WATERTOWN – Clark-Willow Lake improved to 24-1 on the season with a 25-19, 25-11, 25-12 sweep over Groton in a Class A SoDak 16 volleyball match Tuesday night.
Shelby Begeman powered the victory with 16 kills to go along with a pair of ace serves. Ella Sass contributed 13 kills for the Cyclones. Kamryn Nesheim dished out 30 set assists.
Tevan Hanson led Groton with 10 kills and also added eight digs.
Clark-Willow Lake will face Aberdeen Roncalli in the opening round of next week’s state tournament in Sioux Falls.
Serving: Groton (McKenna Tietz 2 aces, Sydney Locke 1 ace, Tori Schuster 1 ace); Clark-Willow Lake 68-72 6 aces (Kelsey Hofer 16-17 2 aces, Shelby Begeman 10-11 2 aces, Peyton Lee 18-18 1 ace).
Hitting: Groton (Tevan Hanson 10 kills, Kella Tracy 5 kills, Abby Fjeldheim 3 kills); Clark-Willow Lake 84-93 40 kills (Begeman 33-33 16 kills, Ella Sass 21-24 13 kills).
Setting: Groton (Schuster 18 assists); Clark-Willow Lake (Kamryn Nesheim 30 assists).
Digs: Groton (Locke 11, Tietz 9, Hanson 8); Clark-Willow Lake 36 (Maddie Brenden 7, Begeman 7, Nesheim 6, Hofer 6).
Blocks: Groton (Tracy 1 assist, Taryn Traphagen 1 assist); Clark-Willow Lake 7 (Begeman 4, Nesheim 2).
Records: Groton 20-14; Clark-Willow Lake 24-1.
