The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team lost to the Deubrook Area Dolphins by game scores of 25-20, 11-25, 16-25, 7-25 on Thursday, October 9th, in Dell Rapids.
After the first game got off to a 6-6 tie, Deubrook went on the first run of the match outscoring St Mary 8-2 to take a 14-8 lead. The Cardinals answered back scoring the next seven points to go ahead 15-14 midway through the first game. Deubrook was able to regain the lead at 20-19, but the Cardinals scored the final six points to win the first game of the match. St Mary scored the first point of the second game, but after a 1-1 tie, the Dolphins got out to a 7-3 lead early in the game. St Mary was never able to get any closer than three points in the game as the Dolphins went on to win the second game. St Mary again jumped out to an early lead in the third game at 4-1, the Deubrook tied the game at 6-6. From that point the Dolphins outscored St Mary 11-4 to push the lead to 17-10, and Deubrook closed out the third game to go ahead two games to one. The fourth game was again tied very early at 1-1, but it was all Deubrook from that point as the Dolphins went on to win the match in four games.
Ally Mullaney finished the night with 11 kills for the Cardinals. Jackie Wolles added five. Lindsey Wolles had 17 set assists in the match. Kaitlyn Vortherms ended the match with 25 digs. A. Mullaney and L. Wolles each had 16 digs apiece. Kennedi Mullaney and A. Mullaney each had two solo blocks in the match.
The loss drops the Cardinals to 6-14 on the year. St Mary will travel to Estelline on Tuesday, October 14th.