Brianna Marty performs 13 kills in 9/12 win

The MACA volleyball Tigers needed some time to summon some winning form in this young season. The season began with three losses which were at the hands of BOLD, West Central Area and Sauk Centre. The ship got righted with a 3-1 win over Benson on Sept. 7. Fans at Tiger Center enjoyed. Alas the Benson team is still known as "Braves."

Success came by sweep in the Sept. 12 home match against Montevideo. More cheers. 

The team's fortunes sagged most recently in a 0-3 loss to Melrose at Melrose. Now the team is hoping to regroup for a Monday match at New London-Spicer. On the next night they'll host Minnewaska Area. 

The Tigers worked in a tournament commitment amid the recent duals. That commitment was hosted by Lakeview on Saturday, Sept. 9. The Tigers fared at .500. We defeated Ortonville and Lac qui Parle, both by sweep 2-0. We came out on the short end against New London-Spicer and Minnewaska (0-2 vs. both). 

Let's focus on the Tigers' sweep over Montevideo, scores of 25-17, 29-27 and 25-12. Brianna Marty was a standout with her 13 kills and 12 digs. The kmrs site summary reports that "Kaylee Harstad had nine while Lauren Hottovy tallied 19 digs with four aces." I'm sorry but I cannot conclude firmly from that sentence. Nine what? Digs? Also: "19 digs with four aces?" Is there such a thing as "aces" when it comes to digs? If I assume anything wrong from a sentence like that I'll look like a dope. And I could get called out. 

The kmrs site article is very brief. It does make clear that Nora Boyle and Ryla Koehler had 18 and 13 assists respectively. Thank you. I wrote far more informative summaries when I was at the Morris newspaper. 

KMRS reported that Monte came out of the night at 1-9, so a struggling season for the Thunder Hawks. I wish the West Central Tribune summary online had included MACA stat highlights. Instead we read "stats not available" for MACA. Shoot. 

The WC Tribune does thoroughly report the Montevideo stats. Let's have a little fun with that. Avery Williams had two serving aces for the T-Hawks, followed by Taya Weber and Maren Nelson each with one. Addie Olson was Monte's go-to setter and she performed 21 assists. Then in hitting, Williams and Nelson were the big forces with eight and six kills respectively. Emmie Koenen had two kills while these T-Hawks each had one: Madison Picht, Teagan Epema and Jessa Norby. 

Koenen was the force in ace blocks with her five. Picht and Olson each had two ace blocks and Nelson one. Epema dug up the ball ten times to lead. Nelson performed nine digs and Williams five. 

The Tigers fell 0-3 to the Sauk Centre Streeters on Tuesday, Sept. 9. It was a sweep for the Streeters at Tiger Center, scores of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-19. Haley Kill pounded down eleven kills for the Tigers. Nora Boyle performed ten assists. Ryla Koehler's assist total was eight. And in digs, Lauren Hottovy was busy with her 23. Brianna Marty went up to perform three blocks. Sauk Centre built its record to 5-2.

Cross country

MACA cross country continues its season in busy fashion. The assignment was to visit Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Monday. There, Hailey Werk arrived at the finish chute No. 12. Kendal Fischer arrived at the chute 18th. Our girls team was No. 8. West Central Area had the champion girls team. The top individual was Minnewaska's Lauren Ankeny. Her Lakers were runner-up. 

Our boys team was led by Carlos Rivera who was 71st. The Tigers placed 13th. 

MACA cross country was represented in the Mark Alcorn meet held in Holdingford. The action last Thursday had Hailey Werk place 14th. Our girls team was No. 8. Kendal Fischer had a 22nd place showing. Anya Fehr placed 36th. 

Our boys team is struggling to show some momentum. The MACA boys were tenth among eleven teams. We were led by Truett Richardson in 40th place. Ethan Koehler placed 51st and Grady Stallman 54th.

 

- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com