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.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team had one thing on their mind on Tuesday, September 21st, and that was to get a statement win over the #4 ranked Garretson Blue Dragons.  The Quarriers did just about that, but the Blue Dragons held off the Quarriers for a five-set win.

After an early 7-7 tie in the opening set, the Quarriers gained some momentum.  Dell Rapids went on an 8-2 run for a 15-9 lead.  The lead grew to 10 points at 22-12.  Garretson couldn’t overcome the lead, and Dell Rapids took the first set 25-17.

The Quarriers used that energy to build an early 6-1 lead in the second set.  The Blue Dragons were able to stop the Quarrier run and go on one of their own.  Garretson responded with a 9-1 run for a 10-7 lead.  Dell Rapids was able to regain the lead at 15-14 and push that lead to three at 17-14.  The set was once again tied at 19-19 before Garretson finished on a 6-2 advantage for a 25-21 win.

The Blue Dragons were able to build a 12-6 lead at the midway point of the third set.  The Quarriers were able to cut the lead in half at 15-12, but that was as close as they could get.  Garretson went on an 8-1 run for a 10-point advantage, 23-13, and won the third set 25-15 for a 2-1 match lead.

Garretson again got out to a lead in the fourth set, this time at 12-7.  Dell Rapids rallied to tie the score at 14-14.  The Quarriers then went on a 6-2 run for a 20-16 advantage.  Dell Rapids would not lose the lead and won the fourth set 25-21 to force a fifth and final set.

The fifth set went back-and-forth early.  The score was tied at each point up to 5-5.  The Quarriers took the first lead of more than one point and scored five straight for a 10-5 lead.  Garretson called a timeout and were able to regroup.  After the timeout, the Blue Dragons scored eight straight points for a 13-10 lead.  Dell Rapids was only able to get it 14-12 as Garretson took the set 15-12 to win the match.

Sophi Randall had eight kills, two ace serves, 20 blocks, 11 digs, and 12 set assists.  Kenzie Garry finished the match with nine kills, seven blocks, and five digs.  JoJo Henry added seven kills, three ace serves, two blocks, and nine digs.  Riley Hill finished with four kills, four ace serves, five blocks, 11 digs, and 17 set assists.  Lexi Ingalls had 11 digs on defense.  Lauryn Kloth had five kills, 10 blocks, and five digs.  Kylee Fiddelke had two kills and seven blocks.

Dell Rapids (7-6) will travel to Flandreau on Thursday, September 23rd.