Overall: V 19-9-1. Next: Verndale in West Subsection 5-1A playoffs TBA.
Staples-Motley statistics
Kelly Pearson 3 kills, 4 digs
Kaitlin Spar 5 kills, 5 blocks, 8 digs
Ashley Jenniges 1 kill, 1 block, 12 set assists,
Claire Uhlman 1 kill, 4 digs
Theresa Odden 4 kills, 2 blocks, 8 digs
Overall: SM 6-21-1. Next: Staples-Motley in South Subsection 8-2A playoffs TBA.
■ Pierz 3, Maple Lake 1
PIERZ — Bridget Bednar notched 18 kills for the Pierz Pioneers as they defeated the Maple Lake Irish 3-1 in a Central Minnesota Conference match Tuesday.
Jessica Hawks marked up 13 digs and 12 set assists and Brook Brausen added 12 set assists for the Pioneers.
Maple Lake 17 17 25 23
Pierz 25 25 13 25
Pierz statistics
Miranda Woitalla 7 digs
Jessica Hawks 13 digs, 12 set assists, 2 kills, 1 ace serve, 1 block
Brook Brausen 3 digs, 12 set assists
Bridget Bednar 6 digs, 1 set assist, 18 kills, 2 ace serves, 4 blocks
Megan Boser 10 digs
Anna Welle 8 digs, 1 set assist, 6 kills, 4 ace serves, 2 blocks
Kailee Monson 1 dig, 1 kill
Alyssa Boser 2 digs, 2 kills
Michaela Rocheleau 3 digs, 2 set assists, 3 kills 1 block
Conference: Prz 6-1. Overall: Prz 18-10. Next: Pierz in North Subsection 6-2A playoffs TBA.
■ Pine River-Backus 3,
Walker-H-A 1
PINE RIVER — Brittany Kelley contributed 11 kills and five blocks as the Pine-River-Backus Tigers closed out their regular season with a 3-1 Northland Conference win over the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves Tuesday.
Megan Felthous added 10 kills and Journee Howard tipped 20 set assists for the Tigers, who finish 6-1 in the conference.
Walker-H-A 21 18 25 18
PR-Backus 25 25 22 25
Pine River-Backus statistics
Journee Howard 3 kills, 20 set assists, 2 digs
Meg Stevenson 1 ace serve, 1 kill, 2 digs
Nicole Arends 1 kill, 2 blocks, 2 digs
Allison Holm 1 dig
Kelsey Schwartz 2 ace serves, 11 set assists, 1 dig
Liz Downie 1 ace serve, 6 kills, 3 digs
Brittany Kelley 1 ace serve, 11 kills, 5 blocks, 1 set assist, 4 digs
Kayla Adkins 2 kills
Callie Tilbury 1 kill, 1 dig
Cheryl Carlson 1 dig
Carlee Staples 1 dig
Megan Felthous 1 ace serve, 10 kills, 6 digs
Lexi Smith 4 ace serves, 5 digs
Conference: PRB 6-1. Overall: PRB 16-6. Next: Pine River-Backus in East Subsection, Section 5-1A playoffs TBA.
■ Lake Region 3, Woodcrest 0
FRIDLEY — Marlee Moore knocked down seven kills, and Taylor Snow collected six to lead the Lake Region Hornets to a three-set sweep over Woodcrest on Tuesday afternoon.
Sam Snow tipped 17 set assists and Grace Czeczok finished with 10 digs for the Hornets.
Woodcrest 13 15 16
Lake Region 25 25 25
Lake Region statistics
Marlee Moore 7 kills, .5 block, 3 ace serves, 4 digs, 1 set assist
Bethany Cressman 2 kills, 1 block, 3 ace serves, 4 digs, 1 set assist
Sam Snow 4 kills, 1 ace serve, 2 digs, 17 set assists
Taylor Snow 6 kills, 2 ace serves, 7 digs, 2 set assists
Grace Czeczok 3 kills, .5 block, 1 ace serve, 10 digs, 2 set assists
Autumn Martin 3 kills, 1 block, 2 set assists
Molly Grider 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 set assist
Conference: LRCS 8-5. Overall: LRCS 14-5. Next: Lake Region at Chisago Lakes Baptist 5 p.m. Tuesday.
■ Albany 3, Little Falls 0
ALBANY — Noelle Kurowski collected six kills as Little Falls dropped three straight games to Albany on Tuesday night in a Granite Ridge Conference match.
Sierra Virnig registered 13 digs, and Stephanie Wardarski tallied eight set assists for the Flyers.
Albany 25 25 25
Little Falls 13 6 16
Little Falls statistics
Brooke Finch 1 kill, 2 digs
Emily Suska 6 digs
Jennifer Ronning 3 digs, 1 block
Katie Schulte 6 digs
Kendra Pohlman 2 kills, 9 digs, 1 block
Laura Fregin 1 dig
Noelle Kurowski 6 kills, 1 ace serve, 8 digs
Sierra Virnig 13 digs
Stephanie Wardarski 8 set assists, 7 digs
Tristen Zimmerman 2 digs
Conference: LF 5-6. Overall: LF 8-21. Next: Little Falls in North Subsection 6-2A playoffs TBA.
■ Bertha-Hewitt 3,
Pillager 0
BERTHA — Carly Bell recorded 32 digs for the Pillager Huskies in their 3-0 Park Region Conference loss to the Bertha-Hewitt Bears Tuesday.
Lacy Hiltner collected 16 digs and Autumn Borders notched 15 for the Huskies.
Bertha-Hewitt 25 25 25
Pillager 20 15 19
Pillager statistics
Jesslynn Johnson 2 digs
Kelly Mast 4 kills, 23 set assists, 9 digs, 1 block
Lacy Hiltner 6 kills, 16 digs, 1 ace serve
Katie Gillson 9 kills, 1 set assist, 4 digs, 2 blocks
Autumn Borders 4 kills, 15 digs, 1 block
Amber Posner 5 kills, 4 digs, 1 block
Carly Bell 3 kills, 32 digs, 1 ace serve
Conference: P 1-5. Overall: P 11-16. Next: Pillager in East Subsection, Section 5-1A playoffs TBA.
■ Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 3,
Wadena-Deer Creek 2
WADENA — Caitlin Volkmann posted 24 digs, 14 kills and eight blocks, but Class 2A’s ninth-ranked Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines fell to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 3-2 Tuesday.
Emily Miron finished with 29 kills, 10 digs and seven blocks for W-DC, which closed out the regular season with a 19-8 overall record.
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 18 26 18 25 15
Wadena-Deer Creek 25 24 25 23 8
Wadena-Deer Creek statistics
Briana Malone
Casey Volkmann 2 ace serves
Carry nelson 2 digs
Danyel Post
Caitlin Volkmann 14 kills, 24 digs, 8 blocks
Melissa Moenkedick 3 kills, 2 digs, 10 blocks
Sarah Craig 1 kill, 5 digs, 2 set assists, 6 blocks
Hope Theisen 28 digs, 1 ace serve
Sydney Schissel 15 digs
Halley Maas 7 kills, 7 digs, 4 ace serves 1 block
Heather Theisen 1 kill, 14 digs, 1 ace serve, 50 set assists, 2 blocks
Emily Miron 29 kills, 10 digs, 7 blocks
Lacey Barthel
Overall: WDC 19-8. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek in South Subsection 8-2A playoffs TBA.
