The Becker Bulldog girls volleyball team battled hard but lost one match to Zimmerman Tuesday and beat Albany Thursday.
Both matches were on the road.
Thunder 3, Becker 2
Becker lost the first match, 25-23 to Zimmerman Tuesday and struggled in the second set to fall to 0-2 (25-19) heading into the third match. Kristina Sloan’s girls dug deep and played an excellent third round match, beating the Thunder, 25-15 to bring it to 2-1.
In the fourth game, Becker again played brilliantly and came away with a 25-19 win to even the match.
Unfortunately, Zimmerman was able to prevail in the deciding fifth game, 15-11.
Hope Amundson was 11-15 in serves and had eight kills in the five matches. Carly Baumgartner was 7-8 on serves and had 21 digs on defense.
Brynn Barthel was 12-16 in serves and had 15 kills and four blocked shots. Brinley Zoller had four aces on 14-19 serving.
Megan Hoppe had seven digs while Jessica gruber recorded nine kills. Sarah Garding had 12 kills and five blocked shots.
Payton Anderson notched two-and-a-half blocked shots and Sam May had two blocks.
Albany 3, Becker 0
Becker took a loss Thursday night on the road against the Huskies.
“We knew they were going to be a tough team to beat,” said Head Coach Kristina Sloan. “Winning the conference last year and only losing one senior, they have a great offensive team.”
Sloan said her team prepared earlier this week, running a lot of defensive drills.
“Although I don’t think we played badly, we just couldn’t get past their defense to put the ball down,” she said.
The scores were 25-18, 25-15 and 25-19.
Barthel had five kills, six blocked shots and was 5-7 in serves with four aces. Garding had eight kills and three blocks. Anderson tallied three kills and four blocks. Amundson had five kills and three blocked shots.
Baumgartner was 5-7 in serving and had 11 digs. Zoller was 5-6 at the line with one ace.
Up Next
Becker (6-7) hosts Little Falls Tuesday, then closes out the regular season two weeks later (Oct. 18) at home against Foley.
