BOLD upends Vikings at Southwest Showcase
MINNEOTA dropped it's first volleyball game in the Southwest Showcase at the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse in Burnsville Friday night.
After dropping a 25-23 nail-bitter to BOLD, the Vikings came back for a 25-19 win over the Warriors. The two teams got wrapped up in another "down to the finish" fiasco with BOLD winning, 16-14.
It was only Minneota's second loss of the year in 13 matches.
The Viking's bounced back to beat Bethlehem Academy, 25-12 and 25-12 to split the first day's matches.
They were to play again Saturday in the Southwest Showcase.
IN OTHER Showcase gamesitwas:
Medord 2, Cleveland 0
Carlton 2, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 0
MACCRAY 2, Walker-Hackensack 0
Canby 2, Lake of the Woods 0
MACCRAY 2, Kenyon-Wanimingo 1
Medord 2, Fosston 0
ON SATURDAY, Minneota defeated Russell-Tyer-Ruthton 2-0 by scores of 25-10; 25-19. They were still playing on Saturday,
Also on Saturday:
Canby 2, Barnesville 0
Kenyon-Wanamingo 2, Canby 1
Canby 2, Fosston 1
MACCRAY 2, Medord 0
Waterville=Elysian-Morristown 2, Medford 1
Lake of the Woods 2, Wabasso 0
Mabel-Canton 2, MACCRAY 1
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 2, Barnesville
Camden Conference
North W-L ALL
Lac qui Parle Valley 1-5 6-9
Central MN Christian 1-5 5-4
Kerkhoven-M-S 1-5 4-7
MACCRAY 1-5 6-6-1
Dawson-Boyd 0-6 2-8
Renville County West 0-6 1-6
South
Minneota 6-0 12-1
Canby 6-0 8-0
Lakeview 6-0 8-0
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 6-0 8-2
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 6-0 8-4
Yellow Med. East 2-4 6-7
Through the first six Camden Conference games, the state's No. 1-ranked, 6-0 Minneota Vikings have had their way with opponents.
They did it again Thursday night, 3-0 over Dawson-Boyd by scores of 25-7; 25-11 and 25-7.
But take a look at the conference standings (above). The North half is 4-32 in league games. The south, where Minneota competes is 32-4.
Minneota's six victories have been over Camden North foes. They haven't played a single South foe yet.
In the south, the teams are 32-4 with Canby, Lakeview,Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton all undefeated.
Minneota Coach Hayley Fruin said, "We talked about it in the conference and some felt the top two teams should play for the championship, regardless if they're in the North or South."
She added, "But so far nothing came of it."
If the "uneven" conference continues through the season, it's likely an undefeated team will play a team with just a few wins for the "North-South Conference Championship."
Whatever happens, Minneota now will turn its attention to the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse tournament tonight and Saturday in Burnsville, then will begin their assault on the "better half" of the Camden Conference.
Thursday night Minneota was never tested by Dawson-Boyd, which failed to get any offense going as they spent all night trying to defend and return the resounding hits at the net by Minneota.
Natalee Hennen led the way at the net with 13 kills with Morgan Hennen and sister Abby Hennen getting eight and seven each. Abby Hennen also had four blocks for points and Abby Frie added two more
Minneota's serving continued strong with Abby Rost serving up 15 of 16; Morgan Hennen 13 of 14 and McKenna Yost 13 straight. In the second game McKenna Yost served up four-straight points to vault the Vikings into a 12-6 lead they never lost. And Ellie Pesch landed six straight serves in the third game.
In the back row, Rolbiecki, Abby Hennen and Yost kept the ball bouncing back to the setters. Yost had 18 sets and Ireland Stassen 12.
SERVING: (No., good, aces) Abby Rost 15-14-1; Morgan Hennen 14-13-0; McKenna Yost 13-13-0.
KILLS: Natalee Rolbiecki 13; Morgan Hennen 8; Abby Hennen 7.
BLOCKS: Abby Hennen 4; Abby Frie 2.
SET ASSISTS: McKenna Yost 18, Ireland Stassen 12.
DIGS: Abby Hennen 9; Rolbiecki 8; Yost 7.