Mounders snag a win late in the week against Durand
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DURAND — The Mounders’ volleyball team kept pace with rival Colfax as they traveled to Durand last Thursday evening, October 10, and beat the Panthers in three sets on scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-10.
The victory kept Elk Mound tied with Colfax at 5-0 for the lead in the Dunn-St. Croix. Both teams have a pair of conference games remaining heading into this, the final week of the regular season, including a head-to-head battle this Thursday in Elk Mound.
Elk Mound started their last week of the regular season with a home game against the Boyceville Bulldogs last night, Tuesday, October 15. They will wrap things up by hosting the Colfax Vikings Thursday evening, October 17. The winner of Thursday’s match will likely claim this year’s Dunn-St. Croix volleyball championship.
Against Durand last Thursday, Elk Mound’s offense was led by senior Maggie Bartig as she went up for the kill 16 times and snagged eight of them for a 2.7 average per set.
Susan Marquardt had seven kills for the Mounders, and was followed by Sophie Cedarblade and Lexi Nechanicky with six a piece.
Serving up aces were senior Kortnee Halgren as she got eight across the net, and junior Morgan Kinblom had four.
Halgren also led the Mounders in assists with 23 and had five digs.
Libero McKenna Diermeier seems to have settled well into her new position as she led the defense with 17 digs, 5.7 per set, and Hailey Blaskowski went low for five of her own.
Elk Mound also competed Saturday, October 12, in an all day invitational hosted by the Altoona Railroaders, with only one score posted for the match against the Railroaders in which Elk Mound lost 2-1 by scores of 25-18, 25-17, and 15-9.
No other scores, stats or comments on the remaining match at the Altoona Invite were available at press time.
WIAA tournaments get underway next Tuesday, October 22 with regional quarterfinals’ action.