CROSBY - With its 25-19, 22-25, 15-9 victory over Crosby-Ironton, the second in two weeks, the Pine River-Backus Tigers won the Silver Division of the Barb Neprud tournament Saturday.
Hermantown won the Gold Division with a perfect 4-0 record.
PR-B defeated Pillager and lost to Eveleth-Gilbert to land in the Silver Division. There the Tigers beat Walker-Hackensack-Akeley to set up the championship with C-I, who topped Robbinsdale-Cooper in the other semifinal.
Pillager placed fourth in the Gold Division, while Staples-Motley finished second and Pequot third in the Bronze Division.
Pool play
Pool A
Chisholm def. Cass Lake-Bena 25-14, 25-17
Crosby-Ironton def. CL-B 25-22, 25-18
Chisholm def. C-I 25-12, 19-25, 15-10
Pool B
Hermantown def. Staples-Motley 25-9, 25-17
Hermantown def. Robbinsdale-Cooper 25-11, 25-19
Robbinsdale-Cooper def. S-M 25-19, 25-11
Pool C
Pine River-Backus def. Pillager 25-18, 25-22
Pillager def. Eveleth-Gilbert 25-12, 25-13
E-G def. PR-B 27-25, 25-22
Pool D
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley def. Pequot Lakes 25-19, 22-25, 15-8
Greenway def. W-H-A 20-25, 25-23, 15-11
Greenway def. Pequot Lakes 25-19, 25-16
Gold Division
Champion: Hermantown def. Greenway 25-22, 25-27, 15-9
Third: Chisholm def. Pillager 25-14, 25-20
First round: Hermantown def. Chisholm 25-16, 26-24
Greenway def. Pillager 25-23, 25-15
Silver Division
Champion: PR-B def. C-I 25-19, 22-25, 15-8
Third: Robbinsdale-Cooper def. W-H-A 25-22, 23-25, 15-11
First round: C-I def. R-C 25-21, 25-19
PR-B def. W-H-A 16-25, 25-20, 15-7
Bronze Division
Champ: Eveleth-Gilbert def. S-M 25-12, 25-20
Third: Pequot def. CL-B 25-21, 28-26
First round: S-M def. CL-B 25-22, 23-25, 15-4
E-G def. Pequot 29-27, 22-25, 15-9
Crosby-Ironton statistics
Lacey Lindahl 5 ace serves, 3 kills, 51 set assists, 42 digs, 1 block
Katie Swanhorst 2 ace serves, 14 kills, 10 digs
Cassie Valentino 14 digs
Kendra Perpich 9 digs
Katie Kraemer 15 digs
Jana Anderson 7 ace serves, 25 kills, 1 set assist, 39 digs, 2 blocks
Marcie Hendrickson 7 ace serves, 14 kills, 11 set assists, 16 digs, 1 block
Missy Foote 12 kills, 1 set assist, 7 digs, 6 blocks
Sienna Miller 1 ace serve, 10 kills, 18 digs, 3 blocks
Maggie Buchite 12 digs
Amy Biever 21 digs
Overall: CI 3-9. Next: Crosby-Ironton hosts Aitkin 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Pequot Lakes statistics
Abby Palmer 2 blocks, 13 digs, 6 kills, 2 aces, 1 set assist
Audra Clement 1 block, 2 digs, 6 kills, 2 set assists
Chelsea Walton 15 blocks, 1 dig, 11 kills, 2 set assists
Emily Lueck 7 blocks, 25 digs, 6 kills, 6 aces, 2 set assists
Chelsea Ekeberg 8 digs, 3 kills, 4 aces, 19 set assists
Renee Kardell 1 block, 15 digs, 9 kills, 2 aces, 1 set assist
Rachel Mott 15 blocks, 6 digs, 5 kills, 1 set assist
Kirsten Noska 30 digs, 4 aces, 3 set assists
Kendra Johnson 2 blocks, 6 digs, 9 kills, 2 aces
Kayla Wangen 18 digs
Mattie Lueck 8 digs, 1 kill, 5 aces, 15 set assists
Overall: PL 3-9. Next: Pequot Lakes hosts Pillager 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Pillager statistics
