MELLETTE – Fifth-rated Northwestern won its 28th match of the season with a 25-18, 25-16, 26-24 non-conference sweep over Groton Tuesday night.

Ashley Haven had four aces and 15 kills to power the Wildcats, 28-5 on the season. Ella Boekelheide contributed one ace, four kills, 24 set assists 12 digs and four assisted blocks.

Jaedyn Penning and Faith Traphagen each finished with seven kills to top Groton, now 16-6 on the year.

Serving: Groton 6 aces (Jaedyn Penning 3, Chesney Weber 2, Laila Roberts 1); Northwestern 66-75 9 aces (Ashley Haven 9-10 4 aces, Breelyn Satter 19-23 3 aces, Ella Boekelheide 12-13 1 ace).

Hitting: Groton 86-111 30 kills (Penning 20-23 7 kills, Faith Traphagen 16-23 7 kills, Taryn Traphagen 12-13 5 kills); Northwestern 96-108 30 kills (Haven 33-37 15 kills, Satter 13-16 6 kills, Boekelheide 7-7 4 kills).

Setting: Groton 26 assists (Weber 19, Liz Fliehs 6); Northwestern 100-101 29 assists (Boekelheide 80-81 24 assists).

Digs: Groton 56 (Penning 14, Jerica Locke 13, Roberts 10); Northwestern 54 (Boekelheide 12, Tara Blachford 10, Nicki Nickeson 10).

Blocks: Groton 2 (T. Traphagen 1 solo, Rylee Dunker 1 assist, Weber 1 assist); Northwestern 1 solo 12 assists (Haven 1 solo 7 assists, Boekelheide 4 assists, Anna Brumfield 3 assists).

Records: Groton 16-6; Northwestern 28-5.

Hitchcock-Tulare 25-25-25, Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 17-11-19

Sanborn Central-Woonsocket stats not reported

Serving: Hitchcock-Tulare 67-70 9 aces (Lila Johnson 19-19 2 aces, Ella Johnson 15-15 2 aces, Gracyn Bixler 9-9 2 aces).

Hitting: Hitchcock-Tulare 83-90 32 kills (Katelyn Schroeder 32-35 14 kills, Rebecca Huizenga 14-15 3 kills, E. Johnson 11-11 3 kills).

Setting: Hitchcock-Tulare 84-85 33 assists (L. Johnson 58-58 19 assists, Bixler 24-24 11 assists).

Digs: Hitchcock-Tulare 56 (Cambree Hoekman 24, Schroeder 9).

Blocks: Hitchcock-Tulare 1 solo 14 assists (Isabel Gilbert 1 solo 6 assists, Cora Hofer 5 assists).

Records: Hitchcock-Tulare 26-2; Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 16-8.

Waverly-South Shore 22-25-25-25, Leola-Frederick 25-18-18-23

Waverly-South Shore stats not reported

Serving: Leola-Frederick 50-61 5 aces (Jill Ellwein 12-13 4 aces, Zoe Cox 14-17 1 ace).

Hitting: Leola-Frederick 160-167 35 kills (Ellwein 52-54 15 kills, Kaitlyn Mueller 39-41 11 kills, Ella Kempf 24-25 2 kills).

Setting: Leola-Frederick 102-108 32 assists (Tayler Vetter 92-98 31 assists).

Digs: Leola-Frederick 147 (Alivia Little 34, Ellwein 33, Mueller 31).

Records: Leola-Frederick 3-20; Waverly-South Shore 5-19.

Great Plains Lutheran 25-25-25, Britton-Hecla 14-18-16

Great Plains Lutheran stats not reported

Serving: Britton-Hecla 39-47 1 ace (McKenna Heer 10-10 1 ace, Heather Storbakken 8-8).

Hitting: Britton-Hecla 82-95 27 kills (Jaelee Grupe 16-18 6 kills, Abby Lee 18-24 6 kills, Maddi Micko 16-16 4 kills, Heer 12-14 4 kills, Karlie Zuehlke 10-13 4 kills).

Setting: Britton-Hecla (Storbakken 10 assists, Grupe 9 assists).

Digs: Britton-Hecla 52 (Grupe 15, Daynika Zuehlke 13).

Blocks: Britton-Hecla 12 assists (Grupe 3, K. Zuehlke 3, Lee 3).

Records: Great Plains Lutheran 20-5; Britton-Hecla 13-10.

Clark-Willow Lake 25-25-25, Tiospa Zina 9-6-15

Tiospa Zina stats not reported

Serving: Clark-Willow Lake 63-69 17 aces (Avery Lee 24-24 8 aces, Shelby Begeman 12-14 3 aces).

Hitting: Clark-Willow Lake 44-49 21 kills (Shay Michalski 11-12 5 kills, Hannah Heiman 6-8 4 kills).

Setting: Clark-Willow Lake (Sami Brenden 12 assists, Zoe Nichols 5 assists).

Digs: Clark-Willow Lake 7 (Lee 3, Kate Larson 1).

Blocks: Clark-Willow Lake 3 (Begeman 2, Heiman 1).

Records: Tiospa Zina 7-21; Clark-Willow Lake 16-6.

De Smet 23-33-25-27, Castlewood 25-31-22-25

Serving: De Smet 5 aces (Megan Dylla 23-23, Alyssa Asleson 17-18 1 ace, Hazel Luethmers 16-17 1 ace); Castlewood 8 aces (Emerson Carter 19-19 4 aces, Nora Solberg 20-20 1 ace).

Hitting: De Smet 46 kills (Luethmers 25, Brooke Jennings 13, Mirra Beck 6); Castlewood 49 kills (Carter 18, Ava Ruml 11, Cassidy Kirwan 8).

Setting: De Smet 40 assists (Dylla 39); Castlewood 44 assists (Kirwan 21, Claire Horn 18).

Digs: De Smet 100 (Luethmers 20, Beck 19, Jennings 19); Castlewood 86 (Solberg 26, Horn 18, Kirwan 13).

Blocks: De Smet 10 (Luethmers 3, Jennings 3, Beck 2); Castlewood 11 (Cydni Kudrna 7 assists, Ruml 6 assists, Carter 1 solo 3 assists).

Records: De Smet 14-12; Castlewood 14-10.

Linton-HMB 25-25-25, Mobridge-Pollock 17-14-22

Serving: Mobridge-Pollock 49-53 4 aces (Sophia Overland 11-11 2 aces, Elllie Kemnitz 16-16 2 aces).

Hitting: Mobridge-Pollock 102-124 23 kills (Raelyn Aberle 25-32 8 kills, Charley Henderson 24-21 7 kills).

Setting: Mobridge-Pollock 21 assists (Overland 12, Kemnitz 9).

Digs: Mobridge-Pollock 70 (Jacy Netterville 18, Henderson 13, Tegan Konold 13, Overland 10).

Blocks: Mobridge-Pollock 2 assists (Henderson 1, Jayda Thompson 1).

Records: Mobridge-Pollock 24-7.