The Central Lakes College Raiders got off on the wrong foot but rebounded to defeat Fond Du Lac by a 3-1 score in the Northern Division opener for the Raiders Wednesday in Cloquet.
Alanna Hansen finished with 12 kills and Lindsay Monson knocked down 10 to lead the Raiders attack. Tiffany Hartung tallied 32 set assists.
Defensively Hayley Hornick and Sarah Miller each scooped 11 digs and Carlie Sweet knocked back four blocks.
“We were not prepared at the beginning of the game,” said head coach Jane Peterson. “After game one, it was us serving well and passing well. We also had a total of 19 aces which is a lot.”
Crysta Christensen finished with nine aces herself as CLC moved their overall record to 5-3.
Fond Du Lac 25 10 11 10
Central Lakes 20 25 25 25
Central Lakes statistics
Crysta Christensen 5 kills, 9 ace serves, 8 digs, 2 blocks
Alanna Hansen 12 kills, 1 set assist, 1 block
Hayley Hornick 2 kills, 1 ace serve, 11 digs
Carlie Sweet 4 kills, 1 set assist, 1 ace serve, 1 dig, 4 blocks
Tatum Hall 1 set assist, 1 dig
Tiffany Hartung 2 kills, 32 set assists, 2 ace serves, 5 digs
Amanda Larson 3 kills, 1 ace serve, 2 digs, 2 blocks
Sarah Miller 11 digs
Lindsay Monson 10 kills, 5 ace serves, 1 block
Kelana Wurtinger 1 set assist, 5 digs
Division: CLC 1-0. Overall: CLC 5-3. Next: Vermilion at Central Lakes 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14.
