Krystal Schwanke Leads Kill Parade with 21

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HS RESULTS
Mankato East Swept Fairmont 18, 16, 18. Mallory Zimmermann had 11 kills and 9 blocks for ME. From the Mankato Free Press.
SE MN power Mabel-Canton had no problems with Houston in a 12, 15, 15 sweep. It was MC's 75th consecutive conference win. This and other games in the Winona Daily News.
Winona Cotter put an exclamation point on a five game set with Kingsland with a 15-3 drubbing in game five. more details in the Winona Daily News.
Winona swept Austin 22, 21, 23 for their first win of the year. Again the WDN tells the tale. The Austin Daily Herald gives their side of the story too plus other local action.
Lyle-Pacelli won their first game after the death of teammate Kellsey Hogan in a 18, 10, 20 sweep of Grand Meadow. Again the ADH with the story.
Sartell swept Fergus Falls 23, 12, 11. This and other local games covered in the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Bemidji swept Deer River 15, 13, 16. More in the Bemidji Pioneer.
Scroll down past soccer, and tennis to get to the volleyball boxes in the Duluth News Tribune.
Park Christian downed Lake Park-Audubon in four. From the Fargo Forum.
Minneota swept Lakeview 18, 12, 21. It was the second win in a row for the #1 team in A. From the Marshall Independent.
McLeod West dropped Sleepy Eye 19, 23, 18. From the New Ulm Journal.
Springfield was a winner over Madelia. This and more in the NUJ.
Sauk Rapids swept St. Cloud Tech 15, 14, 20. More games also in the St. Cloud Times.
Willmar swept Brainerd 11, 16, 22. It was Brainerd's first game of the year.
MACCRAY swept power Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 17, 20, 23. More Camden conference action in the West Central Tribune
Benson was a five game winner over Morris. More West Central Conference action in the WCT.
Worthington swept Adrian 13, 12, 12. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Minneapolis Henry picked up their first win of the year with a 15, 14, 23 sweep of Washburn. It was Washburn's first game this year. In Henry's second rotation in game one Lucia Carver rattled off 12 straight points to put the Patriots up 14-5.
In game two Carrie Moua served three straight aces to make it 15-6. Henry had six aces up to this point in game two.
Washburn led in game three 22-17. Then Carver went to work with six points after the side out. She missed serve for point 25 and gave the ball back to Washburn. Henry ended the evening and comeback with a kill by Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick.
First side out for either team was pretty low. Henry was 9/23 for .391, while Washburn came in at 6/21 for .286. Henry had 22 ace serves on the night.

PREVIOUS RESULTS
St. Cloud Cathedral, a state tournament entrant four of the last six years, swept Paynesville last Thursday. Here is the Paynesville Press with the story on the 8, 18, 12 games.

LOCAL STAR TRIBUNE
The Star Tribune has local editions and not everyone can read what is going on unless you live in their coverage area. Now everyone can read about these stories.
Liberos can now serve which is the subject of story one. Belle Plaine's Tara Herrmann is featured.
Story #2 has state entrant Hopkins and their rebuilding efforts highlighted since Bridget Denson-Dorman and Leah Nubeck have graduated.
Story #3 is about Andover and Coach Connie Huberty's general approach to player skills.

UMD/SW MN STATE RECAP
Here is the Duluth News Tribune story on UMD's sweep last night (I had a seperate post last night on the game). One of the sub stories last night was walk on Sarah Wyffels of UMD going up against her former HS coach Terry Culhane of SW MN State. The Marshall Independent also has a review.


NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
5 games
AA
Whiteney Wisecup, Winona Cotter 13 vs Kingsland 3-2
Courtney Frank, Morris 8 vs Benson 2-3
Alissa McDonald, Chisholm 7 vs Mesabi East 3-2
4 games
A
Melissa Wright, Orr 21 vs Lakeview Christian 3-1
Lisa Steen, Lakeview Christian 6 vs Orr 1-3
3 games
AAA
Megan Junkermeier, Willmar 9 vs Brainerd 3-0
Carrie Moua, Mpls Henry 7 vs Mpls Washburn 3-0
Lucia Carver, Mpls Henry 6 vs Mpls Washburn 3-0
A
Hannah Glor, Lanesboro 10 vs Spring Grove 3-0
Kresson Vreeman, Central Christian 8 vs Canby 3-0
Kelsey Roy, Mabel-Canton 7 vs Houston 3-0
Molly Franz, Littlefork-Big Falls 5 vs Bigfork 3-0
Alyssa Buysse, Minneota 5 vs Lakeview 3-0
Brittany Ribar, McLeod West 5 vs Sleepy Eye 3-0
Sabrina Kosek, McLeod West 5 vs Sleepy Eye 3-0

BLOCKS
5 games
AAA
Tiff Hoffman, New Ulm 11 vs Redwood Valley 2-3
Courtney Steinhauser, New Ulm 6 vs Redwood Valley 2-3
AA
Megan King, Caledonia 5 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-2
A
Maggie May, Southland 6 vs Fillmore Central 2-3
4 games
AA
Tori Abernathy, Greenway 7 vs Nashwauk-Keewatin 3-1
Kate Steedling, Wabasha-Kellogg 6 vs Plainview-Elgin-Millville 3-1
3 games
AAA
Mallory Zimmermann, Mankato East 9 vs Fairmont 3-0
Krista Shaikoski, Fergus Falls 6 vs Sartell 0-3
AA
Allison Hintz, Madelia 5 vs Springfield 0-3
A
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota 8 vs Lakeview 3-0

DIGS
5 games
AA
Ashley King, Caledonia 29 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-2
A
Janis Flug, Babbitt-Embarass 37 vs Ely 3-2
4 games
AA
Mindy Clark, LacQui Parle Valley 23 vs BOLD 1-3
Molly Manthe, Albany 20 vs New London-Spicer 3-1
A
Dani Rannetsberger, Silver Bay 20 vs Cook County 3-1
3 games
AA
Samantha Beck, Fairmont 35 vs Mankato East 0-3
Deanna Novak, St. Cloud Cathedral 26 vs Minnewaska 3-0
Destiny VanDeRiet, MACCRAY 23 vs TMB 3-0
Destany Nummela, Moose Lake-Willow River 17 vs Floodwood 3-0
Anna Zyvolski, St. Cloud Cathedral 17 vs Minnewaska 3-0
A
Rachael Rosedahl, LeRoy-Ostrander 20 vs Glenville-Emmons 3-0
Britni Mansink, Houston 19 vs Mabel-Canton 0-3
Chelsey Grondahl, Cook 19 vs International Falls 3-0
Dana Rude, West Central 17 vs Osakis 3-0
Crystal Hill, Cook 15 vs International Falls 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Laura Greenwood, Duluth East 19 vs Hermantown 3-0
AA
Jenny Gilbertson, Winona Cotter 18 vs Kingsland 3-2
Megan King, Caledonia 17 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-2
A
Hanna Lashmett, Babbitt-Embarrass 19 vs Ely 3-2
4 games
AAA
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 17 vs Little Falls 3-1
AA
Hanna Rieland, Melrose 15 vs Paynesville 3-1
3 games
AA
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield 21 vs Madelia 3-0
Krystal Lacey, West Central 18 vs Osakis 3-0
A
Hannah Glor, Lanesboro 16 vs Spring Grove 3-0
Dana Johnson, LeRoy-Ostrander 15 vs Glenville-Emmons 3-0

Next up: later today with more Tuesday action.