Staples-Motley blanks Aitkin

AITKIN - Ashley Miles finished with seven ace serves and eight set assists for the Staples-Motley Cardinals in Tuesday's 3-0 sweep of the Aitkin Gobblers.

Kelly Pearson finished with four kills and five ace serves, and Nikki Pearson had five kills and four ace serves for the Tigers.

Lena Montano finished with six kills and Courtney Melissa Paulson had four blocks for the Gobblers.

Staples-Motley 25 25 25

Aitkin 10 17 13

Aitkin statistics

Kristy Hoge 3 kills, 1.5 blocks, 2 set assists

Alyssa Haugley 2 set assists

Lena Montano 6 kills, 1 ace serve, 1 dig

Anjelica Montano 1 kill, 0.5 block

Carissa Heron 2 blocks

Courtney Tesch 1 ace serve, 1 dig, 2 set assists

Melissa Paulson 1 ace serve, 4 blocks,

Abby Nelson 1 dig

Staples-Motley statistics

Kelly Pearson 4 kills, 5 ace serves, 2 digs, 1 block

Autumn Murray 1 kill, 4 ace serves, 1 dig, 2 set assists

Kelly Rese 1 ace serve

Abby Smith 4 kills, 3 ace serves, 1 dig, 1 set assists

Nikki Pearson 5 kills, 4 ace serves, 2 digs, 1 block

Ashley Miles 7 ace serves, 2 digs, 8 set assists

Lonna Dumpprope 1 ace serve, 1 dig, 1 set assist

Kelly Roline 3 kills

Pierz 3, Little Falls 2

PIERZ - Sammi Lucking had a huge night, slamming 20 kills and collecting seven blocks while collecting 17 digs to lead Pierz past Little Falls 3-2 Tuesday.

Kelsey Meyer also played a large role in the win, contributing 37 set assists and 13 digs for the Pioneers. Hannah Groves also tallied 10 digs for Pierz.

The Flyers were led by Lexi Hirsch who provided 13 set assists in addition to 14 digs and six kills. Jessica Hanowski ended with 13 set assists and added eight digs for Little Falls.

Little Falls 19 25 28 21 5

Pierz 25 23 26 25 15

Little Falls statistics

Alayna Kabanuk 6 kills, 3 digs, 2 blocks

Alexa Kapsner 9 digs

Breanna Arndt 5 kills, 5 digs, 1 block

Jessica Hanowski 1 kill, 1 ace serve, 8 digs, 1 block, 13 set assists

Lexi Hirsch 6 kills, 2 ace serves, 14 digs, 13 set assists

Lindsay Kapus 7 kills, 1 ace serve, 4 digs, 5 blocks

Paige Saulter 4 kills, 2 ace serves, 17 digs, 1 block

Sierra Hoheisel 1 kills, 2 ace serves, 5 digs, 1 set assist

Pierz statistics

Miranda Przybilla 1 kill, 1 block, 6 digs

Erika Broschofsky 3 kills, 1 block

Kayla Stich 3 digs

Hannah Groves 4 kills, 2 ace serves, 10 digs

Kelsey Meyer 37 set assists, 1 ace serve, 13 digs

Emily Weber 1 kill, 5 ace serves

Katelyn Fuhrman 1 kill, 8 digs

Amber Preimesberger 3 kills, 1 block

Sammi Lucking 20 kills, 7 blocks, 3 ace serves, 17 digs

Lindsay Monson 4 kills, 3 ace serves, 1 block, 3 digs

Overall: Prz 1-0, LF 0-3. Next match: Pierz at Crosby-Ironton 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Little Falls at Holdingford 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Parkers Prairie 3,

Verndale 0

VERNDALE - Trista Finck tallied 14 digs and 11 kills in Tuesday's 3-0 loss to the Parkers Prairie Panthers in non-conference play.

Brittany Kern had 25 set assists and Jamie Kern finished with 11 digs for the Pirates in their season opener.

Parkers Prairie 25 25 25

Verndale 8 16 20

Verndale statistics

Trista Finck 11 kills, 14 digs

Jamie Kern 11 digs

Brittany Kern 25 set assists

Overall: V 0-1. Next match: Verndale hosts Eagle Valley 7 p.m. Thursday.