Mayville State committed just eight errors at the net -- six attacking and two blocking -- en-route to a 25-16, 25-17, 25-15 win over Presentation Saturday afternoon in North Star Athletic Association volleyball at the Strode Center.
"Mayville's a pretty good team," said Presentation head coach Chelsey Albrecht. "They definitely make you earn your points. It was a pretty complete game on their end."
The Saints did not have as clean an outing on their end, committing 21 errors on the attack. The match marked the first back-to-back weekend of NSAA play for the Saints, now 5-8 overall and 0-3 in league play.
Megan Goedert and Karly Fuhrman combined for 17 of the Saints' 34 kills in the match. The duo had just two hitting errors apiece in the bright spot on the Saints' front line. Haley Hornick and Carly Peterson served up two aces apiece in the serving game.
"As a team, I thought we did a nice job of serving aggressively to get them out of system, but even out of system they were still able to score and get points," said Albrecht. "We're such a young team. We're just taking it one day at a time, knowing that we have another day to improve and get better. That's how we approach each practice and each game."
Josette Glatt had 10 kills on 12 swings to pace the Comets (8-12 overall, 2-1 NSAA), who have won five of their last six matches.
The Saints take a break from North Star play and begin a four-game stretch of road matches on Tuesday, when they travel to Waldorf (Iowa) for a non-conference tilt. Presentation has just four home dates left in the 2013 regular season.
|Mayville State 3, Presentation 0|
Serving: Mayville State 6 aces (Katie Wangberg 2); Presentation 6 aces (Hayley Hornick 2, Carly Peterson 2).
Hitting: Mayville State 70-76, 41 kills (Josette Glatt 11-12, 10 kills; Kyla Bugner 11-11, 8 kills); Presentation 84-105, 34 kills (Megan Goedert 28-30, 11 kills).
Setting: Mayville State 35 assists (Wangberg 19); Presentation 32 assists (Mo Bunney 13, Peterson 11).
Digs: Mayville State 44 (Paige O'Connor 12, Kelsey Melsa 11); Presentation 27 (Alyssa Jung 7).
Blocks: Mayville State 7 (Bugner 4 assisted); Presentation 3 (Fuhrman 1; Kayla Greene 1; Goedert 1).