Golden Eagles sweep Bobcats

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ABERDEEN – Aberdeen Central topped Brookings 25-18, 25-21, 25-23 in an Eastern South Dakota Conference volleyball match Friday night.

Kailee Bartels paced the Bobcats with nine kills. Annika Johnson and Grace Eggebrecht added six kills apiece, and Kylie Tucker and Johanna Miller both chipped in with four.

Johnson netted three service aces and Eggebrecht tallied a pair of blocks.

Michaela Jewett guided the offense with 35 set assists and also contributed 10 digs. Emma Hardin notched 15 digs, Megan Gilk 14 and Miranda Ysbrand 11.

The Golden Eagles improved to 13-4 (10-4).

Brookings (3-13, 3-10) plays host to Brandon Valley today at 2:30 p.m.

• Flandreau 3, Deuel 1

CLEAR LAKE – The Fliers topped the Cardinals 18-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-16 in a Big East Conference match.

Makenzey Burggraff had seven kills, while Mara Lunday and Brooke Iott added four apiece.

Jaycie Pulscher posted 13 set assists and five aces. Burggraff added three aces. Rylee Iott notched three blocks. Brooke Iott had four digs and Rylee Iott added three.

Jaydyn TeGantvoort posted 11 kills for Deuel (2-22, 0-6).

Flandreau (12-14, 3-3) closes the regular season playing host to Baltic on Monday.

• Chester Area 3, Colman-Egan 0

CHESTER – The Flyers swept the Hawks 25-11, 25-23, 25-20 in a nonconference match.

Dakota Alfson totaled 10 kills and two solo blocks. Jadon Wages and Makenna Larsen added seven kills apiece. Hanna Reiff came up with 33 digs and Larsen added 19 to go with two aces.

Chester moved to 21-4.

Colman-Egan’s Braiden Westley finished with nine kills and 16 digs. Olivia Baumberger added four kills and three blocks (two solo).

Haleigh Nicol had 20 digs and Elizabeth Moore 16. Savannah Moore dished out 19 set assists. Shelby Hiller had an ace and Madison Voelker added a block.

The Hawks (14-13) play host to Oldham-Ramona/Rutland on Monday.

• Castlewood 3, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 0

OLDHAM – The Warriors took the Dakota Valley Conference matchup by the set scores of 25-10, 25-13 and 25-19.

Regan Benike posted seven kills for Castlewood (7-13, 2-6). Alayna Benike added five kills and three aces. Abbey Strait netted four ace serves.

The Raiders’ Victoria Malisch totaled seven kills, two aces and 14 digs. Maddy Eich added four kills. Kylie Anderson posted a pair of aces.

ORR (2-20, 0-8) wraps up the regular season at Colman-Egan on Monday.

College

SIOUX FALLS – Sierra Peterson recorded 10 kills but it was not enough as the South Dakota State volleyball team fell 25-18, 26-24 and 25-21 to Omaha (7-14, 4-4) in a Summit League volleyball match Friday night at the Sanford Pentagon.

“This was the most consistent match we have had all year,” said SDSU coach Nicole Cirillo. “Though we are never satisfied with a loss, it was a step in the right direction. We have really dug deep into something the last couple of days as a team so we are starting to gel now. There a lot of positive things to take away from the match."

Ashlynn Smith and Macy Smith each added eight kills. Ellie Benson had a match-high 13 digs.

Omaha (7-14, 4-4) got 14 kills from Gessica Gdowski and 11 by Abby Bergsten.

SDSU (2-20, 0-9) heads to Denver on Friday at 8 p.m.