The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals and Baltic Bulldogs played a tough, five-set match at St Mary High School on Tuesday, September 28th.  Momentum shifted from one side to another, but it was the Bulldogs that won the match by set scores of 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 22-25, and 15-12.

The start of the match was close as the two teams were tied 7-7. Baltic took control of the set from that point going on a 10-2 run for a 17-9 lead.  They would cruise to a 25-15 first set win.  Baltic continued the run getting out to a 7-3 advantage to start the second set.  The Cardinals got within a point at 7-6, but the Bulldogs then went on an 8-0 run for a 15-6 lead.  St Mary rallied again and pulled within two points, 20-18, but Baltic finished the set on a 5-1 run for the 25-19 victory.

The two rallies by St Mary in the second set sparked the Cardinals.  After a 6-6 tie in the third set, St Mary inched ahead 13-9.  The lead grew to 20-12 before the Cardinals won the set 25-21.  The Cardinals raced to an 8-1 lead in the fourth set thanks to seven straight points while Jacey Tebay was at the service line.  Despite the slow start by Baltic, the Bulldogs rallied to eventually take a 17-16 lead.  St Mary responded with a 6-2 run for a 22-19 advantage and finished the fourth set with a 25-22 win to force the fifth set.

Baltic struck first with a quick 4-1 run to start the fifth set.  The Cardinals could not get any closer than two points as the Bulldogs maintained a two-to-four point lead throughout the fifth set.  Baltic took the fifth set 15-12 to win the match.

Courtney Brown had a team-high 12 kills.  Maya Heinitz finished with nine, and Ella Griffin had five for the Cardinals.  Tebay had seven ace serves on the night.  Brianna Lindeman finished with 14 set assists, Madala Hanson had nine, and Griffin had five.  Addy Gilbert had three blocks.  Brown also led the team in digs with 16.  Heinitz finished with 10, Griffin had 10, and Josie Baumberger and Whitney Warwick both had eight digs each.

Elyssa Clark had 16 kills for the Bulldogs.  Emma Van Regenmorter had 13, and Bailey Teveldal and Sami Polzin each had nine.  Polzin also had a match-high eight ace serves.  Jacie Wendland had 22 set assists, and Teveldal had 19.  Cami Artz finished with five blocks, while Van Regenmorter had four.  Polzin had 20 digs, Clark finished with 15, and Madison Kennedy had 10.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team got back into the win column with a straight set win on the road against Hills-Beaver Creek on Monday, September 27th.  The Cardinals won by scores of 25-19, 25-20, and 26-24.

Courtney Brown led the team in both kills and digs.  She had seven kills and 16 digs.  Ella Griffin added seven digs, six kills, and three set assists.  Brianna Griffin also had six kills with two blocks.  Maya Heinitz finished with 11 digs and four kills.  Brianna Lindeman tallied 18 set assists, 10 digs, three ace serves, and two kills.  Addy Gilbert had four kills, two digs, and two blocks.  Madala Hanson had four digs and four set assists.  Jacey Tebay finished with a team-high four ace serves.

The Cardinals will have two more matches during the week.  They will host Baltic on Tuesday, September 28th and host Lake Preston on Thursday, September 30th.  Both matches can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Arlington defeated Dell Rapids St Mary in the “Battle of Cardinals” at St Mary High School on Thursday, September 23rd.  Arlington won in straight sets by scores of 25-14, 27-25, and 25-8.

Arlington got out to a quick seven-point lead early in the first set.  They built a 12-5 lead, but St Mary rallied for six straight points to cut the lead to 12-11.  An Arlington timeout stopped the momentum St Mary had gained.  Arlington finished the set on a 13-3 run to win 25-14.

The second set started much closer as the two were tied 4-4 and then again at 9-9.  The teams traded points until the set was tied again at 14-14.  Arlington went on a 4-0 run for an 18-14 lead, one of the biggest of the set.  St Mary rallied for six straight points and took a 20-18 lead.  St Mary led 23-21 and 24-23, but Arlington scored two in a row to take a 25-24 advantage.  St Mary tied the set at 25-25, but Arlington scored the final two points to steal the set 27-25.

That late rally by Arlington gave them all the momentum heading into the third set.  Arlington scored the first three points and built a 13-3 lead.  They continued to roll from there winning the final set 25-8.

Brianna Griffin had four kills and five blocks in the match.  Courtney Brown finished with 19 digs and three kills.  Maya Heinitz had five digs, two blocks, and three kills.  Ella Griffin finished with five set assists and three blocks.  Brianna Lindeman had seven digs and three set assists.  Madala Hanson added five set assists, and Jaycee Tebay led the team with two ace serves.

St Mary (9-3) will travel to Hills-Beaver Creek, MN on Monday, September 27th and then host Baltic on Tuesday, September 28th.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team picked up a big Region 4B win over the Howard Tigers on Tuesday, September 21st.  The match needed five sets, but the Cardinals won at home by scores of 25-22, 20-25, 25-18, 22-25, 15-5.

