Britton-Hecla picked up three wins in five starts in the past week and stood at 12-4 heading into a match with Sisseton last night Tuesday.
Coach Jenna Peter’s club swept Waverly-South Shore last week Tuesday, won in four sets over Florence-Henry on Thursday, and won one of three starts in the Great Plains Lutheran Tournament on Saturday, defeating Tiospa Zina in two straight but losing in straight sets to Great Plains Lutheran and Milbank.
This week the Lady Braves travel to Milbank on Thursday and host Waubay-Summit on Tuesday.
“I would say our offense looked really good in Florence,” said Peters. “But Sterling getting hurt was a setback, especially for our defense. We need to work on fixing a couple spots in our defense and being more consistent with our serves and offense. I’m excited to play tougher teams the next couple of weeks. We looked okay at the tournament but our energy wasn’t there, and we need to find a way to stay energetic without Sterling on the floor.”
Brassfield suffered a knee injury (possible hyperextension) and is out indefinitely
BH 25-25-25
Waverly-SS 12-20-13
Britton-Hecla came up with 11 service aces and 37 kills to roll past Waverly-South Shore in straight sets.
Heather Storbakken continued her strong serving effort this season, hitting 23-23 with five aces, and Sterling Brassfield was 14-15 from the line with four aces. Abby Lee also continued her domination at the net with 22-23 tries and 10 kills. McKenna Heer added eight kills, Jaelee Grupe six, and Karlie Zuehlke four. On the defensive front Daynika Zuehlke totaled 20 digs.
Waverly-South Shore battled the Lady Braves on pretty even terms for the first half of each set but then Peters’ squad reeled off some runs to take charge. B-H led just 13-11 in set one but went on a 12-1 run the rest of the way with Brassfield serving the final seven points and Lee pounding four kills.
In set two the visitors led 15-12 but the Lady Braves outscored the Lady Coyotes 8-1 to lead 20-16. W-SS cut it to 20-19 but Brassfield, Karlie Zuelhke, and Maddi Micko all had kills and Jaelee Grupe served the final four points for the win.
Set three was a similar scenario. The set was tied at 11-all before B-H put together a 11-0 run on 10 straight service points by Storbakken to take charge. Lee hammered four hard kills down the stretch to keep Waverly-South Shore at bay.
SERVING: BH, 66-72, 11 aces (Heather Storbakken 23-23, 5 aces; Sterling Brassfield 14-15, 4 aces; Jaelee Grupe 12-12, 1 ace; McKenna Heer 9-9, 1 ace)
HITTING: BH, 79-95, 37 kills (Abby Lee 22-23, 10 kills; Heer 14-18, 8 kills; Grupe 14-16, 6 kills; Karlie Zuehlke 10-13, 4 kills)
SETTING: BH, 95-96, 35 assists (Storbakken 43-43, 20 assists; Grupe 31-32, 10 assists)
DIGS: BH, 56 (Daynika Zuehlke 20, Grupe 9, Storbakken 6, Annika Tank 6)
BLOCKS: BH, 4 assists (Grupe 1, K. Zuehlke 1, Brassfield 1, Lee 1)
B-H 25-25-23-25
F-H 20-19-25-18
Britton-Hecla pounded 51 kills to power its way past Florence-Henry. Karlie Zuehlke led the way at the net with 16 kills, McKenna Heer had 12, and Jaelee Grupe 10.
SERVING: BH, 85-97, 7 aces (Jaelee Grupe 18-20, 3 aces; McKenna Heer 17-19, 1 ace; Sterling Brassfield 10-12, 2 aces; Daynika Zuehlke 20-21)
HITTING: BH, 133-163, 51 kills (Karlie Zuehlke 31-37, 16 kills; Heer 24-27, 12 kills; Grupe 22-24, 10 kills; Abby Lee 23-26, 7 kills)
SETTING: BH, 170-170, 51 assists (Heather Storbakken 66-66, 27 assists; Grupe 69-69, 13 assists)
DIGS: BH, 81 (D. Zuehlke 28, Grupe 18)
BLOCKS: BH, 1 block, 5 assists (Grupe 1 block, K. Zuehlke 4 assists)
GPL Tournament
B-H 25-25
Tiospa Zina 9-15
The Lady Braves swept Tiospa Zina, allowing just 24 total points in the two sets. Abby Lee had seven kills and Heather Storbakken was 13-15 at the service line with a pair of aces and had 11 assists.
SERVING: BH, 46-50, 9 aces (Heather Storbakken 13-15, 2 aces; Maddi Micko 10-11, 2 aces; Brynlee Schmieg 6-6, 2 aces)
HITTING: BH, 44-53, 19 kills (Abby Lee 9-11, 7 kills; Jaelee Grupe 9-11, 4 kills; McKenna Heer 5-6, 3 kills; Micko 9-10, 2 kills)
SETTING: BH, 51-51, 16 assists (Storbakken 28-28, 11 assists; Grupe 21-21, 4 assists)
DIGS: BH, 23 (Daynika Zuehlke 11, Lee 4)
BLOCKS: BH, 1 block, 10 assists (Heer 1 block; Lee 5 assists)
GPL 25-25
B-H 17-18
B-H struggled at the service line and was swept by Great Plains Lutheran.
SERVING: BH, 28-36, 2 aces (Maddi Micko 7-7, 1 ace; Karlie Zuehlke 7-8; Daynika Zuehlke 5-5)
HITTING: BH, 44-54, 16 kills (Abby Lee 12-14, 6 kills; McKenna Heer 9-12, 3 kills; Jaelee Grupe 10-11, 1 kill)
SETTING: BH, 52-52, 14 assists (Heather Storbakken 25-25, 6 assists; Grupe 16-16. 7 assists)
DIGS: BH, 23 (D. Zuehlke 8, K. Zuehlke 6)
BLOCKS: BH, 2 assists (K. Zuehlke 1, Mallory Grupe 1)
Milbank 25-25
B-H 23-20
Britton-Hecla battled Milbank but came up short in both sets. Jaelee Grupe had six kills and Daynika Zuehlke a pair of service aces.
SERVING: BH, 37-42, 5 aces (Daynika Zuehlke 7-8, 2 aces; Heather Storbakken 7-8, 1 ace; Maddi Micko 7-7, 1 ace)
HITTING: H, 73-86, 22 kills (Jaelee Grupe 16-18, 6 kills; McKenna Heer 16-19, 5 kills; Karlie Zuehlke 14-17, 5 kills; Abby Lee 9-11, 3 kills; Brynlee Schmieg 7-9, 2 kills)
SETTING: BH, 87-87, 20 assists (Storbakken 34-34, 11 assists; Grupe 38-38, 6 assists)
DIGS: BH, 35 (D. Zuehlke 11, Annika Tank 6, Grupe 4, Micko 4)
BLOCKS: BH, 4 assists (Grupe 2, K. Zuehlke 1, Lee 1)
