“Traveling to Battle Lake is always a challenge because Jenny and her teams always play so hard. Tonight was no different,” said B-E Head Coach Kelly Olson.  “I was pleased that we jumped out to good sized leads in each of the three sets to help us play relaxed, which, I think, put more pressure on Battle Lake. We did a great job in serve receive tonight as well as taking care of free ball opportunities throughout the match. We served aggressively all match. All of our misses were very close to being in. We were efficient with the ball and did a great job attacking the block. The players have worked very hard on a number fundamental skills over the past couple of weeks and it was that effort that really helped tonight.”

Leaders for the Chargers were Kailee Klimek (18/19 serving, 4 aces, 5 kills, 4 digs), Bailey Schaefer (1 ace, 12 kills, 4 digs, 1 block), Brittany Korkowski (18/21 serving, 2 aces, 2 kills,2  digs), Mikenna Pattrin (18 kills, 3 blocks) and Korrie Randt (31 set assists, 10/11 serving, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 3 digs).

Thursday, West Central Area will be in Evansville for a non-conference contest.

“After a five set match earlier this month the Chargers came out playing very solid.  They made very few mistakes and had a strong offensive game,” said Battle Lake Head Coach Jenny Roisum.  “The Battlers took a while to get going but they made set three interesting.  The Battlers were down by 10 before going on a run to close the gap to just 2 points.  It was nice to see the girls fight right up to the end of the match.” 

Grace Van Erp led the Battlers with 4 kills while Halie Johnson added 3 kills.  Johnson and Makenna Tysdal each added 6 digs while Kate Christensen had a strong serving run in the 3rd set going 12/14 with 4 aces.  The Battlers host Hillcrest on Thursday.