Hills-Beaver Creek's impressive play during the initial stages of the 2000 season continued Monday when the Patriots rolled to a 3-0 home victory over Adrian.
The Patriots won a tight battle in Game 1 by a 15-12 tally before coasting to 15-1 and 15-4 victories in Games 2 and 3.
H-BC improved its season record to 6-2 with the win, giving the Patriots one of their best starts in a volleyball campaign.
"The whole team was really in sync out there," said Patriot coach Nicole Fey. "We got stuck on the sixth point in Game 1, but we were able to come back and win it. We came out really strong in Games 2 and 3 and kept up until they were over."
With Tonya Leenderts recording two kills, Shanna Tilstra adding another, and LaDonna Sandstede, Jamie Arp and Becky Broesder serving aces, H-BC opened a 6-1 cushion in Game 1.
Adrian countered with an eight-point run served by Jennifer Wolf and featuring three kills by Becky Knips and another one from Autumn Wolf to take a 9-6 advantage.
A kill by Erin Boeve followed by three straight service points from Shanna Tilstra put the Patriots in front 10-9, but Knips countered with two ace serves and another point to give the Dragons a 12-10 lead.
H-BC's Broesder then served a five-point run featuring a kill and a block by Boeve to give the Patriots a 15-12 victory.
The Patriots used one service point by Sandstede and a six-point run by Leenderts featuring two ace serves and a kill by Broesder to gain a 7-0 cushion in Game 2.
Knips ended the run with a service point for AHS, but four-point runs served by Arp and Sandstede gave H-BC a 15-1 win.
Game 3 was deadlocked at four when H-BC went on an 11-0 run to win 15-4.
Boeve had two blocks, two kills and an ace tip during the rally. Sandstede served one ace and another point, Broesder and Brittney Olson served aces, Jamie Brandt had a kill and Jody DeNoble added an ace tip to the final run.
Sandstede, who was 40 of 40 setting with 13 assists, was 15 of 16 serving with 11 points and two aces. Broesder, who was nine of 11 spiking with four kills, went 13 of 14 with 12 points and three aces at the line.
Boeve's night featured nine of 11 hitting with four kills and five ace blocks. Leenderts and Tilstra added three kills each.
Adrian, which slipped to 0-8 with the loss, received a five-kill, nine-of-11 (three aces and six points) serving performance from Knips.
Jenna Honermann had six assists for the Dragons. Jennifer Wolf was nine of 11 serving with eight points and two aces.
"Our serving hurt us, especially in the last two games," said Dragon coach Kim Hoff. "Our serve receive was not very good either. We need to concentrate more on getting the passes to the setter. We had a lead late in the first game; we're just having a hard time in trying to finish games out right now."
The Patriots host Fulda and Central Lyon Monday and Tuesday.
Adrian hosts Mountain Lake Butterfield-Odin tonight before playing road matches against Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Edgerton Monday and Tuesday.