The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team traveled to Dakota Valley to play the #2 Panthers on Monday, October 4th.

The Panthers won the first set 25-13.  Dakota Valley held a 17-9 lead in the second set, but Dell Rapids cut the lead to 22-17.  The Panthers closed out the second set on a 3-1 run for a 25-18 win.  Dell Rapids got out to a 16-8 lead in the third set.  Dakota Valley rallied to tie the set 21-21 and then scored the last four points for a 25-21 set and match win.

Kenzie Garry had seven kills, six digs, and two ace serves.  Sophi Randall finished with six kills, two blocks, 11 digs, and six set assists.  Lauryn Koth added three kills, 11 blocks, and three digs.  Riley Hill had two ace serves, four blocks, 11 digs, and 11 set assists.  JoJo Henry had two kills, two ace serves, and 11 digs.  Kylee Fiddelke had three kills, and Emma Molskness had three digs.

Dell Rapids will host Vermillion on Tuesday, October 5th.

After dropping the first two sets of the match, the Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team rallied for three straight set wins to defeat the Lennox Orioles on Thursday, September 30th.

Four of the five sets could have been won by either team.  The opening set was back-and-forth over the first half.  The two teams were tied multiple times, including at 13-13.  The Quarriers built a three point lead at 16-13, 18-15, and then again 21-18, but Lennox outscored Dell Rapids 7-1 to win the opening set 25-22.

Lennox used that momentum to build a 15-9 lead through the midway point of the second set.   The Quarriers chipped away at the lead and eventually tied the set at 23-23.  Dell Rapids took the lead 24-23, but Lennox tied the score 24-24.  After another one-point lead for Dell Rapids at 25-24, the Orioles scored the final three points for a 27-25 win and a 2-0 match lead.

Momentum then shifted to Dell Rapids in the third set.  The Quarriers jumped out to a 9-1 lead and never looked back.  Dell Rapids kept rolling in the third set and won 25-7.  Dell Rapids kept the run going into the fourth set building an early 8-2 lead.  Lennox was able to cut the Dell Rapids lead to a single point a couple of times in the fourth set, but the Quarriers never lost the lead.  Dell Rapids won the fourth set 25-19 to force a fifth set.

Lennox delivered the first blow in the fifth set getting an early 4-1 lead.  Dell Rapids got within a point at 7-6 and 9-8, but both times the Orioles were able to increase the lead.  It wasn’t until Dell Rapids pulled within a point at 11-10 that momentum shifted back to the Quarriers.  Dell Rapids tied the score at 11-11, and then finished the match on a 4-1 run for the 15-12 win.

Three Quarriers had double digit kills on the night.  JoJo Henry had 16 kills, and Sophi Randall and Kenzie Garry both had 10 kills.  Henry also had a team-high four ace serves.  Garry had three ace serves, and Lauryn Kloth and Riley Hill both had two.  Kloth finished with seven blocks up front with Hill and Randall both finishing with five blocks.  Four players had double digit digs.  Emma Molskness had a team-high 22 digs.  Lexi Ingalls finished with 19, Henry had 17, and Hill added 11 digs.  Hill also led the team with 31 set assists, and Randall had 17.

Dell Rapids (12-8) will travel to Dakota Valley High School on Monday, October 4th, and then host Vermillion on Tuesday, October 5th.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers earned a well-deserved win over the McCook Central/Montrose Cougars on the road Tuesday, September 28th.  The two teams battled back-and-forth all night long before Dell Rapids took the five-set match win.

The Cougars opened the match with a win in the first set at 25-19.  Dell Rapids took the second set by a score of 25-18 to even the match at 1-1.  McCook Central/Montrose regained the advantage after winning the third set 25-19.  The Quarriers again responded taking the fourth set 25-20 to force the fifth set.  In that fifth set, Dell Rapids was able to pull away from the Cougars for a 15-8 win for the match victory.

JoJo Henry led the team with 14 kills.  Lauryn Kloth and Kylee Fiddelke both had nine kills.  Sophi Randall and Kenzie Garry ended with eight kills each.  Kloth had a team-high three ace serves.  Riley Hill had two.  Randall and Kloth were strong up front defensively.  Randall finished with 13 blocks, and Kloth had six.  Five different players had double-digit digs defensively for Dell Rapids.  Henry finished with 15.  Lexi Ingalls, Hill, and Garry all had 14 digs each.  Randall finished with 13 digs, and Kloth and Emma Molskness each had seven digs.  Hill tallied 24 set assists, and Randall finished with 19.

Dell Rapids (11-8) will host Lennox on Thursday, September 30th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team placed seventh in the Red Division of the Sanford Pentagon Tournament on Saturday, September 25th.  The Quarriers played four matches finishing 2-2 on the day.

The Quarriers opened the tournament with a pool play match against Freeman.  Freeman won the first set 27-25, but the Quarriers took the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-17, to win the match.  Sophi Randall had nine kills, eight blocks, and 13 set assists.  JoJo Henry finished with seven kills, four ace serves, three blocks, and four digs.  Kylee Fiddelke and Kenzie Garry both had five kills.  Riley Hill added 15 set assists, 13 digs, and four ace serves.  Lauryn Kloth had eight blocks, Garry had seven, and Fiddelke had six blocks.  Emma Molskness finished with six digs.

In their second match, Dell Rapids lost to Parkston in straight sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-19.  Randall had seven kills, and Henry finished with four.  Henry also had a team-high six blocks.  Kloth finished with five, and Randall, Fiddelke, and Garry all had four blocks each.  Fiddelke had a team-high eight digs, and Hill led the team with six set assists.

Sioux Valley then defeated the Quarriers in straight sets as well.  The final scores were 25-23 and 25-22 in favor of the Cossacks.  Kloth and Randall both had a team-high six kills.  Henry had five kills, and Garry finished with four.  Hill and Henry both had two ace serves.  Randall finished with six blocks and four digs.  Hill tallied seven digs, while Kloth had five.  Hill also had a team-high 13 set assists, and Randall added 10.

The Quarriers then finished the day with a straight-set win over Great Plains Lutheran to finish seventh in the bracketed portion of the tournament.  Dell Rapids won by set scores of 25-14 and 25-20.  Randall had a team-high eight kills along with three ace serves and nine set assists.  Henry had five ace serves.  Hill led the team with 14 digs.  Molskness and Henry both had five digs.  Hill also had nine set assists.

Dell Rapids (10-8) will travel to McCook Central/Montrose on Tuesday, September 28th and then will host Lennox on Thursday, September 30th.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers bounced back from a five-set loss to Garretson with a straight set win over the Flandreau Fliers on Thursday, September 23rd.  Dell Rapids won by scores of 25-16, 25-15, and 25-19 in Flandreau.

After an 8-8 tie in the first set, the Quarriers went on a 9-1 run for a 17-9 lead.  Flandreau never threatened the remainder of the set.  Dell Rapids had only a two-point lead through the midway point at 13-11, but the Quarriers finished the second half of the set on a 12-4 run for the win.   Dell Rapids got out to a 7-1 lead in the third set.  The Quarriers extended the lead to 21-9.  The Fliers went on a 10-3 run to pull within five at 24-19, but Dell Rapids stopped the rally and won the match.

Sophi Randall and JoJo Henry each had eight kills.  Kenzie Garry had six kills, and Lauryn Kloth had five.  Riley Hill had a team-high seven ace serves.  Kloth had five blocks, while Garry finished with three.  Henry led the team with nine digs.  Randall had seven digs, Garry and Hill each had six, and Lexi Ingalls finished with give.  Hill also led the team with 18 set assists.