By John RittenhouseThe Adrian volleyball team bowed out of the South Section 3A Tournament with a loss in Luverne High School Friday.The Dragons met second-seeded Southwest Star Concept in a quarterfinal-round match of the tournament.Seventh-seeded Adrian put up a good fight, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Quasars from advancing into the semifinals with a 3-0 victory."We played well," said Adrian coach Jessica Hogan. "We made some errors at key moments in every game, and we just were not able to overcome them."The loss ends Adrian’s 5-18-2 season.SSC advanced to the tournament’s semifinals in Luverne Monday. The Quasars played No. 6 Fulda, a 3-1 winner over Ellsworth Friday, during the second round of the event.The Dragons did make the Quasars work for their win. Adrian played well enough to score at least 17 points in every game, but the Dragons were unable to garner a game victory.SSC led 18-15 in the opener before going on a late 7-2 run to clinch a 25-17 win.Adrian sported leads early in the second game before falling behind 22-18 as the contest progressed. The Dragons used a 4-1 spurt to trail by one point (23-22) late in the game, but SSC scored the next two points to record a 25-22 victory.SSC opened a 12-8 advantage in the third game before outscoring the Dragons 13-9 the rest of the way to post a match-ending 25-17 win."SSC was able to close out the games when they needed to," Hogan offered. "They made some huge plays at the net, and they served tough when they needed to."Jessica Parsley led the Dragons with 10 kills and 12 blocks during the match.Brittany Bullerman completed 13 of 16 serves, scored seven points and recorded eight kills and four blocks.Kayla Bullerman completed all seven of her serves and scored four points. She led the Dragons with 22 set assists.
