Ellie Pesch

Vikings fall in season finale

Minneota finishes 13-1 following loss to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown

Facing the team it swept in last season's Class A state volleyball championship, top-ranked Minneota succumbed to No. 2 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 3-1 Friday night at home.
The Vikings finished the season with an impressive 13-1 record.
The game was rescheduled from Saturday to Friday due to the governor's executive order to shut down sports by Saturday.
"Our off-speed defense wasn't as good as it should be," said senior hitter Abby Hennen, who had a team-high 21 kills and 28 digs. "We needed to cover tips and roll shots a lot better. And we had played with a lot of energy the night before (vs. Class 3A) and maybe were weren't as sharp in this one."
The Vikings had seven hitting errors in the fourth game alone after having only six in the first three games combined.
Minneota again was solid in serving, not erring in 80 attempts. Ireland Stassen had both of the team's ace serves, as well as 10 assists, three ace blocks and 10 digs.
Natalee Rolbiecki notched 12 kills to go along with 18 digs for the Vikings. Abby Frie had six kills ands three ace blocks. Abby Rost also finished with five kills.
McKenna Yost amassed 29 assists and 10 digs. Ellie Pesch had 13 digs and McKenna Yost seven.

WEM, Minneota 1
Win-E-Mac.................................25 20 25 25
Minneota...................................20 25 19 15

Minneota statistics
Serving (good-attempts-aces): Abby Hennen 12-12-0, Ellie Pesch 12-13-0, McKenzie Tolk 11-11-0, Ireland Stassen 16-16-2, McKenna Yost 16-16-0, Natalee Rolbiecki 13-13-0.

Setting (assists): Yost 29, Stassen 10, Hennen 2, Tolk 1, Rolbiecki 1.

Hitting (good-attempts-kills): Hennen 51-55-21, Stassen 6-8-0, Abby Rost 9-14-5, Yost 2-2-0, Rolbiecki 45-45-12, Frie 12-14-6.

Blocking (aces): Stassen 3, Frie 3, Hennen 2, Rost 1, Yost 1, Rolbiecki 1.

Digs: Hennen 28, Rolbiecki 18, Pesch 13, Stassen 10, Yost 10, Tolk 7.

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