In the opening set, St Mary kept about a three-point lead early.  The lead grew to six points at 13-7, but the Tigers pulled within a point at 13-12 with a 5-0 run.  St Mary kept the lead and continued to keep a two-to-three point advantage.  Howard got within a point again at 20-19, but the Cardinals finished the set on a 5-3 run for the win.

The second set went back-and-forth in the early stages.  The set was tied a number of times with the latest tie score being 8-8.  Howard then went on a 5-0 run for a 13-8 lead.  The Cardinals were able to get within a point, but the Tigers held off St Mary in the second set for the 25-20 win.

The Cardinals got out to a big lead in the third set, racing out to a 9-3 advantage.  They grew the lead to 10 points at 17-7.  The Tigers put together a rally of their own and cut the lead to two points, 17-15, but the Cardinals ended then run and pushed the lead back to six at 21-15.  St Mary took the third set 25-18.

Neither team was able to get much of an advantage throughout most of the fourth set.  They traded one-point leads and ties until the score was 19-19.  The Cardinals scored the next two points to lead 21-19, but Howard finished the set on a 6-1 run for a 25-22 win to force a fifth set.

The Cardinals came out of the set break with high energy and scored the first five points of the fifth set.  Howard got the next three points to make the score 5-3, but the Cardinals would not lose the lead.  St Mary went on a 9-1 run to lead 14-4 before winning the set and match at 15-5.

Courtney Brown had a monster match for St Mary.  She had 24 kills, 28 digs, and three blocks.  Maya Heinitz finished with 15 kills, 14 digs, and three ace serves. Brianna Lindeman added 26 set assists, 11 digs, and two ace serves.  Addy Gilbert finished with nine kills and two blocks.  Ella Griffin had 16 set assists and an ace.  Whitney Warwick added 11 digs.

St Mary (9-2) will host the Arlington Cardinals on Thursday, September 23rd.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals had their four match winning streak snapped by the Deubrook Area Dolphins on Thursday, September 16th.  The Dolphins won in four sets by scores 15-25, 25-8, 25-22, and 25-12.

The Cardinals got out to a quick start taking a 9-4 lead in the opening set.  The lead grew to 18-10 as the Cardinals cruised to a 25-15 set win.   St Mary had an early lead in the second set at 5-3, but the Dolphins then went on a big run.  Deubrook went on a 12-3 run to take a 15-8 lead, and then scored the final 10 points of the set to win 25-8.

The third set was back-and-forth throughout most of the set.  Neither team was able to get a lead of more than two to three points.  The set was tied at 18-18.  The Cardinals then took a 20-18 lead, but the Dolphins finished the set on a 7-2 run for a 25-22 victory.  Deubrook carried that momentum into the fourth set as they built a 10-point lead at 16-6.  The Dolphins took the fourth set 25-12 to win the match.

Courtney Brown finished with 15 kills and 12 digs.  Maya Heinitz had nine kills and nine digs.  Ella Griffin tallied six set assists, three ace serves, three blocks, three digs, and two kills.  Brianna Lindeman had 15 set assists and eight digs, and Madala Hanson had 12 set assists and four digs.  Whitney Warwick added 11 digs, while Josie Baumberger had eight digs.  Brianna Griffin finished with seven kills, two digs, and a block.  Addyson Gilbert had four kills and two blocks as well.

The Cardinals (8-2) will host the Howard Tigers on Tuesday, September 21st.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team won their fourth straight match on Monday, September 13th.  The Cardinals defeated the Sioux Falls Lutheran Eagles in straight sets by set scores of 25-10, 25-18, and 26-24.  During their four match winning streak, the Cardinals have only lost one set.  St Mary, now 8-1 on the season, has only lost four sets total on the year.

The Cardinals seemed ready to make quick work of the Eagles.  In the opening set, St Mary scored the six points.  They pushed the lead to 12-2 and continued to roll from there winning the first set 25-10.  Sioux Falls Lutheran regrouped during the break and jumped out to a 10-3 lead to start the second set.   St Mary, though, slowly chipped away at the lead and eventually tied the set at 13-13.  The set was tied again 15-15 before the Cardinals finished the set on a 10-3 run to win 25-18.  The Eagle again got out to an early lead in the third set at 9-2.  St Mary’s comeback was a bit slower than in the second set.  Sioux Falls Lutheran was able to keep a three-to-four point lead throughout much of the middle portion of the set.  The Cardinals eventually tied the set 17-17.  The teams went back and forth trading points until the score was 21-21.  The Eagles then scored the next three points to lead 24-21.  The Cardinals put one more rally together scoring the final five points for the 26-24 win.

Courtney Brown finished with 11 kills, 17 digs, and two ace serves.  Brianna Lindeman had six kills, 14 set assists, four digs, and two ace serves.  Maya Heinitz added seven kills, eight digs, and five ace serves.  Ella Griffin had two ace serves, and a block.  Madala Hanson finished with nine set assists.  Whitney Warwick also had two ace serves, and Brianna Griffin had two blocks. 

