“We started strong and were point-for-point with the Nuggets in the first set,” said Head Coach Heidi Isaman.  “We served aggressively and kept ourselves in system.  Setters Ellie Welch and Anna Roisum did a good job moving the ball around and getting our outside hitters where they needed the ball to score.  Defensively, libero Morgan Korf did a good job reading the hitters and our defensive specialist had some digs for us.  It was a great back-and-forth battle, but a few tight net calls and a ball control mistake gave the Nuggets the edge.  In set 2 we struggled to serve receive their short serves and found ourselves down early and came up short.  Set 3 we were flat to start again, but the girls worked really hard and fought through their runs of a fast offense.  We had some trouble slowing them down at the net.”

Leaders for the Vikings were Welch (6 kills, 1 ace, 4 digs, 7 assists), Korf (27 digs, 2 aces), Hazel Haugrud (9 digs), Roisum (8 digs, 1 ace, 3 kills, 11 assists, 1 block), Marie Backstrom (2 aces, 1 block, 1 kill, 2 digs), Isaman (7 digs, 3 kills) and Allie Thompson (4 digs).

The Vikings will participate in the Blocktoberfest Tournament on Thursday in Hawley as they prepare for post season play next week.