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Lady Spartans Split in Weekend Action

By Craig Olson, 10/05/19, 5:15PM CDT

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The M State volleyball team played a pair of matches on the road this weekend, losing in 3 sets (25-23, 25-18, 25-20) at NDSCS in Wahpeton on Friday and winning in 3 sets (26-24, 25-18, 25-19) against the Concordia JV in Moorhead on Saturday.

 

In the loss to NDSCS Alexa Mortenson led the attack with 9 kills and added 4 blocks.  Hannah Ekse came through with 8 kills and 1 block and Katherine Mastey added 7 kills and 5 blocks.  Sydney Hovland distributed 28 set assists, contributed one block and had 10 digs.  Bailey Marty finished with 16 digs, Taylor Berndt had 11 digs and Sierra Jenson had 10.  Anya Maack chipped in with 2 blocks and Alexis Heisler had 8 digs.

The Spartans served 95.2% (60/63) and were led by Hovland (10/10), Mortenson (9/9), Heisler (8/8), Jenson (13/14) and Berndt (12/13, 1 ace).

In the win against Concordia JV the lady Spartans served at a 91.9% (68/74) clip.  Their top servers were Mortenson (10/10, 2 aces), Hovland (10/10), Morgan Evavold (15/16) and Jenson (14/15).

Kill leaders were Mastey with 10, Mortenson with 8 and Berndt with 7.  Mortenson led the team with 4 blocks, Ekse and Mastey had 3 blocks each, Amzie Aho contributed a pair of blocks, and Hovland and Berndt each had one block.

Defensively, Marty and Berndt led the way with 23 digs apiece, Jenson had 21 and Hovland added a dozen.  Hovland also distributed 27 set assists.