Britton-Hecla’s volleyball squad split a pair of matches in the past week, sweeping Waverly-South Shore last week Tuesday but getting swept by Florence-Henry on homecoming on Thursday.
Coach Jenna Peters’ squad stood at 7-6 heading into a match at Sisseton last night Tuesday. Milbank comes to town on Thursday and the Lady Braves take on Waubay-Summit at Waubay next Tuesday.
“We played a good game against Waverly-South Shore,” said Peters. “It helped us boost our confidence going into the last leg of our regular season. Florence/Henry highlighted some of the weaker parts of our game so we’ve been working hard on those areas at practice. We’ve set some goals for ourselves for the last 10 games of the season to help put us in a good spot for the postseason.”
B-H 25-25-25 W-SS 20-19-18
Britton-Hecla pounded out 24 kills to earn the sweep over Waverly-South Shore.
Kaegan Fredrickson led the way at the net with seven kills, and six players had at last a pair of kills for the Lady Braves’ balanced attack. Annika Tank came up with 17 digs and Heather Storbakken had 13 digs to go a long with seven assists.
SERVING : BH, 68-74, 3 aces (Emma Kraft 23-23, 1 ace; Addison Wade 12-13, 1 ace; Heather Storbakken 9-10; Kaegan Fredrickson 7-8, 1 ace)
HITTING : BH, 90-113, 24 kills (Fredrickson 15-22, 7 kills; Tiyanna Schott 26-28, 3 kills; Sterling Brassfield 9-11, 4 kills; Abby Lee 8-9, 3 kills; Storbakken 9-9, 2 kills; Jayden Bender 6-6, 3 kills)
SETTING : BH, 75-77, 17 assists (Storbakken 39-39, 7 assists; Bender 2729, 8 assists)
DIGS : BH, 59 (Annika Tank 17, Storbakken 13, Brassfield 8, Fredrickson 7)
BLOCKS : BH, 4 assists (Lee 2, Schott 1, Kraft 1)
F-H 25-25-25 B-H 14-19-23
The Lady Braves led all three sets early but could not put Florence-Henry away.
Abby Lee, Sterling Brassfield, and Jayden Bender all had kills to help the local netters to a 10-9 lead in the opening set, but the visitors went on a 14-3 run. In set two Heather Storbakken had a kill and ace, Kaegan Fredrickson a block, and Tiyanna Schott and Lee kills to forge a 9-6 lead, but this time Florence-Henry went on an 11-2 run to take charge.
Set three was a similar story. Schott and Brassfield both had a pair of kills, Emma Kraft had an ace and block, and Fredrickson added a kill for another 10-9 lead, but F-H reeled off a 7-2 run to lead 16-12.
This time the Lady Braves battled back. Schott had back-to-back blocks and a service ace, and Kraft and Fredrickson posted kills to give B-H a 23-22 lead. But FH scored the final three points for the sweep.
Schott had seven kills to lead B-H at the net, and Fredrickson and Brassfield had five apiece.
SERVING : BH, 53-58, 3 aces (Emma Kraft 13-15, 1 ace; Heather Storbakken 11-11, 1 ace; Kaegan Fredrickson 8-10; Addison Wade 7-7, 1 ace)
HITTING : BH, 86-110, 23 kills (Tiyanna Schott 21-25, 7 kills; Fredrickson 11-15, 5 kills; Sterling Brassfield 14-17, 5 kills; Abby Lee 9-12, 2 kills; Storbakken 9-9, 1 kill)
SETTING : BH, 85-87, 23 assists (Storbakken 41-42, 13 assists; Jayden Bender 35-36, 10 assists)
DIGS ; BH, 49 (Fredrickson 12, Storbakken 8, Wade 6)
BLOCKS : BH, 2 blocks, 4 assists (Schott 1 block, 1 assist; Fredrickson 1 block)
