The top-ranked Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team earned a road win against the Baltic Bulldogs on Monday, September 8th. Dell Rapids won by set scores of 25-18, 19-25, 25-20, and 25-19.
Baltic opened the first set with a 4-3 advantage. Dell Rapids went on a 5-1 run to take an 8-5 lead which kept them in front the rest of the set. The Quarriers pushed the lead to 22-16 before taking the first set 25-18. The Bulldogs again started the second set with a lead, this time at 3-2. The Bulldogs were able to keep the lead in this set. They led by just two points at 10-8 and 14-12, but then went on a 7-4 run to extend the lead to 21-16. The Bulldogs won the second set 25-19.
Dell Rapids grabbed a 4-3 lead early in the third set. Baltic went on a 5-1 run to go in front 8-5 and kept leading by a score of 12-9. Dell Rapids would score the next four points for a 13-12 lead. Baltic would respond with a 5-0 run to regain the lead 17-13. Dell Rapids pulled within a point 18-17 and then went ahead 21-19 before winning the third set 25-20. Each team held a lead early in the fourth set. Dell Rapids started with a 3-2 lead, but Baltic went in front 7-5. After an 8-8 tie, the Quarriers went on an 8-3 run to go in front 16-11. They pushed the lead to 19-11 which helped them to a 25-19 victory in the fourth set to win the match.
Madelynn Henry finished with 28 kills, three ace serves, 11 digs, and three set assists. Peyton Hohn had nine kills and a block. Sylea Sykes tallied eight kills, two ace serves, and 15 digs. Elin Schoenhard had six kills and a block. Tenley Anderson had 44 set assists in the match, and Alaina Wolff had 19 digs.