Jackie White 10 kills, 3 ace serves, 8 digs, 1 ace block, 1 set assist
Ally Hunstad 4 ace serves, 18 set assists, 9 digs
Jasmin Massie 11 kills, 2 blocks
Emily Doss 11 digs, 9 aces serves, 26 set assists
Kaylie Hanson 13 kills, 32 digs, 5 ace serves
Overall: Pill 3-5. Next: Pillager at Pequot Lakes 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Staples-Motley statistics
Kelly Reese 1 ace serve
Autumn Murray 1 set assist, 1 block, 1 ace, 3 kills
Abby Smith 3 set assists, 5 blocks, 6 aces, 10 kills
Kelli Roline 2 set assists, 3 blocks, 1 ace, 1 dig, 10 kills
Nikki Pearson 3 set assists, 10 blocks, 8 aces, 2 digs, 22 kills
Kelly Pearson 8 blocks, 1 dig, 11 kills
Jennifer Vasquez 1 assists, 1 block, 6 digs, 1 kill
Ashley Miles 45 set assist, 1 dig, 4 kills
Overall: SM 4-9. Next: Staples-Motley at Pelican Rapids 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
W-DC second, Pierz fourth
SAUK RAPIDS - The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines fell to Annandale to finish second in Saturday's Sauk Rapids Invite.
The Pierz Pioneers finished fourth and were led by Sammi Lucking's 43 kills and 15 blocks, Kelsey Meyer's 113 set assists and Miranda Przybilla's 60 digs.
Little Falls finished the tournament 1-3. Alayna Kabanuk's 27 kills led the Flyers as did Lexi Hirsch's 70 set assists and 37 digs.
Team results
Little Falls
Sauk Centre def. Little Falls 25-19, 25-11
St. Cloud Apollo def. Little Falls 18-25, 25-22, 15-13
Little Falls def. Holdingford 25-20, 25-9
Mora def. Little Falls 21-25, 25-19, 15-8
Pierz
Pierz def. Elk Rive 26-24, 25-22
Pierz def. Monticello 25-20, 27-25
Annandale def. Pierz 25-9, 25-2, 17-15
Third-place: Sauk Centre def. Pierz 23-25, 25-20, 15-9
Little Falls statistics
Alayna Kabanuk 27 kills, 2 ace serves, 27 digs
Alexa Kapsner 1 set assist, 27 digs
Breanna Arndt 13 kills, 3 ace serve, 12 digs, 1 block
Jessica Hanowski 7 kills, 3 set assists, 2 ace serves, 10 dig, 1 block
Lexi Hirsch 6 kills, 1 ace serve, 70 set assists, 37 digs, 1 block
Lindsay Kapus 19 kills, 2 ace serve, 15 digs, 1 block
Paige Saulter 9 kills, 6 ace serves, 1 set assist, 30 digs. 0.5 block
Sierra Hoheisel 2 kills, 1 set assist, 6 digs, 1 ace serve
Stephanie Ronning 6 digs
Overall: LF 5-9. Next: Little Falls at Alexandria 7 p.m. Thursday.
Pierz statistics
Miranda Przybilla 60 digs
Kayla Stich 8 digs
Amber Preimesberger 12 kills, 7 blocks, six set assists, 4 digs
Lindsay Monson 14 kills, 6 blocks, 2 ace serves, 4 digs
Sam Herold 2 set assists, 27 digs
Hannah Groves 18 kills, 6 blocks, 44 digs
Katelyn Fuhrman 1 kill, 2 set assists, 2 ace serves, 30 digs
Kelsey Meyer 5 kills, 113 set assists, 27 digs
Emily Weber 14 kills, 4 blocks, 7 ace serves, 9 digs
Erika Broschofsky 6 kills, 6 blocks, 3 digs
Sammi Lucking 43 kills, 15 blocks, 2 ace serves, 6 digs
Overall: Prz 11-3. Next: Pierz at Sauk Rapids 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
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