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Volleyball roundup: BBE serves its way past Royalton

joe brown, tom elliott and michael lyne, west central tribune, willmar, minn.
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Oct. 12—BROOTEN — Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa cemented a share of the Central Minnesota Conference volleyball title on Thursday.

The Jaguars swept Royalton, 25-16, 25-18, 25-21, to improve their record to 6-0 in the CMC with one match to play. BBE will try to win the conference outright at 7 p.m. Tuesday at home against Paynesville. The Bulldogs are 6-1 in the CMC.

Before the match, BBE head coach Alanna Hunter was scouting the Royals' junior varsity for how the team played in serve-receive. The Jaguars found the holes with 10 ace serves, led by five from Kacey Fischer.

"I was scouting the JV match and saw a little film on Royalton and a lot of their serve-receive was unbalanced; two people deeper and a short player, or over to one side a little bit," Hunter said. "They were leaving a lot of holes on the floor."

Hunter added on Kacey's big night at the service line, "The last couple games, she's really come into her own in figuring out the rhythm in her serves. It's nice to see her do that."

Since Sept. 25 against Parkers Prairie, BBE has been utilizing a two-setter system with junior Kylie Weller and freshman Kamie Fischer. The system worked effectively against Royalton as Kamie had 19 set assists and Weller added 16. Brooklyn Fischer paced the Jaguars' offense with 17 kills, followed by 12 from Kacey Fischer.

"We put a lot of practice and prep into this, and a couple games before the transition, we got (Kamie) on the floor to be comfortable," Hunter said. "Both Kylie and Kamie set very similarly, so that made the transition easier."

Along with playing for an outright conference title on Tuesday, BBE is also hosting Dig Pink Night. They'll honor Tiffany Breitbach, a longtime assistant coach who also served as co-head coach in 2021 when Hunter went on maternity leave.

"She was diagnosed with breast cancer this spring, so it's going to be a big night for us," Hunter said. "Tiffany has family from Paynesville, too, so we scheduled it specifically to help bring those relationships together. There'll be a big silent auction before the game and if she's feeling good, we'll have time to reflect on how much she's meant to the program."

Emma Flanders had 15 kills and 13 digs and Rayna Spanier contributed 23 set assists and four kills in Paynesville's sweep of Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City at Paynesville.

McKenna Barten knocked home six ace serves for the Bulldogs.

Paynesville plays Redwood Valley at 7:15 p.m. Monday in Paynesville. ACGC next plays at 7 p.m. Monday at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle.

Rockford beat New London-Spicer 25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 25-14 to at Rockford.

NLS closes out the regular season against Central Minnesota Christian at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at New London.

Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted stormed past Litchfield after the Dragons held a 2-0 set lead at Litchfield.

The Dragons next play Princeton at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Litchfield.

Central Minnesota Christian recorded a 25-12, 25-22, 25-17 victory over Lac qui Parle Valley at Prinsburg.

Emmi Braem and Maddy Vander Ark each had nine kills for the Bluejays. Avery Duininck had 20 set assists and Braem added 14. Braem also had four service aces and Vander Ark had 10 digs.

Also for CMCS, Janessa Erickson had four ace blocks and Aurora Nelson had 11 digs.

For LQPV, Caleigh Conn had seven kills, Kaitlyn Kittleson added 20 set assists, Clarie Rostad had 11 digs and Jalyn Lee had six ace blocks.

CMCS plays Lakeview at 7:15 p.m. Monday in Prinsburg. LQPV is host to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Madison.

Rachel Jakel had 11 kills and 11 digs and Johanna Braun had 29 set assists in Renville County West's sweep of Dawson-Boyd at Renville.

Holly Hinderks picked up six service aces for the Jaguars.

RCW next plays at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart. Dawson-Boyd faces Minneota at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Dawson.

Brielle Jansen and Emma Thein each had 14 kills to lead MACCRAY past Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at Clara City.

Annie Bourne contributed 25 set assists for the Wolverines, who got 11 digs and three service aces from Lexi Nurmi.

For KMS, Sophia Oerter had four kills and Olivia Noble had 13 set assists and three service aces. Abby Holtkamp added seven digs for the Fighting Saints.

MACCRAY next plays Yellow Medicine East at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Clara City. KMS plays Ortonville at 7;30 p.m. Tuesday in Kerkhoven.

Benson earned its fourth win of the season with a sweep of Montevideo at Benson.

For the Thunder Hawks, Emmie Koenen had eight kills and Maren Nelson added seven. Addie Olson had 11 set assists and Jill Magnuson had 10. Teagan Epema contributed nine digs and Avery Williams had five service aces.

Montevideo closes out the regular season against West Central Area at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Montevideo. Benson plays at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sauk Centre.

Despite three Lakers recording double figures in kills Sauk Centre stormed past Minnewaska at Glenwood.

Haillie Schulz led Minnewaska with 13 kills, followed by 11 each from Dreya Barsness and Avery Fier.

Schulz added 15 set assists, 11 digs and one ace serve. Barsness had 28 digs and an ace serve. Fier recorded 18 digs, three ace serves and a set assist.

Minnewaska plays Morris/Chokio-Alberta on Tuesday in Glenwood.