The Britton-Hecla volleyball squad split a pair of matches in the past week, downing North Central in four sets last week Tuesday and falling to Hamlin in straight sets on Thursday.
Coach Jenna Peters’ squad took a 14-5 record into a home match with Great Plains Lutheran last night Tuesday. Friday the Lady Braves tangle with once-beaten Clark-Willow Lake in Clark and Tuesday will wrap up regular season play by hosting Wilmot. Region 1A will be held Nov. 3 and 5.
“We’ve had some tough games recently but they really highlighted what we need to work on,” said Peters. “We had some really good moments though, and I was proud of the girls. Our goals this week and next week are to beat GPL and Wilmot so that we can win the ECC again. Then it’s on to the region and the girls have been working really hard at practice.”
B-H 25-25-19-25
North Central 19-20-25-21
B-H won a hard-fought contest against North Central at Eureka, taking the opening two sets and putting the match away in the fourth
Maddi Micko had a good night at the service line, hitting 16-26 serves and five aces and also had 10 kills at the net. Chellon Pruitt also came up with 10 kills and Jaelee Grupe pounded nine as the Lady Braves came up with a total of 42 kills and 17 aces.
Hamlin 25-25-25
B-H 21-14-15
Hamlin put together some big runs to keep the Lady Braves at bay and earn the sweep.
The visitors put together 7-0 and 7-1 runs in the opening set and led 19-11, but B-H rallied with a 10-3 run of its own behind four kills and an ace from Jaelee Grupe to trail just 22-21 before Hamlin scored the final three points.
In set two B-H trailed just 7-6 when Hamlin’s Addelyn Jensen rattled off nine straight serves, including four straight aces, to put the Chargers in command 17-6. The final set was a similar story. The Lady Braves trailed just 15-14 before the visitors went on a 10-1 run to end the match.
Grupe was 11-12 at the service line with three aces and had 13 assists. Maddi Micko led at the net with seven kills, and Daynika Zuehlke came up with 10 digs.
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