PILLAGER - Kaylie Hanson finished 24-for-24 serving, with five aces, 18 digs and 10 kills as Pillager lost to Verndale 3-1 Thursday in a non-conference match.
Emily Doss finished with 17 set assists and 10 digs for the Huskies while Jackie White added 17 digs and eight kills.
Verndale 20 25 25 25
Pillager 25 20 19 22
Pillager statistics
Bristy Bourgoin 11 digs
Jackie White 8 kills, 17 digs, 1 block
Ally Hunstad 5 set assists, 4 digs
Devyn Mudgett 4 digs
Breeanna Deyo 3 kills, 3 blocks
Jessie Kadus 1 kill, 2 ace serves, 10 digs
Shanna Pugh 1 dig
Kaylie Hanson 10 kills, 5 ace serves, 18 digs
Emily Doss 17 set assists, 3 ace serves, 10 digs, 1 block
Jasmin Massie 4 kills, 3 blocks
Overall: Pill 6-7. Next: Pillager in Walker-Hackensack-Akeley tournament at Walker Saturday.
Verndale statistics
Trista Finck 18 kills
Brittany Kern 22 set assists
Jamie Kern 3 blocks
Trista Finck 3 blocks
Elizabeth Johnson 3 blocks
Wadena-Deer Creek 3, Pine River-Backus 0
PINE RIVER - Courtney Volkmann tallied 29 set assists and seven ace serves as Wadena-Deer Creek improved to 12-1 with a 3-0 win over non-conference opponent Pine River-Backus Thursday.
Brittany Noon pounded 13 kills and Rachel Craig added eight kills and eight blocks for the Wolverines.
Katie Wangberg accumulated 10 digs and 10 set assists for the Tigers.
Wadena-Deer Creek 25 25 25
Pine River-Backus 19 12 16
Pine River-Backus statistics
Katie Wangberg 4 kills, 2 blocks, 10 digs, 10 set assists, 1 ace serve
Emalee Arends 3 kills, 1 block, 2 digs, 1 ace serve, 1 set assist
Nikki Tulenchik 4 digs, 1 ace serve
Crysta Christensen 4 kills, 5 digs, 1 ace serve
Kendra Hamilton 4 kills, 1 block, 4 digs
Morgan Demars 6 digs, 1 ace serve, 2 set assists
Hannah Zaske 1 kill, 1 block
Overall: PRB 9-7. Next: Northome at Pine River-Backus 2 p.m. Friday.
Wadena-Deer Creek statistics
Caitlin Volkmann 8 digs
Kelsi Crawford 5 kills, 1 block
Courtney Volkmann 3 kills, 5 digs, 4 blocks, 7 ace serves, 29 set assists
Hope Theisen 8 digs
Brittney Noon 13 kills, 5 digs, 1 block
Kelly DeFoe 5 kills, 5 blocks
Avery Jackson 8 digs, 2 aces
Mandy Perkins 7 digs, 1 ace serve
Rachael Carlisle 3 kills, 3 blocks
Rachel Craig 8 kills, 3 digs, 8 blocks
Overall: WDC 12-1. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Pierz tournament 9 a.m. Saturday.
Bertha-Hewitt 3, Staples-Motley 0
STAPLES - Nikki Pearson had 10 kills and eight blocks as the Staples-Motley Cardinals lost 3-0 to Bertha-Hewitt in a non-conference match Thursday.
Ashley Miles had 14 set assists and Kelly Pearson had seven blocks and four kills.
The flu-stricken Cardinals get somewhat of a reprieve as their next game isn't until next Thursday when they host Crosby-Ironton.
Bertha-Hewitt 25 26 25
Staples-Motley 15 24 13
Staples-Motley statistics
Lonna Dumpprope 1 assist, 2 digs
Autumn Murray 5 blocks, 1 kill
Kelli Roline 3 blocks, 1 ace serve, 1 kill
Nikki Pearson 8 blocks, 1 ace serve, 1 dig, 10 kills
Kelly Pearson 7 blocks, 4 kills
Jennifer Vasquez 2 blocks, 1 dig, 2 kills
Ashley Miles 14 assists, 1 ace serve 1 dig 1 kill
Seanay Miner 2 blocks, 1 kill
Miranda LeGendre 1 ace serve
Overall: 4-13 SM . Next: Crosby-Ironton at Staples-Motley 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Hinckley-Finlayson 3, Aitkin 1
HINCKLEY - Lena Montano collected 15 digs and four kills as Aitkin lost to Hinckley-Finlayson 3-1 in a Great River Conference match Thursday.
