The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team hosted two contests in the past week.
The Flying Dutchmen swept the Lady Pates Thursday Sept. 23, and Dell Rapids St. Mary downed H-BC in a non-conference match on Monday, Sept. 27.
H-BC was scheduled to play Murray County Central at home Tuesday, and the Patriots will participate in the Southwest Minnesota State University Tournament in Marshall on Oct. 1 and 2.
Edgerton 3, H-BC 0
The Patriots have developed a pattern of starting their games out slow, and that pattern continued against the Flying Dutchmen on. Sept. 23 in Edgerton.
Edgerton started out with a 10-2 lead. Taylor Durst had six serves in a row to bring the score to 22-16. The Patriots edged closer before falling in Set 1 by a score of 25-22.
Set 2 was a hard-fought battle between the two teams. The score was tied several times throughout the set, but serving errors and lack of blocking would deny the Patriots the win by a final score of 25-23.
Tara Paulsen had four serves in a row, closing the lead by Edgerton to 14-9 in Set 3.
Kills by sophomores Lanae Elbers and Larissa Steinhoff kept the score close, but again the Dutchmen took the third set 25-20.
Attacks: Lanae Elbers 7 kills, Kenadie Fick 5 kills
Serves: Taylor Durst 15/15 with 1 ace serve, Tara Paulsen 14/15, Sam Moser 8/9
Set Assists: Tess VanMaanen 13 Digs: Kenadie Fick 12, Sam Moser 7, Danette Leenderts 7
Blocks: Sam Moser 4 assists, Leeanna Gaugler 4 assists
Dell Rapids 3, H-BC 0
The Patriots went down in three in a nonconference game against Dell Rapids St. Mary Monday night. Despite losing in three, a combined team effort kept the match close.
Dell Rapids kept the lead in the first set. Taylor Durst's consistent serving, and hard hitting from Lanae Elbers in the front row, had the Patriots within two 17-15. Dell Rapids slowly widened the gap and won 25-19.
A kill by Durst tied the score 4-4 in Set 2, but Dell Rapids would hold onto the lead after that. A kill by Elbers brought the Patriots within two, 10-8. Kenadie Fick served three in a row to come within four at 19-15. A kill by Leeanna Gaugler made it 22-18. Danette Leenderts added an ace serve to come with three, 22-19, but Dell Rapids ended the set 25-20.
An ace serve by Fick and a block by Durst gave the Patriots the lead at 5-1 starting the third set.
Dell Rapids answered back and the score was tied several times at 11-11, 14-14, 15-15, 16-16, and 21-21. A kill by Fick and an error on the Dell Rapids side gave HBC the lead at 24-22.
Dell Rapids was able to tie it again 24-24. A hit out of bounds by the Patriots and a final kill by Dell Rapids would finish the set 26-24.
Serves: Kenadie Fick 14/14 with 3 ace serves
Blocks: Taylor Durst 4 solo, Sam Moser 4 assists, Leeanna Gaugler 4 assists
Set Assists: Tess VanMaanen 11
Attacks: Lanae Elbers 7 kills, Kenadie Fick 4 kills