The Hills-Beaver Creek Lady Pates dropped two volleyball matches in regular season action last week.
H-BC took on the Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles in Edgerton Tuesday, Sept. 13, and came away with a loss in three matches, 19-25, 14-25 and 16-25.
In a match at home against Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Thursday, Sept. 15, H-BC fell short 13-25, 18-25, 17-25.
The Patriots will host MLA-C on Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Hills.
SWC 3, H-BC 0
The Patriots traveled to Edgerton to take on the Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles Sept. 13.
H-BC struggled with service receival, and the Pates were unable to stop SWC’s power hitters.
In the first set, Brynn Rauk, Olivia Bork and Layla Deelstra each contributed points with ace serves.
H-BC tied the score at 4-4, 9-9 and 12-12.
SWC had several serve errors that kept the score close, but SWC was able to pull away and took the first set 25-19.
Lanae Elbers started Set 2 strong with a block and then a kill to tie the score 4-4. Elbers then added an ace serve followed by a kill from Ella Sammons to tie it again 6-6. Sammons and Taylor Huisman added a doing block after SWC went on a run, bringing the score to 15-8.
SWC went on to win Set 2 by a score of 25-14.
Elbers served another ace to begin the third set and gave H-BC the lead 5-4. A push to the back by Huisman kept them in the lead 11-10.
SWC then took the lead and finished the third and final set 25-16.
Individual statistics:
Lanae Elbers: six kills, one solo block, two ace serves
Brynn Rauk: five set assists, 8/8 serving with three ace serves, three digs
Malli Ternus: five set assists, two blocks
Layla Deelstra: 8/9 serving with one ace serve, four kills, six digs
Larissa Steinhoff: 9/9 serving, four kills, three digs
WWG 3, H-BC 0
The Patriots met Westbrook-Walnut Grove at home Thursday, Sept. 15.
WWG got out to an early lead in the first set and had no problem keeping that lead.
A pass from Larissa Steinhoff, set by Brynn Rauk, and kill by Lanae Elbers gave H-BC their first score 1-4. Layla Deelstra and Steinhoff both tallied a couple of kills before WWG finished the set 13-25.
H-BC started the second set out strong. A double block by Deelstra and Elbers followed by two serves from Rauk gave H-BC the early lead 4-0. Grace Anderson, who played a strong back row throughout the night, had a pass to setter Malli Ternus, who set Steinhoff up to add to the score 8-3.
Deelstra and Elbers both added a kill to continue to keep the lead 10-7.
WWG fought back to tie the score 13-13 and kept the lead after that.
Another pass by Anderson, with a set by Olivia Bork, set Steinhoff up for a kill. Taylor Huisman added a kill and Steinhoff had an ace serve, but H-BC fell short, 18-25.
Elbers started H-BC out strong in the third set with a block, a tip and an ace serve to give them the lead 6-3. Huisman added a kill followed by a double block alongside Ella Sammons to keep the lead 10-8. Deelstra and Elbers scored off kills, and Rauk added a tip-over 14-12.
WWG tied the score at 14-14 and took over from there.
Steinhoff, Sammons, and Huisman all tallied points from kills before the game ended with the Pates coming up short at 17-25.
Individual statistics
Lanae Elbers: 6 kills, 9/10 serving with 1 ace, 2 blocks
Larissa Steinhoff: 8 kills, 6/6 serving with 1 ace, 5 digs
Layla Deelstra: 5 kills, 5/6 serving with 1 ace, 10 digs
Grace Anderson: 9/9 serving, 13 digs
Brynn Rauk: 11/12 serving with 2 aces, 8 set assists
Olivia Bork: 7/7 serving, 10 set assists
Ella Sammons: 5 solo blocks, 2 kills