Wangberg rallies PR-B past Pillager

PILLAGER - Katie Wangberg filled up the stat sheet, recording 39 set assists, 29 digs, 13 kills and six ace serves, to lead Pine River-Backus past Pillager 3-2 in a tight non-conference match Tuesday.

Crysta Christensen tallied 16 kills and 11 digs for the Tigers while Kendra Hamilton pounded 19 kills.

Pillager was led by Bristy Bourgoin's 25 digs and Jackie White, who contributed 11 kills and 11 digs. Emily Doss added 11 digs and 10 set assists for the Huskies.

Pine River-Backus 22 25 25 25 15

Pillager 25 14 27 15 9

Pillager statistics

Bristy Bourgoin 25 digs, 1 ace serve

Jackie White 11 digs, 3 ace serves, 11 kills, 2 blocks

Ally Hunstad 5 digs, 15 set assists

Breeanna Deyo 3 digs, 1 kill

Jessie Kadus 9 digs, 1 kill

Kaylie Hanson 19 digs, 4 ace serves, 8 kills

Emily Doss 11 digs, 10 set assists

Jasmin Massie 5 kills, 3 block

Amanda House 4 digs, 1 kill

Katie Gillson 2 digs, 3 blocks

Overall: Pill 8-10. Next: Pillager at New York Mills 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Pine River-Backus statistics

Katie Wangberg 13 kills, 3 blocks, 29 digs, 39 set assists, 6 ace serves

Emalee Arends 9 kills, 6 digs, 2 set assists, 1 ace serve

Nikki Tulenchik 15 digs, 1 ace serve

Crysta Christensen 16 kills, 11 digs, 2 ace serves

Kendra Hamilton 19 kills, 2 blocks, 8 digs, 1 set assist

Morgan Demars 3 kills, 13 digs, 3 set assists, 1 ace serve

Hannah Zaske 1 dig

Ashley Kline 8 digs, 2 ace serves

Tatum Sheley 1 kill

Overall: P-RB 10-7. Next: Blackduck at Pine River-Backus 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Little Falls 3, St. Cloud Tech 1

ST. CLOUD - Alayna Kabanuk and Paige Saulter had 15 and 13 kills, respectively, as the Little Falls Flyers picked up their second Central Lakes Conference win, 3-1 over St. Cloud Tech Tuesday.

After dropping a close Game One, the Flyers bounced back to take the next three although none of them were easy.

"We did a much better job tonight taking care of the ball and running in-system plays," said Flyer coach Becky Abbott. "Paige Saulter had a great night at the net. She played very consistent."

"We also did a much better job on defense picking up the ball."

Defensively, Jessica Hanowski had 14 digs. Lexi Hirsch added 13 digs to go with 39 set assists and four ace serves.

St. Cloud Tech 28 18 22 20

Little Falls 26 25 25 25

Little Falls statistics

Alexa Kapsner 2 set assists, 11 digs

Jessica Hanowski 3 kills, 1 ace serve, 3 set assists, 14 digs

Breanna Arndt 8 kills, 2 digs, 1 block

Paige Saulter 13 kills, 1 ace serve, 10 digs

Lindsay Kapus 7 kills, 1 ace serve, 2 set assists, 9 digs, 1.5 blocks

Lexi Hirsch 4 kills, 4 ace serves, 39 set assists, 13 digs

Alayna Kabanuk 15 kills, 3 service aces, 12 digs, o.5 block

Conference: LF 2-6 . Overall: LF 6-12. Next: St. Cloud Apollo at Little Falls 7 p.m. Thursday.

Verndale 3, New York Mills 0

NEW YORK MILLS - Ashley Richter had 11 kills to lead the Verndale Pirates to a 3-0 victory over New York Mills in a Park Region Conference match Tuesday.

New York Mills 20 17 22

Verndale 25 25 25

Verndale statistics

Digs: Trista Finck 9

Blocks: Elizabeth Johnson 5

Kills: Ashley Richter 11

Set assists: Brittney Kern 14

Next: Sebeka at Verndale at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Wadena-Deer Creek 3, Bertha-Hewitt 2

BERTHA - The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Class 1A's fourth-ranked Bertha-Hewitt 3-2 in non-conference action Tuesday.

B-H entered the contest 22-2. W-DC is ranked 11th in Class 2A.

Bertha-Hewitt 25 25 16 14 13

Wadena-Deer Creek 23 22 25 25 15

Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Alexandria tournament 9 a.m. Saturday.

Braham 3, Aitkin 0

BRAHAM - The Braham Bombers swept the Aitkin Gobblers 25-21, 25-23, 25-17 in a Great River Conference match Tuesday.

East Central is at Aitkin at 7 p.m. Thursday.