Elk Mound spikers sweep Toppers again, finish fifth at Husky Invite
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For the second time in a week’s span, Elk Mound swept the visiting Hilltoppers of Glenwood City.
After defeating Glenwood City in two sets in the final match of their home quadrangular September 9, the Lady Mounders’ volleyball team welcomed the Hilltoppers back last Thursday in what was the 2021 Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener for both teams.
Although its wasn’t their best effort of the season, Elk Mound was able to dispose of the defending conference champions from Glenwood City in three straight sets.
Two days later, the Mounders made the short trek to Eau Claire North High School to participate in the eight-team Husky Invitational where they finished fifth with a 2-2 mark.
Elk Mound, 1-0 in D-SC action and 12-13 overall, has just one match this week, a conference road contest in Mondovi that was played last evening. The Mounders will be in Durand next Tuesday, September 28.
Sweep Glenwood City
A determined Glenwood City squad battled Elk Mound for every point when the two teams met in the September 16 conference opener held on the Mounders’ home court.
Although the hosts were not at their sharpest, the Mounders had enough to hold off the Hilltoppers in three sets to earn the win.
Elk Mound took wins of 25-17, 25-21 and 25-20.
“We didn’t play well tonight,” admitted Mounders’ head coach Ryan Grimm. “But the girls fought hard for each point.”
“We still have room for improvement,” he added.
Statistically, senior McKenna Diermeier led the Mounders with 15 kills in the Glenwood City match. Stella Rhude was right behind Diermeier with 14 while Tori Blaskowski added three, Lauren Garnett and Gracie Carlton had two each and Kate Mohr one.
Blaskowski had 27 assists to top the charts for the Mounders with two turned in by Diermeier.
Carlton had a pair of blocks while Rhude and Garnett each had one.
Leading in digs was Diermeier with 14 followed by Issie Hollister with seven, Blaskowski and Garnet with four each, and Lydia Levra and Carlton each tallied two.
Finally, Levra, Hollister and Garnett each served up a trio of aces while Carlton and Blaskowski were each credited with one.
Husky Invite
Elk Mound finished fifth in the 2021 Husky Invitational held at EC North last Saturday, September 18.
The Mounders split their four matches to finish 2-2 in the tournament which featured round-robin play in a pair of four-team pools plus a crossover match against a team that finished in the same position in the other pool.
In its pool, Elk Mound lost its opening match to Eau Claire Memorial 10-25 and 23-25, bounced back to take a 25-16, 25-17 win over Hayward but, then lost to Bloomer in three sets – 25-20, 22-25 and 5-15.
In their crossover match against New Richmond, the Mounders downed the Tigers in a pair of close sets winning 25-22 and 27-25.
The score book for all four matches had Rhude and Diermeier leading with 24 and 23 kills, respectively. Carlton tallied eight, Garnett and Blaskowski had six, and Mohr finished with four.
Blaskowski had a whopping 54 assists over the four matches. The next nearest was Diermeier who had seven.
Carlton led the Mounders with five blocks while Rhude and Blaskowski had two each.
Diermeier also topped the team with 35 digs, Blaskowski had 15, Levra ten, and Hollister seven.
Diermeier turned in 11 ace serves to lead Elk Mound with Garnett and Blaskowski chipping in for six and four, respectively.