The Britton-Hecla volleyball squad is off to a strong start to its season with a pair of wins in the past week.
Coach Jenna Peters’ squad, now 2-0, swept Leola-Frederick 25-18, 25-23, 25-21 last week Tuesday and then defeated Tiospa Zina in four sets on Thursday 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-20. The Lady Braves played Tri-State last night Tuesday.
This week Britton-Hecla hosts Webster Area on Thursday.
B-H 25-25-25
L-F 18-20-21
Britton-Hecla put on a clinic in crunch time to earn its sweep over the Titans.
In the opening set B-H led 22-18 before scoring the final three points with Karlie Zuehlke serving the final two counters. L-F led 22-20 in set two but Abby Lee pounded a pair of kills and RaeAnn Hagenson served an ace for the final point. Then in set three the Lady Braves scored the final four points, kicked off by a Sterling Brassfield kill, to break a 21-21 tie.
SERVING: BH, 61-67, 12 aces (Jaelee Grupe 14-14, 4 aces; RaeAnn Hagenson 7-8, 3 aces; Heather Storbakken 10-11, 1 ace; Daynika Zuehlke 9-11, 1 ace; McKenna Heer 5-5, 2 aces)
HITTING: BH, 104-123, 28 kills (Karlie Zuehlke 19-21, 7 kills; Abby Lee 14-14, 7 kills; Grupe 23-26, 5 kills; Sterling Brassfield 17-24, 3 kills)
SETTING: BH, 115-116, 26 assists (Grupe 43-43, 12 assists; Storbakken 45-46, 11 assists)
BLOCKS: BH, 4 (Grupe 1, Heer 1, Lee 1, Mallory Grupe 1)
DIGS: BH, 68 (Daynika Zuehlke 23, Karlie Zuehlke 11, Grupe 7, Annika Tank 7, Brassfield 7, Ava Teveldal 6)
B-H 25-25-21-25
TZ 15-19-25-20
The Lady Braves started fast with a 10-point win in set one and took the second set by six points before Tiospa rallied to take set three. But the local netters rebounded with a 25-20 win in the fourth set to clinch the match.
SERVING: BH, 86-90, 13 aces (Heather Storbakken 23-24, 8 aces; Jaelee Grupe 16-16, 2 aces; Daynika Zuehlke 20-20, 1 ace; McKenna Heer 9-10, 1 ace; ling Brassfield 10-12, 1 ace; Karlie Zuehlke 8-8)
HITTING: BH, 104-127, 29 kills (Grupe 16-20, 8 kills; Abby Lee 16-19, 6 kills; Karlie Zuehlke 20-25, 5 kills; McKenna Heer 15-21, 4 kills; Sterling Brassfield 22-27, 2 kills)
SETTING: BH, 118-119, 27 assists (Storbakken 61-61, 12 assists; Grupe 35-36, 7 assists)
BLOCKS: BH, 5 (Grupe 2, Karlie Zuehlke 1, Brassfield 1, Lee 1)
DIGS: BH, 50 (Grupe 10, Annika Tank 8, Storbakken 7, Daynika Zuehlke 5, Ava Teveldal 5, Brassfield 5)
