Raiders consolation champions at Mankato tournament

MANKATO -- The Central Lakes College Raiders volleyball team won the consolation championship at the Mankato Bethany tournament Saturday.

In the tournament's pool play, the Raiders lost 2-15, 5-15 to Kishwaukee of Illinois. The Raiders then defeated Mesabi 15-7, 15-2, before bowing to Ridgewater 15-10, 11-15, 15-17.

In the consolation bracket, the Raiders defeated Hibbing 15-5, 15-13, and went on to defeat Mesabi in the consolation championship match 15-1, 15-1.

Raider Katie Bell led her team in serving, going 52-54 with 11 ace serves. Bell also added 104 set assists, 24 digs, nine kills and three blocks.

"We dominated Mesabi," said Raiders coach Jane Peterson. "We improved our hitting and setting. Becky Poster had a great weekend with a .492 hitting percentage. We traveled more than 1,200 miles in the past eight days and now we get a well deserved week off."

Raiders statistics

Jessie Fischer 15-20 serving, 3 ace serves, 7 digs

Katie Bell 52-54 serving, 11 ace serves, 9 kills, 104 set assists, 24 digs, 3 blocks

Jessica Hess 5 ace serves, 25-28 serving, 10 digs

Katie Foss 29-33 serving, 1 ace serve, 13 digs

Marie Kern 18 kills, 3 digs, 4 blocks

Becky Poster 18-21 serving, 3 ace serves, 39 kills, 17 digs, 5 blocks

Becca Nagel 30-36 serving, 4 ace serves, 5 digs

Amanda Meyer 15 kills, 27-29 serving, 5 ace serves, 6 digs, 1 block

Dayna Dickinson 10-11 serving, 2 ace serves, 9 kills, 17 digs, 1 block

Steph McGrane 24 kills, 21 digs, 2 blocks

Anna Struss 10 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks

Conference -- CLC 5-1. Overall -- CLC 13-5. Next match -- CLC hosts Itasca Wednesday.