
MELLETTE – Northwestern won its 18th match of the season Thursday night with a 25-10, 25-9, 25-8 non-conference sweep over Waubay-Summit. The 18 wins are the most of any team in South Dakota for all three classes.
Ashley Haven finished with 19 kills to lead the Wildcats, 18-4 on the year. Ella Boekelheide contributed three aces and 30 set assists.
Waubay-Summit stats not reported
Serving: Northwestern 68-75 11 aces (Ella Boekelheide 16-16 3 aces, Payden Grandpre 16-17 3 aces, Tara Blachford 7-9 2 aces).
Hitting: Northwestern 68-81 37 kills (Ashley Haven 30-31 19 kills, Anna Brumfield 14-15 8 kills).
Setting: Northwestern 76-76 34 assists (Boekelheide 64-64 30 assists).
Digs: Northwestern 44 (Grandpre 10, Blachford 7, Sophia Troske 5).
Blocks: Nothwestern 10 assists (Haven 4 assists, Boekelheide 3 assists).
Records: Waubay-Summit 1-14; Northwestern 18-4.
Groton 25-25-25, Tiospa Zina 11-11-13
Tiospa Zina stats not reported
Serving: Groton 21 aces (Jaedyn Penning 5 aces, Talli Wright 4 aces, Jerica Locke 3 aces).
Hitting: Groton 83-103 36 kills (Chesney Weber 14-16 8 kills, Faith Traphagen 16-21 7 kills, Taryn Traphagen 14-16 6 kills).
Setting: Groton 35 assists (Liz Fliehs 14 assists, Wright 13 assists).
Digs: Groton 47 (Locke 14, Pennings 12, Fliehs 6).
Blocks: Groton 3 (Rylee Dunker 2 solo, T. Traphagen 1 solo).
Records: Tiospa Zina 1-10; Groton 7-4.
North Central 25-25-25, Strasburg-Zeeland 7-10-10
Strasburg-Zeeland stats not reported
Serving: North Central 67-74 11 aces (Lindsey Geier 15-16 3 aces, Amree Vander Vorst 13-14 3 aces, Camryn Witlock 12-12 2 aces).
Hitting: North Central 68-73 31 kills (Vander Vorst 14-15 10 kills, Ella Batie 9-10 4 kills, Makaylah Jones 6-7 4 kills)
Setting: North Central 24 assists (Witlock 19 assists).
Digs: North Central 36 (Ashton Heyne 8, Alaina Dosch 5, Ramey Schack 5).
Blocks: North Central 2 solo (Batie 2 solo).
Records: North Central 11-9.
Milbank 25-25-14-25, Redfield 18-20-25-17
Serving: Milbank (Isabella Anderson 10-14 5 aces, Addisyn Krause 14-17 3 aces); Redfield (Kendyl Siebrecht 18-18).
Hitting: Milbank (Claire Snaza 24-31 10 kills, Anderson 18-24 6 kills).
Setting: Milbank (Rylee Scoular 63-65 16 assists, Krause 37-38 10 assists); Redfield (Hayden Gall 52-53 12 assists).
Digs: Milbank (Ella Sandvig 22, Siera Wenzl 21); Redfield (Layla Hardie 11).
Blocks: Milbank (Snaza 1 solo 1 assist); Redfield (Kinley Smith 2 solo 4 assists).
Records: Milbank 8-6; Redfield 3-11.
Great Plains Lutheran 25-25-25, Waverly South Shore 11-17-17
Waverly-South Shore stats not reported
Serving: Great Plains Lutheran 9 aces (Kaitlyn Rawerts 20-20 4 aces, Madeline Prahl 15-17 2 aces).
Hitting: Great Plains Lutheran 31 kills (Abby Kjenstad 12 kills, Kaylee Carlson 7).
Setting: Great Plains Lutheran 27 assists (Prahl 15, Rawerts 11).
Digs: Great Plains Lutheran 57 (Jolie Lien 22, Kjenstad 15).
Blocks: Great Plains Lutheran 10 blocks (Kate Holmen 3 blocks, Prahl 3 blocks).
