Middle School Volleyball Teams Shine in Morris Tourney 

The Lady Bulldogs seventh and eighth-grade volleyball teams set out early on Saturday. October 3, for the Morris tournament in Morris, Minnesota. The Milbank girls play several teams during the pool-play format event. 

MILBANK EIGHTH-GRADE TEAM – Coach Nancy Hoeke
Match 1 Milbank vs. Morris 
Milbank Won  – Sets 18-25 and  25-12. (Winner determined by total points scored.)
Individual Efforts
Serving:
Tatum Brehmer –   10 of 10 with one ace
Hannh Kirchberg –  8 of 9 with one ace
Hannah Pauli –  4 of 4 with one ace
Payton Pauli –   4 of 4 with one ace
Stella Pulling –  13 of 14 with three aces
Alix Rademacher –  0 of 1
Brytten Schmieg –  2 of 2

Kills
Tatum Brehmer –  1
Kirchberg –  1
H. Pauli –  2
P.  Pauli – 1
Rademacher – 1

Assists
Tatum Brehmer –  4
Pulling – 1
Schmieg – 1

Blocks
H.  Pauli – 1 assist
P. Pauli –  1 assist

Match 2 
Milbank vs Minnewaska  
MIlbank Lost   Sets 18-25 and  25-22 (Winner determined by total points scored.)

Serving:
Tatum Brehmer –  7 of 7
Trinity Brehmer  – 2 of 2
Kirchberg –  2  of 4 with one ace
H. Pauli –  6 of 7
P.  Pauli –  4 of 5
Pulling –  10 of 11 with two  aces
Rademacher –  0 of 1
Schmieg –  6 of 6

Kills
Kirchberg –  3
H. Pauli – 2
P.  Pauli –  1
Pulling –  1
Schmieg – 1

Assists
Tatum Brehmer – 5
H. Pauli – 1
Schmieg – 2

Match 3 vs Kerkhoven/Murdoch/Sunberg (KMS)
Milbank Won Set scores 25-19 and  25-11 

Serving: 
Tatum Brehmer – 14 of 14 with seven aces
Trinity Brehmer – 5 of 5 with one ace
Kirchberg –  10 of 10 with  5 aces
H. Pauli –  3 of 4 with one  ace
P. Pauli –  2 of 2
Pulling –  8 of 9 with four aces
Rademacher –  1 of 1
Schmieg –  2 of 2

Kills
Tatum Brehmer –  2
Hannah Kirchberg – 3
Hannah Pauli –  2
Alix Rademacher – 1

Assists
Tatum Brehmer –  2
Trinity Brehmer –  6

Blocks
H. Pauli – 1 solo

Match 4 Milbank vs Ortonville  
Milbank Lost  – 25-20, 14-25, and 16-17 (17 was the cap)

Serving:
Tatum Brehmer –  17 of 17 with two aces
Trinity Brehmer –  3-4
Kirchberg –  4 of 5
H. Pauli –  8 of 9
P.  Pauli –  3-4
Pulling –  10 of 11 with two aces
Rademacher –  1 of 1
Schmieg – 4 of 5

Kills
Kirchberg –  2
H.  Pauli –  5
P. Pauli – 1
Rademacher – 1

Assists
Tatum Brehmer – 2
Trinity Brehmer –  7

Blocks
H. Pauli –  2 solo

MILBANK SEVENTH-GRADE TEAM – Coach Becky Johnson
Coach Johnson explained, “First two matches were pool play, two sets to 25, to make tourney brackets.” She also said, “The girls played very well!  We had some good, long volleys. The girls were setting the ball well and having some hard hits. We played back-to-back matches with a 40-minute rest after our first match.

Match 1 Milbank 0 vs. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (MACA) 2
Set scores were 15-25 and 22-25
Individual Efforts

Avery Montag – 10 of 12 serving and 1 assist
Hayden Storm –  6 of 8 serving with two aces and 1 assist and  2 kills
Chelsea  Granquist – 4 of 5 serving with one ace 
Shayla Folk – 2 of 2 serving and 1 assist and 1 kill
Nora Peters –  7 of 7 serving with two aces and 12 assists and 1 kill

Brenna Bumgardner – 0 of 1 serving

Stassi Henrich – 2 of 2 serving and  2 kills

Allie Holscher – 1 of 1serving

Pool play Match 2    MIlbank 1 vs. Minnewaska 1

Set Scores were 26-24 and  22-25

Individual Efforts

Montag –  4 of 6 serving with one ace and  2 assists and 1 kill

Storm –  6 of 7 serving and 3 kills

Granquist –  8 of 8 serving with one ace and 1 kill

Folk –  2 of 4 serving  and  2 assists and 1 kill

Peters – 9 of 11 serving with two aces and 1 assist and  2 kills

Henrich – 1 of 2 serving and 1 kill

Bumgardner – 6 of 6 serving with two aces and 1 kill

Holscher –  1 of 1 serving 

Tourney – Best 2 out of 3 (3rd set to 15) Milbank 2 vs. KMS 1 

Set scores 18-25, 25-15, 15-12

Individual Efforts

Montag 9 of 11 serving with two aces and 1 kill

Storm 14-16 serving with six  aces and 1 kill

Granquist –  5 of 8 serving with one ace and 2 kills

Folk  1 of 3 serving

Peters –  12 of 12 serving with two aces and 1 kill

Henrich –  0-1 serving 

Bumgardner –  2 of 3 serving and 1 kill

Match for 3rd/4th with MACA – Milbank took  4^th Place 

MIlbank 0 vs. MACA  2  Set Scores were 21-25 and 11-25

Montag –  3 of 6 serving with two aces and 1 kill

Storm –  4 of 5 serving with one ace and 1 kill

Granquist –  5 of 6 serving with one ace and 2 kills

Folk –  5 of 7 serving with  3 aces

Peters –  5 of 5 serving

Hoscher –  1 of 2 serving

Bumgardner –  1 of 1 serving

Henrich –   0 of 1 serving

“I think the girls just ran out of gas for that last match,” Johnson commented. “ It is fun to see how much they have improved this season!”.

What’s Next? The girls go to Ortonville tonight to face the Lady Trojans and finish up their season tomorrow night at home against Deubrook.

Submitted Photo: Back L to R: Hayden Storm, Chelsea Granquist, Nora Peters, Stassi Henrich, Charlie Laskowski.
Front  L-R: Allie Holscher, Avery Montag, Shayla Folk, Brenna Bumgardner,