Pine River-Backus Tigers sweep Staples-Motley

STAPLES - Naomi Anderson pounded out 13 kills and also had an ace serve for Pine River-Backus in a three-game sweep of Staples-Motley on Tuesday.

Taylor Sheley had five kills and two ace serves for the Tigers.

Pine River-Backus 25 25 25

Staples-Motley 20 10 17

Pine River-Backus statistics

Laura Kaiser 1 dig, 1 ace serve

Katie Wangberg 3 kills, 13 set assists, 3 digs

Caitlyn Mecklenberg 3 kills

Taylor Sheley 2 ace serves, 5 kills, 2 assists, 5 digs

Scarlet Rudlang 1 set assist

Krystle Hamilton 2 ace serves, 1 assist, 10 digs

Paige Sepin 3 kills, 2 set assists, 1 dig

Naomi Anderson 1 ace serve, 13 kills, 4 digs

Mackenzie Sepin 9 set assists

Kristina Belivars 1 ace serve, 1 kill, 4 digs

Laura Laposky 15 digs

Conference: PRB 2-0. Overall: PRB 2-0. Next: Pine River-Backus in Pine and Lakes Tournament, Saturday September 8th at Pequot Lakes.

Pierz 3, Little Falls 0

PIERZ - Gabrielle Boser had 14 set assists and 11 digs and Katie Kimman had 8 kills and 13 digs to lead the Pierz Pioneers past the Little Falls Flyers 3-0 in non-conference volleyball Tuesday.

For Little Falls, Hannah Cotton had 11 set assists.

Pierz 25 25 25

Little Falls 15 16 21

Pierz statistics

Gabrielle Boser- 6 kills, 14 set asst., 1 ace, 11 digs

Kaylee Hawks- 4 kills, 1 ace, 8 digs

Jonica Swanson- 1 kill, 1 block, 8 set asst., 6 digs

Maggie Poster- 2 aces, 1 dig

Kelsey Saehr- 8 digs

Shelby Fuhrman- 1 blk

Katie Kimman- 8 kills, 3 blocks, 3 aces, 13 digs

Rachel Bednar- 3 aces, 3 digs

Sammi Lucking- 5 kills, 3 blocks,

Little Falls statistics

Melissa Hurni- 1 kill, 2 set asst., 1 block.

Hannah Cotton- 1 ace, 11 set asst.

Alyssa Bassett- 1 set asst.

Lauren Mackinac- 4 kills, 3 aces

Marissa Gessell- 2 kills, 1 block.

Ashly Erickson- 4 kills

Overall: P 1-0, LF 1-4. Next: Pierz at Crosby-Ironton 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Little Falls Tuesday at Sartell.

Parkers Prairie 3,

Verndale 0

VERNDALE - Jackie Finck had 19 digs as Verndale lost 3-0 to Parkers Prairie Tuesday night in its season-opening game.

Parkers Prairie 25 29 25

Verndale 21 27 19

Verndale statistics

Jackie Finck- 1 set asst., 3 kills, 19 digs, 2 blocks

Cathy Kempe- 6 digs

Kelsy Booth-1 set asst., 4 kills, 5 digs

Trista Finck-1 ace serve, 2-set asst., 4 kills, 11digs, 11blocks

Jackie Kern- 9 set assists, 4 kills, 14 digs, 12 blocks

Nicole Bart- 1 ace, 14 set assist, 1 kill, 10 digs, 1 block

Kaitlain Bunrud- 1 dig

Hillary Kern- 4 aces, set asst, 4 kills, 14 digs, 11 blocks

Overall: V 0-1 . Next: Verndale hosts Eagle Valley Thursday.