MELLETTE – Ella Haven finished with 17 kills, three aces, nine digs and a pair of blocks to help power fourth-rated Northwestern past Faulkton 25-15, 25-12, 25-15 in Lake Region Conference volleyball action Thursday night.

Ashley Haven added nine kills, two aces and eight digs for the Wildcats, who improved to 16-8 on the season. Payton Grandpre contributed five aces, and Brooklinn Halvorson had five kills and 28 set assists.

Addison Melius topped Faulkton with 10 kills. Carley Cotton followed with five kills, and Aedyn Raethz had three ace serves.

Serving: Faulkton 41-46 5 aces (Aedyn Raethz 10-11 3 aces, Hannah Cunningham 9-9 1 ace); Northwestern 70-73 10 aces (Payton Grandpre 16-16 5 aces, Ella Haven 12-12 3 aces, Ashley Haven 7-9 2 aces).

Hitting: Faulkton 80-99 25 kills (Addison Melius 29-35 10 kills, Carley Cotton 20-24 5 kills); Northwestern 79-86 36 kills (E. Haven 31-33 17 kills, A. Haven 19-21 9 kills, Brooklinn Halvorson 11-12 5 kills).

Setting: Faulkton 25 (Gabby Kast 60-60 17 assists); Northwestern (Halvorson 57-57 28 assists).

Digs: Faulkton 45 (Cotton 12, Raethz 11); Northwestern 48 (Grandpre 11, E. Haven 9, A. Haven 8).

Blocks: Faulkton (Kelli Stoecker 1 block); Northwestern (E. Haven 1 block 1 block assist, Ana Ratigan 1 block).

Records: Faulkton 13-8; Northwestern 16-8.

JV Match: Northwestern 2-0.

Milbank Area 25-25-25, Groton 22-16-21

Serving: Groton 54-58 6 aces (Sydney Leicht 11-12 3 aces, Liz Fliehs 13-13 1 ace, Carly Guthmiller 11-11 1 ace); Milbank Area (Addisyn Krause 17-18 3 aces, Hallie Schulte 10-11 2 aces, Averie Engebretson 7-9 2 aces, Rylie Overby 10-13 1 ace).

Hitting: Groton 107-123 28 kills (Aspen Johnson 19-22 10 kills, Leicht 10 kills, Anna Fjeldheim 3 kills); Milbank Area (Rachel Schulte 34-37 15 kills, Skyler Skoog 17-21 6 kills, Overby 20-21 5 kills, Claire Snaza 10-11 4 kills).

Setting: Groton (Fliehs 24 assists, Laila Roberts 1 assist); Milbank Area (Engebretson 66-67 28 assists, Krause 2 assists).

Digs: Groton (Guthmiller 15, Leicht 13, Roberts 11); Milbank Area (Schulte 21, Krause 12, Engebretson 11).

Blocks: Groton (Leicht 1 block, Johnson 1 block, Emma Kutter 1 block); Milbank Area (Schulte 1 solo 1 assist, Overby 2 assists).

Records: Groton 7-10; Milbank Area 12-7.

JV Match: Milbank Area 2-0.

Redfield 25-25-25, Clark-Willow Lake 16-18-21

Serving: Clark-Willow Lake 50-56 3 aces; Redfield 65-70 7 aces (Katie Rozell 12-12 2 aces, Camryn Rohlfs 17-18 2 aces).

​Hitting: Clark-Willow Lake 41-46 9 kills (Haylee Tormanen 3 kills); Redfield 88-112 42 kills (Gracie Fast 26-31 14 kills).

Setting: Clark-Willow Lake 44-44 6 assists; Redfield (Rohlfs 96-97 39 assists).

Digs: Clark-Willow Lake (Vig 3, Thonvold 3); Redfield (Chloe Zens 14, Rozell 13).

Blocks: Redfield (Katie Rozell 2 solo 1 assist).

Records: Clark-Willow Lake 6-11; Redfield 14-10.

JV Match: Clark-Willow Lake 2-0.

Miller 25-25-25, Hitchcock-Tulare 14-13-7

Serving: Hitchcock-Tulare 26-30 2 aces (Brooklyn Frankenstein 6-6 2 aces, Ella Johnson 7-7, Presley Binger 5-6); Miller 68-70 9 aces (Abbi Blake 21-22 5 aces, Ruby Carder 14-14 2 aces, Jaden Werdel 5-5 2 aces, Tyra Gates 12-13).

Hitting: Hitchcock-Tulare 64-75 20 kills (Katelyn Schroeder 8 kills, Lila Johnson 3 kills, E. Johnson 3 kills); Miller 68-76 37 kills (Werdel 21-21 10 kills, Ally Mullaney 14-15 8 kills, Aleah Schlechter 10-11 6 kills, Tricia Lammers 10-11 6 kills).

Setting: Hitchcock-Tulare (Gracyn Bixler 10 assists, Binger 8 assists); Miller 38 (Gates 65-67 31 assists).

Digs: Hitchcock-Tulare (Schroeder 7, Binger 5, Cambree Hoekman 5); Miller (Jolie Palmer 14, Gates 8, Werdel 5, Journey Palmer 4).

Blocks: Miller (Mullaney 1 solo 3 assists, Schlechter 3 assists).

Records: Hitchcock-Tulare 10-15; Miller 21-2.

Hamlin 25-25-25, Sisseton 14-12-19

Sisseton stats not reported

Serving: Hamlin 5 aces (Marissa Bawdon 3, Ally Abraham 2).

Hitting: Hamlin 44 kills (Abraham 22, Addie Neuendorf 7, Gracelyn Leiseth 7).

Setting: Hamlin 38 assists (Kami Wadsworth 38 assists).

Digs: Hamlin 49 (Ava Prouty 17, Neuendorf 14).

Blocks: Hamlin 4 (Leiseth 3).

Records: Hamlin 17-3.