The Baltic Bulldog volleyball team traveled to Volga to face the Sioux Valley Cossacks on Thursday, October 15th. The Cossacks took the match in straight sets by scores of 25-16, 25-21, and 25-15.
The opening set started close. Sioux Valley held a one-point lead at scores of 3-2 and 6-5. Baltic tied the score 8-8, but then the Cossacks went on a 4-0 run to take a 12-8 lead. The Bulldogs got with a point at 16-15, but another run by Sioux Valley extended their lead to 22-16. They continued the run and scored the final three points for a 25-16 win.
That momentum for the Cossacks into the start of the second set. Sioux Valley scored the first five points for a 5-0 lead. Baltic rallied to tie the score 9-9. The Bulldogs would then take an 11-9 lead and extend that advantage to 14-11. The Cossacks would go on an 8-5 spurt to tie the score 19-19. They would then get three in a row for a 22-19 lead they wouldn’t lose. The Cossacks took set two at 25-21.
Another quick start in set three put Sioux Valley in the driver’s seat. They started with a 5-0 run and never looked back. The Cossacks pushed that lead to 13-7 and then to 20-13 before getting the win 25-15.
Kenzie Bethke had 19 set assists and two ace serves. Issie Clark ended with eight kills and eight digs. Elise Wilde and Jordan Wehde each had three blocks. Kaiya Lenderts finished with 13 digs.
