The Tri-Valley Mustangs hosted the Baltic Bulldogs in a big Region 3A matchup on Monday, September 29th. The Bulldogs were able to get the victory over the Mustangs in five sets.
Baltic took the first two sets by close scores. The Bulldogs won the first set 25-21 and then won the second set 25-23. Tri-Valley was able to win the next two sets to force the fifth and final set. The Mustangs won the third and fourth sets by the same 25-15 score. Baltic, however, prevailed in the fifth set and won by a score of 15-8 to win the match.
Blayne Gacke had a match-high 17 kills. Jessica Masgai finished with 11 kills. Brookelyn Stieben had 16 set assists, and Grace Schildhauer had 14 set assists. Tabor Teel led the back-row defense with 17 digs. Gacke added 13 digs. Masgai and Abbie Weinacht both had two blocks each. Gacke and Schildhauer each had three ace serves.
Tri-Valley (5-4) will host the McCook Central/Montrose Cougars on Thursday, October 1st.