Lady Bulldogs Volleyball Teams Trade Wins With Florence-Henry

The Lady Bulldogs varsity volleyball team, coached by Nancy Hoeke, fought the Lady Falcons of Florence-Henry down to the wire in their match on Thursday, September 19, in Milbank. The Lady Bulldogs eventually fell 3-2. Their set scores 25-23, 24-26, 24-26, 25-13, and 13-15. 

Keys to the Game:

• Serving:  Addisyn Krause racked up seven aces on 28-of-31 serving. Adison Pauli went 9-of-10 with two aces. 
• On the attack: Claire Snaza led Milbank’s offense with 19 kills on 36-of-47 hitting. Isabella Anderson was next with six kills on 15-of-27 hitting.  

• Setting up the offense: Scoular had a massive 25 assists on 77-of-79 setting. Krause recorded 45-of-45 and added six assists.
• For the defense: Ella Sandvig saved the day with 26 digs to keep Milbank rallying. Wenzl was close behind with 17 digs. Krause added 16. 
• At the net: Snaza was credited with five solo blocks and two block assists. Anderson and Kenzie Kooima each recorded two block assists.

JV Match – The Lady Bulldogs JV team beat Florence-Henry 2-0. Set scores were 25-20 and 25-23.

C Team Match – Milbank’s C Team girls defeated the Lady Falcons in two sets. Final scores were 25-11 and 25-22.

Eighth-Grade Match – The eighth- grade Lady Bulldogs, coached by Becky Johnson,  lost 1-2 to Florence-Henry. Set scores were 25-23, 14-25, and 10-25.  Ava Homrighausen went 7-of -7 serving with three aces.  Willow Bender was 6-of-6 serving.  She also recorded one kill.  Paisley Ericsson went 5-of -5 serving with two aces.  Lauren Lester was 9-of-10 at the service line with two aces. She added one assist. Kaci Zinter went 5–of-7 serving with  two aces, She also made two kills. Leah Baugh was 1-of-3 serving with one kill. Kenzie Anderson went 7-of-10 serving with two aces. She also recorded  three assists. (ChiAnne Gilmore did not serve.)

7th Grade Match – The seventh- grade team coached by Jena Schulte defeated Florence-Henry in three straight sets. Scores included 25-10, 25-22, and 25-11. Leading the team was Susie Schuneman with 21-of-23 serves and a whopping 15 aces. Brielle Bumgardner went 6-of-6 with two aces; Hailee Lester,  2-of-2  serving;  Sophia Bass 4-of- 5 serving,  with two aces; Jenna Peterson,  5-of-6 serving, with one ace and one kill.  Haydyn Mitthun went 6- of-7 serving with four aces. She also added one kill. Sydnee Weyh was 6-of-8 serving with three aces.;  Keira Untalan 1-of-3 serving;  Kendra Grong went 9-of-12 serving with three aces. Grong also posted two assists.