Aberdeen Central got going at the net and blocked its way to a 3-1 match victory over Pierre Saturday afternoon at Golden Eagles Arena, rallying from a first-set loss to claim the overall home-opening win. The Golden Eagles won the Eastern South Dakota Conference match by set scores of 20-25, 25-20, 25-21 and 25-17.
The win marks Central’s first victory over Pierre since the 2020 season.
“Once we settled in in the second set, I felt like we ran our offense,” said Central coach Jackie Bindenagel. “We were pretty efficient. Pierre is a good team. I think they’re going to win a lot of matches, so that was a big win for us.”
It was also a bounce-back win for the Golden Eagles, who were coming off a five-set loss at Huron on Thursday.
“We had almost as many errors as kills against Huron,” Bindenagel said. “That’s certainly not the case today.”
And while the Golden Eagles were much more efficient at the net, much of Central’s success could be tied to it
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