Four area volleyball games are detailed
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Lake Preston 3, Iroquois 0
IROQUOIS — The Lake Preston Divers evened out their record to 1-1 as they claimed a 3-0 win over the Iroquois Lady Chiefs, who fell to a record of 2-0 with the loss, on Thursday at Iroquois during an early season second match for both teams.
Set scores were 25-16, 25-7, 25-12 for the Divers.
Lake Preston totaled 18 kills, 17 aces and 23 digs with the combined efforts of the girls. Lindsay Hillestad recorded nine kills, plus two aces and digs, Brenna Woodcock tallied nine aces with one kill and dig also, while Holly Andrews made four aces and seven digs.
Katie Dubro led the Lady Chiefs with three kills and two assists, while Niah Rogers added two kills and blocks for Iroquois. Jorja Huls tallied 10 digs, followed by Heather Geyer with nine.
Iroquois will be back in action when they host the Aberdeen Christian Knights at 6:30 p.m., while Lake Preston will welcome the Wolsey-Wessington Lady Warbirds for a 6 p.m. game on Tuesday at home.
Lake Preston 25 25 25
Iroquois 16 7 12
Kills: Lake Preston — Lindsay Hillestad, 9; Annika Nelson, 4; Lexis Curry, 2; Brenna Woodcock 1; Lexie Larsen, 1; Cortney Wendel, 1. Iroquois — Katie Dubro, 3; Niah Rogers, 2.
Serves: Lake Preston — Brenna Woodcock, 9 aces; Holly Andrews, 4 aces; Lindsay Hillestad, 2 aces; Lexis Curry, 1 ace; Lexie Larsen, 1 ace.
Assists: Lake Preston — Lexie Larsen, 17. Iroquois — Katie Dubro, 2 assists, 17 attempted; Harley Nelson, 0 assists, 20 attempted.
Blocks: Lake Preston — Cortney Wendel, 1. Iroquois — Niah Rogers, 1 solo, 1 assisted; Hayley Geyer, 1 solo, 1 assisted.
Digs: Lake Preston — Holly Andrews, 7; Lexie Larsen, 6; Lexis Curry, 3; Lindsay Hillestad, 2; Brenna Woodcock, 1; Annika Nelson, 1. Iroquois — Jorja Huls, 10; Heather Geyer, 9.
Blackhawks fall in title match of Hanson Tourney
ALEXANDRIA — The Sanborn Central-Woonsocket Blackhawks earned a spot in the championship game of the Hanson Early Bird volleyball tournament, but couldn’t get past the 2nd-ranked Warner Monarchs on Thursday night.
The Monarchs took the title with a 25-10, 25-18 win over the Blackhawks.
Warner (3-0) was led by Laurie Rogers’ 10 kills, while Peyton Fisher had 12 assists and Laura Ochsner led the defense with nine kills.
For SC-W, now 2-1, Tesa Jensen had seven kills and one dig, while Madi Moody had seven assists and Kaylee White added five, and both players had eight digs.
Faulkton Area 3,
Sunshine Bible Academy 0
MILLER —The Faulkton Area Trojans posted a 3-0 win over the Sunshine Bible Academy Crusaders in volleyball action Thursday night, in the season opener for both teams.
Set scores for the Trojans were 25-11, 25-9 and 25-8.
Everything was working for Faulkton Area, as they converted 92-98 serves, with a total of 19 aces. Leading the way was Peyton Melius with a 23-24 effort and eight aces. Grace Schlechter had 13 set assists, although no team leader was listed for kills for the Trojans.
SBA was led by Lindsey Wilken’s three kills while Shariah Brockel added two kills. Dori Brockel had two ace serves and Victoria Paul accounted for five assists.
The Crusaders are on the road Tuesday night, at Mitchell Christian.
Faulkton Area 25 25 25
Sunshine Bible Academy 11 9 8
Kills - FA - NA; SBA - Shariah Brokel 2, sever.
Serves - FA 92-98, 19 aces (Peyton Melius 23-24, 8 aces; Taylor Cramer 25-27, 4 aces) SBA - Dori Brockel 2 aces, Taylor Michaelis 1.
Assists - FA - Grace Schlecter, 28-28, 13 assists; Avery Dieter 16-16 4 assists; SBA - Victoria Paul 5 assists.
Digs: FA - Melius, 10; SBA - Wilken 4. Hannah Appel 3.
Estelline-Hendricks 3, Wessington Springs 1
ESTELLINE — The Estelline-Hendricks volleyball team pushed its season record to 2-0 Thursday night, defeating the Wessington Springs Lady Spartans 3-1. It was also the first match for Wessington Springs.
PHOTOS BY MIKE CARROLL/PLAINSMAN
Hayley Geyer of Iroquois plays the ball as teammate Harley Nelson looks on during their season-opening match against Lake Preston on Thursday in Iroquois.
Next, Iroquois’ Niah Rogers digs the ball on a serve receive during a match against Lake Preston on Thursday in Iroquois.
And next, Jorja Huls of Iroquois plays a volley as Rogers looks on during Thursday’s match against Lake Preston.