Records: Waverly-South Shore 3-14; Great Plains Lutheran 11-2.
Clark-Willow Lake 25-25-25, Deuel 6-8-16
Deuel stats not reported
Serving: Clark-Willow Lake 67-73 14 aces (Hanna Heiman 13-15 5 aces, Tehya Vig 14-15 3 aces).
Hitting: Clark-Willow Lake 69-77 31 kills (Shay Michalski 22-26 9 kills, Shelby Begeman 13-13 9 kills).
Setting: Clark-Willow Lake (Sami Brenden 21 assists).
Digs: Clark-Willow Lake 25 (Kadee Frankfurth 7, Vig 3).
Blocks: Clark-Willow Lake 8 (Begeman 4, Michalski 2).
Records: Deuel 3-11; Clark-Willow Lake 9-4.
Ellendale 24-25-25-25, Leola-Frederick 26-17-19-20
Serving: Ellendale 87-99 19 aces (Ariel Hagen 25-26 8 aces, Madeline Thorpe 11-13 3 aces); Leola-Frederick 77-80 12 aces (Jill Ellwein 22-23 7 aces, Alivia Little 11-11 2 aces).
Hitting: Ellendale 136-158 49 kills (Hagen 15 kills, Thorpe 12 kills); Leola-Frederick 136-153 28 kills (Ellwein 56-66 15 kills, Kaitlyn Mueller 16-18 7 kills, Ella Kempf 20-26 4 kills).
Setting: Ellendale 147-155 48 assists (Macy Noren 19 assists, Hagen 18 assists); Leola-Frederick 99-102 25 assists (Tayler Vetter 56-58 16 assists, Zoe Cox 30-31 7 assists).
Digs: Ellendale 88 (Aubrey Middlestead 24, Anisten Petersen 18); Leola-Frederick 185 (Ellwein 41, Mueller 37).
Blocks: Ellendale 5 solo 2 assists (Hagen 4 solo); Leola-Frederick 4 solo 2 assists (Mueller 4 solo).
Records: Leola-Frederick 3-11.
Ipswich 25-25-23-25, Langford Area 15-14-25-20
Serving: Langford Area 57-63 4 aces (Clarissa Guy 12-14 2 aces, Paytyn Marlow 9-11 1 ace); Ipswich 81-97 19 aces (Brianna Geditz 20-24 6 aces, Jaydin Stiles 12-15 4 aces).
Hitting: Langford Area 71-82 10 kills (Emily Olsen 22-26 5 kills, Eliana Darling 9-11 3 kills, Autumn Wegleitner 11-15 2 kills); Ipswich 169-192 43 kills (Marley Guthmiller 73-79 18 kills, Kaylin Onken 48-56 12 kills, Jalyssa Hutson 20-21 5 kills).
Setting: Langford Area 78-78 9 assists (Marlow 45-45 6 assists, Guy 22-22 3 assists); Ipswich 133-135 34 assists (Josie Knutson 57-58 18 assists, Reaghan Bowers 49-49 11 assists).
Digs: Langford Area 62 (Alex Darling 17, E. Darling 15); Ipswich 105 (Guthmiller 35, Geditz 33).
Blocks: Langford Area 1 solo 10 assists (E. Darling 4 assists, Lizzie Gustafson 2 assists); Ipswich 8 assists (Karlie Weisser 3 assists, Anna Nierman 3 assists).
Records: Langford Area 5-12; Ipswich 13-3.
Britton-Hecla 25-25-23-25, Florence-Henry 20-19-25-18
Florence-Henry stats not reported
Serving: Britton-Hecla 7 aces (Jalee Grupe 3, Sterling Brassfield 2).
Hitting: Britton-Hecla 51 kills (Karlie Zuehlke 16, McKenna Heer 12, Grupe 10).
Setting: Britton-Hecla 51 assists (Heather Storbakken 27, Grupe 13).
Digs: Britton-Hecla 81 (Daynika Zuehlke 28, Grupe 18).
Blocks: Britton-Hecla (K. Zuehlke 4, Grupe 1, Heer).
Records: Britton-Hecla 11-2; Florence-Henry 2-9.


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