By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team picked up two wins during a stretch of playing three events in a six-day span.The Patriots lost a four-game home match to Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster Thursday before going 1-1 at the West Lyon Tournament (near Inwood, Iowa) Monday. H-BC traveled to Comfrey Tuesday, where it recorded a four-game win.H-BC, 5-6 overall, hosts Adrian tonight and Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin Tuesday.H-BC 3, Comfrey 1The Patriots broke into the win column in Red Rock Conference play by besting the Rockets in a four-game match played in Comfrey Tuesday.The situation looked bleak for H-BC when the hosts pulled out a 25-23 win in Game 1. The Patriots, however, rallied to outscore Comfrey 75-52 the rest of the night to pick up their first league win of the year."It was just a matter of time before we started playing better," said Patriot coach Curt Doorneweerd. "The girls decided in the second game that it was the right time to start doing it."H-BC controlled play after the opening game by posting comfortable 25-17, 25-18 and 25-17 victories.Brittney Rozeboom completed all 18 of her serves in the match and charted two aces. Melinda Feucht went 13 of 14 at the line with one ace, while Ashley Bosch and Cassi Tilstra served three and two aces respectively.Kelly Mulder recorded 11 kills and five blocks at the net. Tilstra added eight blocks and four kills, Kari Roozenboom chipped in three kills and two blocks, and Rozeboom added four kills to the winning cause.WL tourneyThe Patriots split two matches during Monday’s three-team, round robin tournament near Inwood, Iowa.H-BC opened the event by nipping host West Lyon in a three-game match, but a three-game loss to Boyden-Hull in the finale kept the Patriots from winning the tournament title.Patriot coach Doorneweerd said inconsistent passing kept H-BC from winning the event."I was disappointed in our passing," he said. "It’s tough to get good sets and hits when your passes are not on target."The Patriots completed enough passes to nip WL in a tight, three-game match to open the event. H-BC prevailed in a match featuring 21-19, 20-22 and 15-11 tallies.Mulder charted 10 kills and five blocks against the Lions. Tilstra contributed five kills to the cause, while Rozeboom chipped in four kills and two ace serves. Bosch completed all seven of her serves and delivered two aces in the WL match.The H-BC vs. B-H battle was another hard-fought match.B-H prevailed 22-20 in the opener, but H-BC forced a third game with a 21-12 win in Game 2. B-H nipped the Patriots 16-14 in the finale.Mulder charted 11 kills, six blocks and two ace serves against B-H. Tilstra recorded four kills and three blocks. Roozenboom served three aces.SV-RL-B3, H-BC 2The Patriots dropped their second straight league game when they fell to the Raiders in four games Thursday in Hills.The Patriots got off to a good start by winning Game 1, but the rest of the match belonged to SV-RL-B, which outscored H-BC 75-49 to win the final three games.Game 1 was tied at two when H-BC put together an 18-6 run that ended with a service point from Roozenboom, giving the Patriots a 20-8 lead.SV-RL-B battled back with a 12-3 run that trimmed H-BC’s lead to three points at 23-20. The Raiders, however, were unable to complete the comeback as H-BC scored two out of the next three points to clinch a 25-21 win.H-BC led 12-9 when Mulder registered a kill in Game 2, but the Raiders rallied to knot the score at 14 moments later.The Patriots led 16-14 when Kaitlyn Bos delivered an ace serve. SV-RL-B, however, countered with an 11-4 spurt to post a 25-20 victory.Game 3 was knotted at eight when the Raiders gained some separation with an 8-1 run that gave them a 16-9 cushion.H-BC trimmed the difference to three points (16-13) with a service point from Roozenboom, and the difference remained at three points (17-14) when SV-RL-B put together an 8-2 surge to ice a 25-16 victory.SV-RL-B dominated Game 4, turning a deadlock at two into a 24-5 lead with a 22-3 run. H-BC’s Tilstra served a seven-point run as the game progressed, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Patriots from dropping a 25-13 decision.Tilstra completed all 15 of her service attempts in the match. She also recorded six kills and three blocks. Mulder led H-BC with 11 kills and eight blocks. Rozeboom completed all nine of her serves.