Lady Bulldog Volleyball, Sept 9, 2020

Published by admin on Tue, 09/08/2020 - 3:45pm

SENIOR MADI THUE gets down to bump the ball to a teammate as Jocalynn McFarland looks on in the Bulldogs’ 3-0 loss to Sisseton Thursday, September 3, in Milbank. Thue was nine of nine serving; 30 of 36 attacking with eight kills, and had 12 digs.

Lady Bulldog Volleyball Team

Goes 0-3 In Matches This Week

The Milbank Area girls volleyball team suffered losses to Deuel, Sisseton and Waverly-South Shore this past week.

Milbank 0, Deuel 3

The Milbank Area volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Deuel on Tuesday, September 1, in Clear Lake. Set scores were 28-26, 25-22, and 25-22.

“I need to get players in positions that give them their best opportunity to be successful. Our line up will continue to change until we can get the chemistry and consistency needed to play together and have good flow,” said Nancy Hoeke, coach. “I’ve got girls that are excited to be playing volleyball and that are willing to work to get better. That’s a good combination to move forward.”

Milbank built an 8-5 lead after Hallie Schulte’s ace early in the first set. The Bulldog lead grew to 15-8 when Jocalynn McFarland served an ace. The lead was extended to 19-13 after Siri Bien racked up two aces.

Milbank took a 24-18 advantage when Madi Thue produced a kill and a block back-to-back. However, Deuel stormed back with seven unanswered points to take a 25-24 advantage. It went back and forth until finally Deuel emerged with a 28-26 match win.

McFarland tied the game at four early in the second set with a kill. The game was knotted at nine after Casside Seezs’ kill. Milbank jumped out to a 15-13 advantage after Thue served an ace.

The Bulldogs fell behind, but came within one point, 19-18, after back-to-back kills from Seezs and Jessica Van Peursem. Bien’s ace put Milbank in front 20-19, but could not hold on to the lead as Deuel closed out the 25-22 set win.

The Lady ‘Dawgs were off to a great start in set three when they took a 4-1 advantage after a kill from Thue and an ace from Van Peursem. Rachel Schulte’s ace put the Bulldogs out front 7-2.

Milbank enjoyed a two-point advantage, 13-11, following Van Peursem’s kill and Seezs’ ace. An ace from Thue gave the Bulldogs a 19-14 cushion. However, Deuel rallied and took a 25-22 set win.

Match statistics were as follows:

Serving — Casside Seezs, 14 of 15 (one ace); Thue, 11 of 14 (four aces); Van Peursem, 12 of 12 (one ace); Bien, 11 of 12 (two aces); Schulte, seven of 10; McFarland, three of six, and Rachel Schulte, three of three (one ace).

Attacking — Thue, 28 of 32 (eight kills); Seezs, 20 of 27 (five kills); Bien, 19 of 21 (five kills); Van Peursem, 13 of 14 (three kills); McFarland, 11 of 12 (one kill), and Shelby Lee, five of seven (one kill).

Setting — Van Peursem, 48 of 53 (12 assists),

Digs — H. Schulte, 12; Van Peursem, nine, and Seezs and Thue, eight each.

Blocks — Lee, one solo, and Thue and Bien, one assisted.

As a team, the Lady ‘Dawgs were 61 of 72 serving (84 percent) and racked up 11 aces, 23 kills, 22 assists, 37 digs and two blocks.

Milbank 0, Sisseton 3

The Lady Bulldogs fell to Sisseton 3-0 Thursday, September 3, in Milbank. Set scores were 25-15, 25-22 and 25-17.

“We struggled with a change in our line up which caused some mistakes in our rotation order. We have players with little to no varsity experience that are getting court time,” said Hoeke. “I want to see what they can do, but it causes some confusion and mistakes to happen. The things we can control we need to do a better job of such as getting serves in and making sure certain balls are hit or passed ‘in’ instead of in the net or out of bounds.”

Milbank fell into a 12-3 deficit early in the first set. McFarland’s bump-kill brought Milbank to within eight, 15-7. Milbank tried to get something going when McFarland’s kill and Thue’s block brought the score to 21-13. But, Sisseton cruised on to the 25-15 set win.

In the second set, Thue’s kill and Van Peursem’s ace gave Milbank a 3-2 advantage early on. Sisseton pulled away, but the ‘Dawgs closed the gap to 15-12 with a kill from Shelby Lee. Jenna Dexter’s ace brought Milbank within six, 22-16, but Sisseton closed out the 25-22 set win.

The Bulldogs jumped out to a 3-1 advantage early in the third set after back-to-back kills from Thue. Sisseton took back the lead, but Milbank pulled to within three, 13-10, after a kill from Lee. However, the Lady ‘Dawgs could not recover the deficit and Sisseton took a 25-17 set win.

Match statistics were as follows:

Serving — Van Peursem, 12 of 13 (one ace); Bien, nine of nine (one ace); Thue, nine of nine; R. Schulte, six of seven; H. Schulte and McFarland, three of five each; Seezs, three of four, and Jenna Dexter, one of two (one ace).

Attacking — Thue, 30 of 36 (eight kills); Bien, 20 of 26 (four kills); Seezs, 12 of 18 (three kills); R. Schulte, 12 of 17; Lee, 13 of 16 (three kills), and McFarland, six of eight (two kills).

Setting — R. Schulte, 38 of 41 (11 assists); McFarland, 28 of 29 (four assists).

Digs — H. Schulte, 19; Van Peursem, 13; Thue, 12, and R. Schulte, four.

Blocks — Thue, one solo.

As a team, Milbank Area was 48 of 56 serving (85 percent), and had three aces, 20 kills, 15 assists, had 48 digs, and one block.

Milbank 0,

Waverly-South Shore 3

The Milbank Area volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to the Waverly-South Shore Coyotes Saturday, September 5, in Waverly. Set scores were 17-25, 13-25, and 10-25.

“A positive was that we served a little better at 90 percent. I would like the team to serve at 93 percent, so this was our best serving match, up from 85 percent,” said Hoeke.

Milbank fell into an early deficit in set one, but started to close the gap after Seezs produced a kill, and Bien, back-t0-back kills to bring the score to 12-6. Milbank was within two, 16-14, after kills from R. Schulte and Bien. However, Waverly-South Shore pulled away for a 25-17 set win.

Milbank got on the scoreboard in set two when Seezs hammered a kill to bring the score to 6-1. Taryn Dusky’s kill narrowed the gap to 16-9, but the Coyotes went on to take the set 25-13 set.

Seezs’ early kill in the third set closed the gap to 3-1. Van Peursem’s kill brought the score to 10-6, but the Coyotes began to pull away. Milbank was unable to mount a comeback, and Waverly-South Shore won the third set 25-10.

Match statistics were as follows:

Serving — H. Schulte, 13 of 13; Van Peursem, 12 of 12; Bien, six of seven; McFarland, six of six; Thue, five of six, and R. Schulte, three of six.

Attacking — Thue, 15 of 31 (one kill); Bien, 19 of 24 (five kills); Seezs, 12 of 15 (three kills); R. Schulte, 13 of 14 (two kills), and Dusky, seven of 11 (one kill).

Setting — R. Schulte, 31 of 34 (six assists); McFarland, 22 of 24 (Two assists).

Digs — H. Schulte, 20; R. Schulte, eight; Thue, seven, and Van Peursem, five.

As a team, the Lady Bulldogs were 48 of 53 serving (90 percent), and had three aces, 12 kills, eight assists, and had 41 digs.