The Mount Marty College Lancers faced the Presentation College Saints at Friday night's volleyball match at the Laddie E. Cimpl Arena going 3-1 against the Saints with scores 25-20, 18-25, 25-23, 25-18.
The Lancers found themselves trailing the Saints early in game one, with Presentation College leading 10-6. Mount Marty quickly caught up to tie the set 14-14. The Lancers hung on to their lead 21-20 against the Saints, and would claim set one 25-20.
"We came out playing really well right away," Presentation College coach Chelsey Albrecht said. "I liked our approach to the start of the game."
A tight second set put the Lancers and the Saints at another tie, 9-9, until Presentation took the 15-11 lead. Presentation held on to their lead to defeat Mount Marty 25-18.
"We had a big lead that first set and they kind of got back into a rhythm and got use a little bit out of system," Albrecht said, "but I was happy with the way we came back that second set."
The Lancers came out on top early in set three 9-7 against the Saints, until Presentation tied the set 13-13. Mount Marty jumped ahead from a 22-22 tie later in the set to win 25-23. The Lancers took advantage with their 12-9 lead in set four against the Saints to stay ahead and win 25-18 against the Saints, winning the match 3-0. Climer said she wasn't pleased with the performance, because she knows the team will have to play better to face Midland today (Saturday.)
"It felt like we were doing all of the chasing tonight," she said. "I'm glad for the win, but I had to keep reminding them about their loss this weekend."
The Lancers lost four out of their nine game sets last weekend by two points each, after they were ahead for each match Climer said.
"Volleyball is a momentum game. I was trying to get them going and celebrating after every point, because that's what the other side was doing. Everybody has to be together to win," she said.
"By that third set, I reminded them of how mad they were last weekend, and told them they needed to step down and take the win."
Mount Marty's Amanda Dirksen recorded 15 kills, 11 digs and three blocks for the night, and Lexie Branson had 11 kills and two blocks. Kristen Boyle made 11 kills and one block, while Kate Lingsheit put up nine kills, five blocks and two aces. Caitlyn Illg also contributed 39 assists and eight digs.
For Presentation, Karly Fuhrman had 11 kills, three blocks and one ace, Megan Goedert made nine kills, two blocks and one ace and Kendra Ostrom put up seven kills. Carly Peterson made 16 assists and Tina Boldt contributed 17 digs.
PC will play at Dakota Wesleyan today in its last match of the season.
"If we can carry over some of the momentum that we had tonight," Albrecht said, "I really look for these girls to come out hungry and wanting that win."
Serving: Presentation College 4 aces (Karly Fuhrman 1 ace, Megan Goedert 1 ace, Haley Boisjolie 1 ace, Kelsey Schmidt 1 ace); Mount Marty 7 aces (Kate Lingsheit 2 aces, Kristi Tessmer 2 aces).
Hitting: Presentation College 46 kills (Fuhrman 11 kills, Goedert 9 kills, Mo Bunney 7 kills, Kendra Ostrom 7 kills, Kelli Boekelheide 7 kills); Mount Marty 54 kills (Amanda Dirksen 15 kills, Kristen Boyle 11 kills, Lexie Branson 11 kills).
Setting: Presentation College 39 assists (Carly Peterson 16 assists, Bunney 14 assists); Mount Marty 51 assists (Caitlyn Illg 39 assists).
Digs: Presentation College 46 (Tina Boldt 17, Bunney 8, Goedert 8); Mount Marty 49 (Dirksen 11, Illg 8, Tina Rowbotham 7).
Blocks: Presentation College 4 (Meg Martin 1 solo, Fuhrman 3 assists, Goedert 2 assists); Mount Marty 7 (Lingsheit 1 solo 4 assists, Dirksen 3 assists, Lexie Branson 1 solo 1 assist).
Records: Presentation College 4-22; Mount Marty 6-21.