Raiders finish weekend 3-1

WILLMAR - The Central Lakes College Raiders beat Ellsworth 3-0 and Bismarck 3-1 Saturday to finish 3-1 in the Ridgewater tournament.

Individual leaders for the Raiders Saturday were Erica Feldewerd with 18 kills, Krystle Hamilton 29 digs, Rachel Pfeffer six aces and 54 set assists and Elora Meisner and Kirstie Grill with five blocks apiece.

CLC went 0-4 in the season-opening Iowa Lakes tournament last season.

"Every time we've played we've gotten better at something," Raiders coach Jane Peterson said. "That's a good sign. We're a very young team. It's encouraging that we're constantly improving. To play teams that are good, three Division II teams, and the best Division III team I've ever seen (Rock Valley), to be competitive, that definitely helped us.

"It pointed out some things we need to get better at, things I knew and .... now the players know. At all those practices, that's why some things were said over and over again.

"We have three players who are freshmen eligibility wise who are academically sophomores so they haven't played on a competitive team for a year. It might take a while to get them back."

Ellsworth 14 21 18

Central Lakes 25 25 25

Bismarck 22 25 20 23

Central Lakes 25 21 25 25

Central Lakes statistics Saturday

Kayla Atkinson 2 aces, 14 digs,

Rachel Pfeffer 8 kills, 6 aces, 23 digs, 2 blocks, 54 set assists

Erica Feldewerd 18 kills, 1 ace, 26 digs, 2 blocks

Megan Rakow 4 aces, 14 digs

Katie Amundson 3 digs

Elora Meisner 9 kills, 2 digs, 5 blocks

Jenna Terhaar 12 kills, 3 digs, 1 block

Tika Klauck 4 kills, 3 digs

Kirstie Grill 14 kills, 3 aces, 8 digs, 5 blocks

Krystle Hamilton 2 aces, 29 digs,

Kaitlyn Roerick 11 kills, 2 digs, 4 blocks

Overall: CLC 3-1. Next match: CLC at Mesabi 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.