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C-G-B Takes First Place at Underwood Volleyball Tournament

By Craig Olson, 10/17/19, 10:15PM CDT

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Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley won the Underwood Volleyball Invitational on Thursday, beating New York Mills 2-0 (25-20, 25-22) in the championship match.  KMS took third place with a 2-0 (25-18, 25-18) win over Sebeka.  Fifth place went to Underwood with a 2-1 (23-25, 25-17, 15-8) win over Wheaton/Herman-Norcross.  Verndale defeated Rothsay 2-0 (25-22, 25-22) to claim seventh place.

“It was another fun and exciting day at the Underwood gym,” stated Head Coach Diane Ross of the Rockets.  “Our first set of the day was rough but it picked up and I thought we played tough throughout the tournament.  Our match against CGB was very close, it nice to know we can keep up with a team like that.  Libby Nelson did a great job serving against Verndale going 11/12 with 2 aces. In our match against Wheaton, Josey Bugbee really stepped up her game at the net.  I thought our main passers Brianna Evavold, Amber Frigaard, and Kayla Rocholl did a great job on serve receive with 94% accuracy.” 

Leading the Underwood attack was Brooke Hovland with 22 kills, followed by Kayla Rocholl with 17, Josey Bugbee with 14, Shaynah Smith and Ally Johnson each added 13. Reese Richards put up 66 set assists and added 7 ace serves, along with 5 stuff blocks. Brianna Evavold was 44/46 serving with 7 aces and added 21 digs. Ally Johnson had 7 ace blocks, and Shaynah Smith and Brooke Hovland each added 4. Kayla Rocholl had 36 digs, followed by Amber Frigaard with 30. 

Underwood ends their season 13-15 and will begin tournament play on Monday.

POOL PLAY RESULTS
Pool #1
KMS 2-0 over Underwood 25-9, 25-21
CGB 2-1 over Verndale 25-16, 24-26, 15-12
CGB 2-1 over Underwood 25-20, 25-27, 16-14
KMS 2-0 over Verndale 25-10, 25-22
Underwood 2-0 over Verndale 25-12, 25-23
CGB 2-0 over KMS 25-20, 27-25

Pool #2
NYM 2-1 over WHN 25-20, 18-25, 15-10
Sebeka 2-1 over Rothsay 25-12, 22-25, 15-11
NYM 2-0 over Rothsay 25-20, 25-14
Sebeka 2-1 over WHN 25-19, 14-25, 15-11
NYM 2-0 over Sebeka 27-25, 25-21
WHN 2-0 over Rothsay 25-22, 25-21

In the B-squad tournament, first place went to New York Mills with a 2-0 (26-24, 25-18) win over Henning.  Third place went to Wheaton/Herman-Norcross with a 2-1 (25-22, 21-25, 15-13) victory over Underwood.  Sebeka won the fifth place match 2-1 (25-23, 18-25, 15-9) over KMS and finishing seventh was Verndale with a 2-0 (25-21, 25-23) win over Rothsay.