Abby Nelson contributed 13 digs and three kills while Caitlin Landrus picked up 10 digs.
Hinckley-Finlayson 25 19 25 25
Aitkin 23 25 15 16
Aitkin statistics
Anjelica Montano 3 digs, 2 kills
Courtney Tesch 3 digs
Kristy Hoge 3 ace serves, 4 digs, 1 kill
Caitlin Landrus 10 digs
Alyssa Haugley 1 ace serve, 1 set assist
Shelby Kokesh 3 blocks, 9 digs, 4 kills
Abby Nelson 2 ace serves, 13 digs, 3 kills
Lena Montano 2 ace serves, 15 digs, 4 kills
Carissa Herron 1 dig, 1 block, 2 kills
Conference: A 1-5. Overall: A 1-9. Next: Aitkin at Braham 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Virginia 3, Crosby-Ironton 1
CROSBY - Jana Anderson's led the Crosby-Ironton Rangers with 11 kills and 18 digs in Thursday's 3-1 non-conference loss to the Virginia Blue Devils.
Lacey Lindahl led the Rangers with 31 set assists and Amy Biever added 15 digs.
Virginia 24 26 25 25
Crosby-Ironton 26 24 17 20
Crosby-Ironton statistics
Katie Swanhorst 6 kills, 6 digs, 1 set assists
Lacey Lindahl 3 kills, 9 digs, 31 set assists
Marcie Hendrickson 5 kills, 1 ace serve, 11 digs, 2 set assists
Jana Anderson 11 kills, 18 digs, 2 blocks
Katie Kraemer 5 digs
Cassie Valentino 4 digs
Missy Foote 8 kills, 13 digs, 4 blocks
Sienna Miller 10 kills, 2 ace serves, 6 kills
September Prushek 6 digs
Maggie Buchite 6 digs
Amy Biever 15 digs
Overall: C-I 5-11. Next: Deer River at Crosby-Ironton 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Willmar 3, Little Falls 0
LITTLE FALLS - Lexi Hirsch tallied 17 set assists as Little Falls lost to Willmar 3-0 in a Central Lakes Conference match Thursday. Alayna Kabanuk added nine kills for the Flyers.
Willmar 25 25 25
Little Falls 11 21 13
Little Falls statistics
Alexa Kapsner 7 digs
Jessica Hanowski 1 kills, 1 set assist, 6 digs
Breanna Arndt 3 kills, 6 digs, .5
Paige Saulter 4 digs
Lindsay Kapus 5 kills, 1 digs, .5
Lexi Hirsch 1 kill, 17 set assists, 6 digs, .5 blocks
Stephanie Ronning 1 dig
Alayna Kabanuk 9 kills, 6 digs, .5 blocks
Sierra Hoheisel 1 kills, 1 set assists, 2 digs
Conference: LF 1-6. Overall: LF 5-12. Next: Little Falls at St. Cloud Tech 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Walker-H-A 3, Pequot Lakes 1
WALKER - Emily Lueck compiled 14 digs as Pequot Lakes lost to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 3-1 in a non-conference match.
Renee Kardell added seven digs and seven kills for the Patriots while Mattie Lueck and Chelsea Ekeberg each chalked up 10 set assists.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 25 25 25 25
Pequot Lakes 16 9 27 18
Pequot Lakes statistics
Abby Palmer 5 digs
Chelsea Walton 1 dig, 15 blocks, 5 kills
Emily Lueck 14 digs, 2 ace serves
Chelsea Ekeberg 4 digs, 10 set assists
Renee Kardell 7 digs, 5 blocks, 7 kills, 1 set assist
Rachel Mott 2 digs, 6 blocks, 5 kills, 3 ace serves
Kirsten Noska 3 digs, 3 blocks, 3 kills, 1 set assist
Kendra Johnson 7 digs, 3 blocks, 2 kills
Kayla Wangen 5 digs
Mattie Lueck 3 digs, 8 blocks, 4 kills, 10 set assists, 2 ace serves
Overall: PL 4-12. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Pequot Lakes 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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