GROTON – Groton racked up 39 kills on the way to a 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 non-conference volleyball sweep over Mobridge-Pollock on Monday night.
Rylee Dunker had 11 kills, while Jaedyn Penning finished with 10 kills, an ace, 14 digs and three set assists for the Tigers, who improved to 14-4 on the season. Chesney Weber contributed seven kills and a match-high 29 set assists.
Serving: Mobridge-Pollock 39-46 3 aces (Ellie Kemnitz 10-11 2 aces, Brooke Merkel 9-11 1 ace); Groton 67-70 5 aces (Sydney Locke 14-14 3 aces, McKenna Tietz 12-12 1 ace, Jaedyn Penning 20-21 1 ace).
Hitting: Mobridge-Pollock 91-99 16 kills (Blake Thompson 22-23 5 kills, Jersey Frederick 18-19 3 kills); Groton 96-114 39 kills (Rylee Dunker 27-28 11 kills, Penning 26-28 10 kills, Chesney Weber 16-21 7 kills).
Setting: Mobridge-Pollock 90-90 13 assists (Kemnitz 35-35 8 assists, Avery Schlomer 48-48 5 assists); Groton 36 assists (Weber 29, Penning 3).
Digs: Mobridge-Pollock 63 (Thompson 15, Tegan Konold 13); Groton 55 (Jerica Locke 21, Penning 14, Tietz 8).
Blocks: Mobridge-Pollock 6 assists (Pacey Konold 2, B. Thompson 1, Hayleigh Schlomer 1, Brooke Bain 1, Jayda Thompson 1); Groton 4 (Taryn Traphagen 1 solo 2 assists, Dunker 1 assist, Weber 1 assist).
Records: Mobridge-Pollock 10-9; Groton 14-4.
Warner 27-25-25, Wolsey-Wessington 25-15-19
Serving: Warner (Jaycee Jung 9-11 3 aces, MaKenna Leidholt 16-16 2 aces); Wolsey-Wessington (Taylor Eichstadt 12-13 1 ace, Kendal Uttecht 11-11, Raya Toupal 10-10).
Hitting: Warner 148-165 49 kills (Leidholt 39-43 18 kills, Jung 40-44 13 kills, Kya Townsend 8-9 5 kills); Wolsey-Wessington (Timber Haeder 32-34 7 kills, Maria Nelson 31-36 7 kills, Preslie Jensen 11-11 2 kills).
Setting: Warner 157-158 44 assists; Wolsey-Wessington 76-76 (Uttecht 23 assists).
Digs: Warner 67 (Jung 17, Keira Steger 14); Wolsey-Wessington (Shae Uttecht 20, Nelson 18).
Blocks: Warner 14 assists (Jung 4, Miah Leidholt 3, Olivia Marcuson 3); Wolsey-Wessington (Lily Hoverson 2).
Records: Warner 18-5; Wolsey-Wessington 15-4.
Castlewood 25-23-26-26, Dell Rapids St. Mary 23-25-24-22
Dell Rapids St. Mary stats not reported
Serving: Castlewood 10 aces (Cassidy Kirwan 5, Cydni Kudrna 2).
Hitting: Castlewood 43 kills (Lilly Jacobsen 12, Claire Horn 10, Kirwan 8, Ava Ruml 6).
Setting: Castlewood 41 assists (Emery Larson 20, Kudrna 19).
Digs: Castlewood 57 (Kirwan 15, Nora Solberg 14, Horn 10).
Blocks: Castlewood 3 (Ruml 1 solo 1 assist, Kudrna 2 assists).
Records: Dell Rapids St. Mary 13-6; Castlewood 11-8.
Webster 25-25-25, Leola-Frederick 11-21-16
Webster stats not reported
Serving: Leola-Frederick 35-40 2 aces (Eden Podoll 11-11 1 ace, Stella Rath 8-9 1 ace).
Hitting: Leola-Frederick 120-133 19 kills (Ella Kempf 31-34 5 kills, Kaitlyn Mueller 16-17 5 kills, Podoll 13-13 3 kills).
Setting: Leola-Frederick 109-115 15 assists (Podoll 55-58 7 assists, Taylor Vetter 37-39 7 assists).
Digs: Leola-Frederick 83 (Mueller 27, Kalyce Achen 15).
Blocks: Leola-Frederick 3 solo 2 assists (Mueller 2 solo 1 assist, Kempf 1 solo, Karli Achen 1 assist).
Records: Leola-Frederick 1-12; Webster 9-7.
