Aitkin 18 25 25 26
Ogilvie 25 20 23 24
AITKIN -- Talia Otto had 10 aces and Kelly Steffens had 13 blocks to lead the Aitkin Gobblers past Ogilvie 3-1 in Great River Conference play.
Aitkin statistics
Talia Otto 10 aces, 1 blocks, 3 digs
Brittany Swanson 4 aces, 6 digs
Melissa Hasskamp 1 aces, 4 blocks, 5 digs
Erin Carlson 1 ace, 2 digs
Jodi Oxborough 2 aces, 2 digs
Amy Duffy 2 digs
Ashley Heins 13 digs
Kelly Steffens 13 blocks, 5 digs
Erin Eno 3 digs
Conference -- A 1-0. Overall -- A 1-0. Next match -- A at Isle 7 p.m. Thursday.
Cathedral 25 25 25
Pierz 17 21 12
ST. CLOUD -- Pierz's Jenae Swanson served six aces and Lisa Pohlkamp had five kills but the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders came away with the victory 3-0 Tuesday night.
"Cathedral is very good offensively," said Pioneers coach Kurt Stumpf. "We just didn't have the blocking or defense to counter that."
Pierz statistics
Tonya Athman 1 kill, 11 digs
Jenae Swanson 6 aces, 6 set assists, 6 digs
Amber Kummet 1 kill, 18 digs
Lisa Pohlkamp 5 kills, 5 digs
Ashley Athman 2 kills, 4 digs
Sarah Kahl 2 kills
Christy Virnig 2 kills, 7 digs
Lisa Kurtz 1 ace, 6 set assists, 7 digs
Overall -- P 2-1 . Next match -- at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 6:00 PM Thursday.
W-DC 25 25 25
Sebeka 10 18 21
SEBEKA -- Kasey Theisen set up teammates with 13 set assists and Jessica Davis added five kills in a 3-0 Wadena-Deer Creek victory over Sebeka in girls' volleyball Tuesday.
W-DC statistics
Jessica Davis 5 kills
Brittany Anderson 4 aces, 4 kills, 8 digs
Nikki Kneisl 2 aces, 3 kills, 4 digs
Kasey Theisen 3 aces, 13 set assists, 9 digs
Conference -- WDC 1-0. Overall -- WDC 2-1. Next match -- WDC hosts Park Rapids 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
PR-B 25 25 25
Pillager 13 14 16
PILLAGER -- Pine River-Backus defeated Pillager in volleyball Tuesday 3-0 thanks to a balanced team effort from the Tigers.
Setter Lara Marvin had 20 set assists and four ace serves to help lead the Tigers to the win.
Pine River-Backus statistics
Amanda Perkins 1 ace serve, 5 digs
Amber Bauman 1 ace serve, 8 digs
Sheri Hoefs 1 kill
Erica Richards 4 kills, 1 dig
Erin Cusac 1 ace serve, 8 kills, 5 digs
Jenny Schrupp 3 ace serves, 7 kills, 5 digs
Kirsten Skarbonkiewicz 1 dig
Kelcie Bouchonbille 2 ace serves, 1 kill, 1 dig
Chelsey Dabill 3 kills, 2 digs
Lara Marvin 4 ace serves, 1 kill, 4 digs, 20 set assists
Kayla Hamilton 3 kills
Pillager statistics
Whitney Hoheisel 6 kills
Tracy Bell 4 set assists
Conference -- PRB 3-0, P 0-2. Overall -- PRB 2-0, P 0-3. Next match -- PRB hosts the Pine Lakes Tourney 8:30 a.m. Saturday; Pill. hosts Verndale 7 p.m. Thursday.
Henning 25 23 25 25
Verndale 20 25 12 17
VERNDALE -- The Verndale Pirates were led by Chelsa Beaver who had 29 digs, two kills, two blocks and a ace serve but it wasn't enough to hold back Henning from a 3-1 win.
Verndale statistics
Tasha Olson 1 kill, 5 digs
Courtney Brantsner 1 kill, 17 digs, 3 blocks
Kelly Schmidt 7 kills, 18 digs, 2 blocks
Sami Seaton 4 set assists, 5 kills, 12 digs, 10 blocks
Trista Dockham 5 set assists, 1 kill, 5 digs
Chelsa Beaver 1 service ace, 2 kills, 29 digs, 2 blocks
Sara Wenzel 1 kill, 10 digs
Kelly Stave 2 blocks
Stacey Schoon 1 service ace, 1 kill, 18 digs, 10 blocks
Maria Moenkedick 1 block
Amanda Eden 1 set assist, 5 digs, 1 block
Conference -- V 0-2. Overall -- V 0-3. Next match -- V at Pillager 7:15 p.m. Thursday.
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