The Cardinals will travel to White to play Deubrook on Thursday, September 16th.

 

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team has not had a home match since August 26th.  Since that opening-season home match, the Cardinals went 3-1 in a tournament and now have won three straight road matches.  St Mary defeated the Canistota Hawks in straight sets on Thursday, September 9th.  The set scores were 25-7, 25-22, and 25-11.

Courtney Brown had 15 kills and nine digs in the match.  Maya Heinitz had five kills, seven digs, and two blocks.  Brianna Lindeman finished with 13 set assists, nine digs, four kills and two ace serves.  Ella Griffin had six set assists, four ace serves, three kills, three digs, and a block.  Madala Hanson finished with seven set assists and a dig.  Josie Baumberger added eight digs and an ace serve.  Addy Gilbert had two kills and two digs, and Brianna Griffin had three blocks, two kills and a dig.

The Cardinals will be back home on Monday, September 13th when they host the Sioux Falls Lutheran Eagles.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team had no trouble earning their sixth win of the season on Thursday, September 2nd.  St Mary traveled to Mitchell and defeated the Mitchell Christian Golden Eagles in straight sets by scores of 25-11, 25-9, and 25-19.

Maya Heinitz had 10 kills, three digs, and an ace serve in the match.  Courtney Brown also had 10 kills and three digs.  Brianna Lindeman finished with 10 set assists, seven ace serves, four digs, and two kills.  Ella Griffin tallied eight set assists, five ace serves, and four kills.  Addy Gilbert had five kills and two blocks.  Madala Hanson ended the night with 10 set assists.  Josie Baumberger had three digs and an ace serve, and Jaycee Tebay had five ace serves and two digs.

The Cardinals (6-1) will travel to Canistota on Thursday, September 9th.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team has already won their fifth match of the season.  The Cardinals opened the season with a win at home on Thursday, August 26th.  They finished the Redhawk Tournament 3-1 on Saturday, August 28th.  And on Tuesday, August 31st the Cardinals won for the fifth time in Rutland.

St Mary took a four-set win over the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders.  The Cardinals opened the match with a 25-22 win.  The Raiders bounced back with a win in the second set 14-25.  St Mary would make sure the match would only go four sets as they won the next two by scores of 25-21 and 25-16.

The Cardinals finished with 42 kills as a team, 40 digs, 32 set assists, and 12 ace serves in the match.  Courtney Brown had 17 kills and 11 digs.  Ella Griffin had eight kills, five digs, nine set assists, and four ace serves.  Brianna Lindeman finished with 14 set assists and five digs.  Maya Heinitz added seven kills and four ace serves.

St Mary will be on the road on Thursday, September 2nd at Mitchell Christian.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team picked up three more wins at the Redhawk Tournament in Estelline on Saturday, August 28th.  The Cardinals finished the tournament with a 3-1 record in their four matches.

The Cardinals won in straight sets over Waverly-South Shore by scores of 25-13 and 25-9.  Courtney Brown and Maya Heinitz both had six kills.  Addy Gilbert, Ella Griffin, and Brianna Lindeman all had two kills each.  Lindeman also had seven set assists, three digs, and three ace serves.  Griffin had four set assists and five ace serves.  Brown also had four digs, and Heinitz had five ace serves.

St Mary followed that with a straight set win over Great Plains Lutheran by scores of 25-22 and 25-18.  Brown tallied 15 kills and nine digs.  Heinitz had four kills and nine digs.  Griffin finished with three kills, four set assists, and two ace serves.  Lindeman had two kills, nine set assists, three digs, and three ace serves.  Madala Hanson had six set assists, and Josie Baumberger had three digs and two ace serves.

The third win for the Cardinals came against Wilmot by scores of 25-19 and 25-14.  Brown had eight kills, three ace serves, and two digs.  Heinitz had four kills, two digs, and two ace serves.  Brianna Griffin tallied three kills.  Lindeman had five set assists, three digs, and three ace serves.  E. Griffin finished with three set assists, four aces, and a dig.  Hanson had five set assists.

The Cardinals lone loss came against the Hamlin Chargers in three sets.  Hamlin won by scores of 25-19, 22-25, and 27-25.  Brown finished this match with nine kills and 17 digs.  Heinitz added seven kills and 11 digs.  E. Griffin had five kills, four set assists, three digs, and two blocks.  Addy Gilbert had four kills.  Lindeman added four kills 12 set assists, eight digs, and five ace serves.  Hanson had eight set assists, and five digs.  B. Griffin tallied five blocks.  Baumberger finished with five digs, and Whitney Warwick had six digs.

St Mary now has a record of 4-1.  The Cardinals will play Oldham-Ramona/Rutland in Rutland in Tuesday, August 31st.