WADENA - The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines lived up to their Class 2A ninth-place state ranking, dispatching visiting Pelican Rapids 26-24, 25-16, 25-15.
Sophomore outside hitter Brittney Noon had 16 kills for the Wolverines while middle hitters Rachel Craig and Kelly DeFoe had 10 and 9 blocks, respectively. Junior setter Courtney Volkmann had 26 set assists to go along with seven kills and six ace serves.
Pelican Rapids 24 16 15
Wadena-Deer Creek 26 25 25
Wadena-Deer Creek statistics
Caitlin Volkmann 6 digs, 1 ace serve
Kelsi Crawford 8 kills
Courtney Volkmann 7 kills, 3 digs, 6 ace serves, 26 set assists
Hope Theisen 10 digs
Brittney Noon 16 kills, 1 block
Kelly DeFoe 2 kills, 9 blocks
Avery Jackson 5 digs
Mandy Perkins 12 digs, 1 ace serve
Rachael Carlisle 5 kills, 3 blocks
Rachel Craig 2 kills, 10 blocks
Overall: WDC 4-0 . Next: Detroit Lakes at Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Pine River-Backus 3, Cass Lake- Bena 1
CASS LAKE - Katie Wangberg collected 16 set assists, 13 digs and eight kills to lead Pine River-Backus past Northwoods Conference opponent Cass Lake-Bena 3-1 Tuesday.
Kendra Hamilton slammed 11 kills for the Tigers who improve to 4-2 overall.
Pine River-Backus 25 25 23 25
Cass Lake-Bena 23 21 25 14
Pine River-Backus statistics
Katie Wangberg 8 kills, 4 blocks, 13 digs, 2 ace serves, 16 set assists
Emalee Arends 6 kills, 1 block, 5 digs, 1 set assist
Nikki Tulenchik 3 ace serves, 4 digs
Crysta Christensen 4 kills, 6 digs, 2 ace serves
Kendra Hamilton 11 kills, 2 blocks
Morgan Demars 2 kills, 5 digs, 5 set assists, 2 ace serves
Hannah Zaske 1 kill, 4 digs
Monica Hamilton 2 kills
Ashley Kline 2 ace serves, 1 dig
Conference: PRB 1-0. Overall: PRB 4-2. Next: Pine River-Backus hosts Aitkin 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sebeka 3, Pequot Lakes 0
SEBEKA - Pequot Lakes came up short by a 3-0 score at Sebeka in non-conference action Tuesday night.
Chelsea Walton had 15 blocks for Pequot while Chelsea Ekeberg and Mattie Lueck had 18 and 17 set assists, respectively.
Pequot Lakes 8 19 21
Sebeka 25 25 25
Pequot Lakes statistics
Audra Clement 1 dig, 1 set assist, 1 kill, 1 block
Chelsea Walton 2 set assists, 15 blocks, 2 kills
Emily Lueck 12 digs, 5 set assists, 3 blocks, 3 kills
Chelsea Ekeberg 1 ace serve, 18 set assists, 1 dig
Renee Kardell 5 digs, 7 set assists, 5 blocks, 5 kills, 2 ace serves
Rachael Mott 1 block, 1 kill
Kirsten Noska 1 ace serve, 1 kill, 1 block, 5 digs
Kendra Johnson 4 digs, 5 blocks
Mattie Lueck 5 digs, 17 set assists, 3 blocks
Sabrina Aldin 1 dig
Abby Palmer 5 digs
Overall: PL 2-6. Next: Pequot Lakes in Barb Neprud tournament at Crosby-Ironton 9 a.m. Saturday.
Fergus Falls 3, Little Falls 2
LITTLE FALLS - After winning the first game the Little Falls Flyers lost the next three in a Central Lakes Conference match Tuesday night.
Little Falls was led by Alayna Kabanuk with 16 kills and 18 digs. Lexi Hirsch had 11 digs and 25 set assists. Lindsay Kapus had 10 kills for the Flyers.
Fergus Falls 21 25 25 26
Little Falls 25 22 23 24
Little Falls statistics
Alayna Kabanuk 16 kills, 1 ace serve, 18 digs
Alexa Kapsner 10 digs
Breanna Arndt 4 kills, 2 ace serves, 8 digs, 1 block
Jessica Hanowski 3 kills, 1 ace serve, 18 set assists, 12 digs, 1 block
Lexi Hirsch 11 kills, 25 set assists, 9 digs, .5 blocks
Lindsay Kapus 10 kills, 1 dig, 1.5 blocks
Paige Saulter 4 kills, 1 ace serve 15 digs
Conference: LF 1-2. Overall: LF 4-3. Next: Rocori at Little Falls 7 p.m. Thursday.
Onamia 3, Aitkin 0
ONAMIA - Carissa Herron contributed four ace serves and a kill in Aitkin's 3-0 loss to Onamia in a Great River Conference matchup Tuesday.
Shelby Kokesh added three kills for the Gobblers.
Aitkin 11 21 19
Onamia 25 25 25
Aitkin statistics
Anjelica Montano 2 ace serves, 2 kills
Kristy Hoge 1 kill
Alyssa Haugley 2 ace serves, 2 kills
Shelby Kokesh 3 kills
Lena Montano 1 ace serve, 1 kill
Carissa Herron 4 ace serves, 1 kills
Abby Nelson 1 kill
Conference: A 1-2. Overall: A 1-4. Next: Aitkin at Pine River-Backus 7:15 p.m. Thursday.
Sartell 3, Pierz 2
PIERZ - Sammi Lucking slammed 17 kills and eight blocks but Sartell squeezed past Pierz 3-2 in a tight non-conference match Tuesday.
Pierz, which entered the game 8-0, traded games with the Sabres before dropping the decisive fifth set 15-8.
Kelsey Meyer doled out 44 set assists to go along with nine digs while Katelyn Fuhrman and Hannah Groves each collected 10 digs.
Sartell 22 25 24 27 15
Pierz 25 21 26 25 8
Pierz statistics
Miranda Przybilla 12 digs
Amber Preimesberger 6 kills, 2 set assists, 5 digs
Lindsay Monson 12 kills, 1 ace serve,
Sam Herold 1 ace serve, 10 digs
Hannah Groves 6 kills, 2 ace serves, 10 digs
Katelyn Fuhrman 1 kill, 1 set assist, 10 digs
Kelsey Meyer 2 kills, 3 blocks, 44 set assists, 1 ace serve, 9 digs
Emily Weber 6 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs
Sammi Lucking 19 kills, 8 blocks, 3 ace serves, 2 digs
Overall: Prz 8-1. Next: Pierz vs. Eden Valley-Watkins at Eden Valley 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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