Princeton 3, Becker 0 Thursday was the girls volleyball teams’s Breast Cancer Awareness night. The players and fans donned the color pink in honor of all women who suffer from breast cancer, but especially for senior Brynn Barthel’s mom, Laura, who is battling the disease herself.
The Bulldogs lost to the Princeton Tigers in three straight sets.
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Becker 3, Milaca 1
The Bulldogs came out slow against host Milaca Tuesday.
“Our hitters weren’t connecting,” said Sloan. “The setters weren’t getting there, altogether we struggled to get going.”
After the ugly start in which they lost the first set, the Bulldogs figured out what to do and won the next three sets.
“Hitters Hope Amundson and Brynn Barthel started placing the ball in their weak areas,” said Sloan.
Amundson had 15 kills for the night and Barthel brought in 11 kills, had six blocked shots and five aces.
“Overall, hitting picked up and as a team as we had 45 kills for the night with a hitting percentage of .437,” said the head coach.
Sarah Garding tallied seven kills along with four blocks. Jessica Gruber had seven kills and three blocks and Tina Martell finished with one kill.
Carly Baumgartner notched 15 digs and had four aces. Leah Anderson tallied eight digs and was 6--for-7 at the line. Megan Hoppe had seven digs and Daisy Kent was 9-of-10 serving with one ace.
Sauk Rapids-Rice Tournament
The girls took fourth place out of nine teams at Saturday’s tournament in Suk Rapids-Rice. They lost to Morris, beat Cloquet, beat Deer River and beat Apollo in four matches.
Game 1 vs Morris
“Very strong team against us and we came out not ready to play,” said Sloan. “Defensively we weren’t in place and our hitters were continually getting blocked.”
Morris beat Becker 25-7 and 25-15 and eventually ended up taking first place in the tournament.
Barthel had three kills and two blocks. Gruber had five kills and Amundson three kills.
Brinley Zoller had two aces in 5-6 serving, while Kent was 5-5 serving.
Game 2 vs Cloquet
After the tough loss to Morris, the Lady Bulldogs decided enough was enough and handed Cloquet a tough loss, 25-10 and 25-9.
“Cloquet runs a rotational defense and that opened up a lot of opportunities for our hitters,” said Sloan.
Hitting: Barthel had 11 kills, six digs and one ace in 9-for-10 serving. Amundson finished with six kills and Garding had five kills.
Baumgartner had 13 digs and had three aces in 5-5 serves. Kent had three digs, Zoller had five digs and Anderson had one ace on 5-5 serving.
Game 3 vs Deer River
Becker lost the first set, 25-20 then rebounded to beat Deer River 26-24 in the second and 15-11 in the third to advance.
Garding had seven kills and one blocked shot. Amundson had eight kills and two aces in 5-7 serving. Gruber had six kills.
Digs: Baumgartner finished with 12 digs and was 9-10 in serving. Barthel had six digs and Hoppe had five digs and one ace in 5-5 serving.
Game 4 vs Apollo
Great game to watch as Becker beat Apollo, 25-23 and 25-17 to get the win.
“Our hitters were connecting and placing the ball in open areas,” said Sloan. “Serving was aggressive from the beginning and followed through to the end.”
Baumgartner was 12-12 in serving and had nine digs. Barthel was 8-8 with one ace, four digs and 14 kills.
Brynn 14 kills, Amundson had seven kills, Anderson had three kills, Garding had three kills and Gruber three kills.
Hoppe had four digs, and Zoller was 4-5 with one ace.
Up Next
Tuesday is the girls’ final regular season match of the year and it is a home match against Foley. Section 8AAA seeding occurs Oct. 23 and playoffs begin Oct. 26.
