International Falls’ volleyball team stayed with Lake of the Woods until the end Tuesday night in the Falls High School gym, but was unable to pull out a close third game before being swept by the Bears, 20-25, 16-25, 24-26.
“I definitely think we had some high points and some low points...,” said Falls head coach Erin Shikowsky. “We just need to recover more quickly from our mistakes.”
Statistical leaders for the Broncos included: Reva Renollet, eight set assists, seven digs; Hailey Fentem, nine kills, three ace blocks; and Tessa Walls, five kills, four ace blocks.
Tate Moeller led Lake of the Woods with 18 kills and four ace serves, while Tori Sindelir had 30 set assists and two blocks.
Shikowsky said the Bears had some of the best hitting the Broncos have seen so far this season.
“Our blocking was pretty good,” she said. “We were there slowing some (return hits) down, but yeah, they did have some big hitters that were getting over our block.”
I. Falls 3, Duluth Marshall 0
The Broncos won a road match Friday in three straight games against Duluth Marshall, 25-13, 25-15, 25-10.
“(Friday’s match) was a fun, all-around team effort,” Shikowsky said. “Everyone contributed and it was a nice way to end the week.”
The Broncos’ statistical leaders included: Renollet, seven digs, 12 set assists, four ace serves; Anah Schwartz, 20 digs; Walls, seven kills; and Olivia Santee, eight digs, three ace serves.
L-BF 3, Northeast Range 1
Littlefork-Big Falls improved its match record to 8-0 after winning at home Tuesday against Northeast Range in four games, 25-21, 22-25, 28-26, 25-14.
L-BF head coach Sarah Bradley said the team didn’t play its best volleyball of the year.
“We had a lot of mental errors that I think helped keep them in the match,” she said. “We missed a number of serves.”
The Vikings’ statistical leaders included: Brooke Millerbernd, three aces, nine kills, 16 digs; DyAna Imhof, 14 kills, three blocks; Abby Thompson, six kills, two blocks; and Breann Larson, 17 digs.
L-BF next hosts North Woods on Thursday.
