The Britton-Hecla volleyball squad ran its winning streak to three games before dropping its first match of the season last week.
Coach Jenna Peters’ squad downed Tri-State in four sets last week Tuesday 25-18, 2125, 25-15, 25-19 and then lost to Webster Area on Thursday in straight sets 25-17, 25-17, 25-14.
“We played well against Tri-State. Our hitting was much better as well as our communication and timing,” said Peters. “At Webster we had a harder time communicating and or passing wasn’t great, but we are looking forward to playing Deuel on Thursday. They are a tough team, but we are ready.”
The Lady Braves host Deuel on Thursday with the C match starting at 5 p.m. and the junior varsity and varsity to follow. Saturday the local netters will compete in a tournament at Clark beginning at 9 a.m., and Monday Langford Area comes to town with junior high matches starting at 4 p.m. and JV at 6 p.m. with the varsity to follow.
B-H 25-21-25-25 Tri-State 18-25-15-19
The Lady Braves coupled a one-two punch at the net with a stellar serving performance in rolling past Tri-State in four sets.
Kaegan Fredrickson came up with 12 kills and Tiyanna Schott had 11 as B-H pounded out 51 kills as a team. The squad also committed just five service errors from the service line, hitting 89-94.
Two Fredrickson kills, one from Schott, and a Emma Kraft block helped B-H to a 14-9 lead in the opening set. Tri-State cut the margin to 1715 but another Fredrickson kill and two more from Schott spurred a 6-0 run and a firstset win.
Another six-point run in the second set, this time spurred by a Fredrickson kill and back-to-back aces from Schott, put the Lady Braves up 10-5 on the way to a commanding 19-11 margin. BH still led 22-15 on a Karlie Zuehlke kill but didn’t score again as Tri-State scored 10 straight to even the match.
The six-point run theme continued in game three when Fredrickson and Schott had kills and B-H went up 13-7 following a long rally. The local netters extended that lead to 20-11. Tri-State cut the margin to six but this time there would be no big comeback as Fredrickson came up with a block, and Schott, Mallory Grupe, and Kraft had kills.
Tri-State led the fourth set 10-9, but Kraft served six straight points and had a pair of kills to give the Lady Braves a 16-11 lead. B-H still led 2316 when Tri-State made things interesting again, cutting the margin to 24-22 before Peters’ crew earned the match victory.
SERVING: BH, 89-94, 4 aces (Heather Storbakken 21-22, 2 aces; Kaegan Fredrickson 20-21; Tiyanna Schott 15-15, 2 aces; Emma Kraft 14-14; Addison Wade 12-12)
HITTING: BH, 147-180, 51 kills (Fredrickson 32-39, 12 kills; Schott 2835, 11 kills; Kraft 20-27, 6 kills; Mallory Grupe 12-15, 6 kills; Sterling Brassfield 17-24, 5 kills)
SETTING: BH, 150-151, 26 assists (Storbakken 78-78, 13 assists; Jayden Bender 51-52, 9 assists)
DIGS: BH, 97 (Fredrickson 20, Storbakken 15, Annika Tank 13, Wade 12)
BLOCKS: BH, 1 block, 6 assists (Kraft 1 block; Schott 3 assists, Brassfield 1 assist, Fredrickson 1 assist, Grupe 1 assist)
Webster Area 25-25-25 Britton-Hecla 17-17-14
Webster Area had the Lady Braves on their heels in coming up with a three-set sweep for its first win of the season in four starts.
Tiyanna Schott and Sterling Brassfield led B-H at the net with five kills apiece.
SERVING: BH, 42-47, 1 ace (Kaegan Fredrickson 10-10; Addison Wade 8-9; Heather Storbakken 7-9, 1 ace)
HITTING: BH, 86-111, 21 kills (Tiyanna Schott 16-20, 5 kills; Sterling Brassfield 11-13, 5 kills; Fredrickson 1421, 4 kills; Karlie Zuehlke 18-21, 3 kills; Emma Kraft 12-17, 3 kills)
SETTING: BH, 99-99, 17 assists (Jayden Bender 44-44, 7 assists; Storbakken 34-34, 9 assists)
DIGS: BH, 47 (Annika Tank 17, Fredrickson 6, Wade 5)
BLOCKS: BH, 2 blocks, 3 assists (Fredrickson 1 block, Schott 1 assist, Kraft 1 assist, Mallory Grupe 1 assist)
