After three hard-fought sets, the Canistota Hawks won the match over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals in the fourth set on Thursday, September 6th at Dell Rapids St Mary High School.  The Hawks won by set scores of 25-21, 26-24, 23-25, 25-9.

Maddie Schwebach led the team with 11 kills on the night.  Veronica Beck had eight kills.  Tyra Harrington and Cassie Mullaney both had five kills each.  Ella Heinitz finished with 30 set assists.  Defensively for St Mary, Carly Maxwell had 14 digs.  Courtney Brown had four digs, and Schwebach had three digs.  Mullaney added three blocks, while Schwebach and Harrington both had two blocks each.  Macie Brown added two ace serves in the match.

The Cardinals (3-5) will host the Flandreau Indian School on Tuesday, September 11th.

After playing the first week of the season on the road, the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team won their first home match of the season over the Mitchell Christian Golden Eagles on Thursday, August 30th.  The Cardinals won by set scores of 25-20, 26-24, 18-25, 27-25.

Veronica Beck led the team with nine kills.  Cassie Mullaney and Maddie Schwebach both had eight kills each.  Ella Heinitz added three kills.  Heinitz also had 39 set assists in the match.  Carly Maxwell led the defense with 12 digs.  Courtney Brown added seven digs.  Heinitz and Mullaney both had three digs.  Beck also led the team in ace serves with five on the night.

The Cardinals (3-4) will host Canistota on Thursday, September 6th.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals dropped their match against the De Smet Bulldogs on Tuesday, August 28th in De Smet.  The Bulldogs won in straight sets by scores of 25-17, 25-20, and 25-18.

Maddie Schwebach and Tyra Harrington both finished the night with seven kills each.  Veronica Beck had four kills.  Cassie Mullaney had three kills, and Ella Heinitz had two kills.  Heinitz added 24 set assists.  Carly Maxwell anchored the defense with 12 digs.  Paige Bunkers finished with four digs and three service aces.

The Cardinals (2-4) will have their first home match of the season on Thursday, August 30th when they host Mitchell Christian.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team traveled to Estelline for the Estelline Tournament on Saturday, August 25th.  The Cardinals finished sixth in the tournament with a 1-3 record.

The Cardinals split their two matches in pool play to start the tournament.  St Mary earned a three-set win against Wilmot by scores of 21-25, 25-22, 25-22.  The Cardinals then dropped a straight-set match to Estelline/Hendricks by scores of 25-10, 25-21.

With a 1-1 record in pool play, the Cardinals qualified for the silver division in the “division play” round of the tournament.  St Mary lost a three-set match to Waubay/Summit by scores of 25-22, 22-25, 21-25.  They also lost in straight sets to Great Plains Lutheran by scores of 25-18, 25-16.

St Mary (2-3) will travel to De Smet on Tuesday, August 28th for their next match.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team’s season game to an end in the second round of the Region 4B Tournament on Tuesday, October 31st, in Madison.  The Cardinals lost in straight sets to the #1 seed Chester Flyers by scores of 25-6, 25-13, 25-15.

Cassie Mullaney led the team on the offensive end with four kills in the match.  Veronica Beck had three kills, while Cassy Geraets, Rhiannon Glazier, and Maddie Schwebach all had two kills each.  Glazier also finished with two ace serves and a dig.  Adyn Heinricy had nine digs.  Mullaney and Schwebach each had a block at the net.  Geraets had 14 set assists for St Mary.

The Cardinals finish their season with a record of 11-19.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals earned an opening-round win of the Region 4B Tournament on Monday, October 30th, at Dell Rapids St Mary High School.  The #8 seeded Cardinals defeated the #9 seed Mitchell Christian Golden Eagles in straight sets by scores of 27-25, 25-23, 25-23.

The entire match was back and forth.  In the opening set, neither team had a lead of more than two or three points.  The Golden Eagles rallied after trailing 23-21 late in the set to take a 24-23 lead.  The Cardinals scored the next two points to regain the lead at 25-24.  After Mitchell Christian tied the set at 25-25, St Mary scored the next two points for the win.

Mitchell Christian seemed to be in position to win the second set after getting out to a five-point late in the second set.  The Golden Eagles lead 19-13.  St Mary scored three in a row to cut the lead to 19-16.  After a Golden Eagle point to push their lead to 20-16, the Cardinals went on a 7-2 run to take a 23-22 lead.  St Mary closed out the set scoring two of the final three points to get the come-from-behind win.

The first part of the third set played out much like the first set.  Neither team was able to build a lead of more than a point or two until the Golden Eagles rallied to take a 15-11 lead.  The Cardinals rallied once again to tie the set at 17-17.  The two teams went back and forth again with the score getting tied at 18-18, 19-19, 20-20, and 21-21.  The Cardinals rallied for the next three points to get to match point at 24-21.  The Golden Eagles cut the lead to 24-23, but a kill by Cassy Geraets ended the match.

St Mary will now play the #1 seed Chester Flyers on Tuesday, October 31st, in the next round of the Region 4B Tournament.  The match will be held in Madison at 5:00 p.m.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals had their senior night recognition during the final regular season home match on Monday, October 23rd.  The Cardinals hosted the De Smet Bulldogs in their final match.  De Smet came away with a straight set win by scores of 25-14, 25-19, 25-22.

Maddie Schwebach led the team with six kills on the night.  Cassy Geraets added four kills, while Cassie Mullaney had three kills.  Adyn Heinricy had nine digs and two ace serves.  Ella Heinitz, Geraets, and Carly Maxwell all had two digs each.  Geraets led the team with 18 set assists.

St Mary finishes the regular season with a 10-19 record.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals volleyball team finished 2-2 at the Dakota Valley Conference Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, October 14th in Elkton.  St Mary played Elkton-Lake Benton and Castlewood in the first round of pool play, and then the Cardinals played Estelline and Oldham-Ramona/Rutland in the Bronze Pool to end the day.

St Mary lost their match against Elkton-Lake Benton by set scores of 25-14, 25-11.  Maddie Schwebach had two kills in the match.  Cassie Mullaney, Rhiannon Glazier, and Veronica Beck all had one kill.  Cassy Geraets had six set assists and one ace serve.  Adyn Heinricy had 11 digs.

The Cardinals also lost to Castlewood by scores of 26-24, 25-7.  Glazier and Beck both had three kills in the match.  Mullaney had two kills, and Ella Heintiz had one kill.  Heinricy had four digs and two ace serves.  Geraets had 11 set assists and an ace.

St Mary then earned two wins in the Bronze Pool.  The Cardinals defeated Estelline by scores of 25-22, 26-24.  Schwebach had six kills.  Mullaney added five kills.  Heinricy led the team with four digs.  Carly Maxwell had three digs.  Geraets had 20 set assists and two ace serves.  St Mary also had a win over Oldham-Ramona/Rutland by scores of 24-26, 25-21, 25-17.  Beck had nine kills and three ace serves.  Glazier had nine kills, six digs, and an ace.  Mullaney finished with eight kills.  Schwebach had six kills.  Heinricy had 17 digs in the match.  Geraets finished with 36 set assists and six digs.

The Cardinals record now stands at 10-17 on the season.  St Mary will travel to Freeman Academy/Marion on Tuesday, October 17th.