The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team came up with a great pair of performances on the road Thursday and Saturday.
H-BC won its second straight league match of the season with a 3-0 win over Faith Christian in Bigelow Thursday, and it went 3-1 while finishing second during the Central Lyon Tournament in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Thursday.
The Patriots completed the stretch with a 5-2 record.
CL tourney
The Patriot girls turned in a strong showing while finishing second during Saturday's five-team tournament in Rock Rapids.
The event was played under a round-robin format, and H-BC went 3-1 during the day to secure second place.
"The girls played pretty well," said Patriot coach Nicole Fey. "Playing four matches makes for a long day, but our girls did well overall."
H-BC lost a 15-13 decision to Ellsworth during the first game of the opening match before bouncing back to post 15-9 and 15-5 victories to win the battle.
Becky Broesder led the Patriots at the net with five and four kills respectively against the Panthers, and Shanna Tilstra was 11 of 11 serving with eight points. LaDonna Sandstede completed all 50 of her set attempts and registered 16 set assists. Tonya Leenderts was 12 of 14 digging.
H-BC met host Central Lyon in the second round and posted another 2-1 win. The Lions took the opener by a 15-8 count, but the Patriots notched 15-9 and 15-7 wins to claim the match.
Boeve, who was 12 of 12 digging against the Lions, completed all 12 of her spikes and registered nine kills. Becky Broesder was 11 of 12 serving with two aces, and Sandstede was 33 of 33 setting with 15 assists.
Eventual tournament champion Rock Valley handed the Patriots their lone match setback in the third round. The Rockets topped H-BC by 15-9 and 15-3 tallies.
Broesder was seven of seven serving and nine of 10 digging against Rock Valley. Boeve was seven of seven spiking with three kills, and Sandstede pitched in four set assists.
The Patriots regrouped to best West Lyon 15-13 and 16-14 in the final round.
Tilstra, who tied Boeve with a team-high five kills in the match, was 11 of 13 serving. Sandstede had 12 assists, while Leenderts was 10 of 11 digging.
H-BC 3, FC 0
The Patriot girls ran their Tri-County Conference record to 2-0 with a three-game sweep of Faith Christian in Bigelow.
H-BC had to battle to pull out a 16-14 victory in Game 1 of the opener before taking control of the match and securing 15-10 and 15-6 wins in Games 2 and 3.
Although Fey was pleased with the way things turned out for H-BC, one aspect of the game bothered the Patriot coach.
"We had trouble with our serve receive, and that helped FC come back on us in the first game. We came back and played strong volleyball in the other two games. We are at about 65 percent in receiving. That usually is one of our strengths, but we had trouble with it in this match," she said.
Becky Broesder led the Patriots at the service line by completing all 17 of her attempts and recording six aces. Tonya Leenderts was 11 of 11 with five aces. Shanna Tilstra was 11 of 13 with one ace.
Rachael DeHaan completed eight of 10 spikes and shared the team lead with Erin Boeve in kills with three. Boeve was five of seven spiking, and Tilstra was five of eight with one kill.
LaDonna Sandstede was 26 of 27 setting. Brittney Olson was eight of nine.