Hills-Beaver Creek’s Brittney Rozeboom digs up a ball during Thursday’s home volleyball match against Red Rock Central. Rozeboom and the Patriots evened their overall record and won their Red Rock Conference opener with a 3-1 victory over the Falcons.By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team opened Red Rock Conference play by defeating Red Rock Central 3-1 in Hills Thursday.H-BC coasted to a pair of wins in the first two games before letting a close tilt slip away in Game 3.The Patriots, however, regained their winning form to put the match away with a victory in Game 4.H-BC raced to a 7-1 lead in Game 1 and never looked back while posting a 25-13 win.RRC did trim the difference to three points at one stage of the opening game, but H-BC pulled away late in the game to post a 12-point win.The Falcons scored the first four points of the second game before H-BC’s Cassi Tilstra served 10 points during an 11-0 run to give the hosts an 11-4 advantage.H-BC sported a 20-11 lead when RRC went on an 8-1 run to trim the difference to two points at 21-19.The Patriots, however, used two kills and one block by Erin Boeve while putting together a 4-1 surge that gave them a 25-20 win and a 2-0 lead.H-BC scored the first three points of Game 3 before the Falcons rallied to gain an 11-10 edge.The game was tied at 16 after Melinda Sandstede served a pair of points for the hosts, but RRC countered with a 5-0 run to open a 21-16 cushion.The Patriots trimmed the difference to two points (22-20) with a kill by Kelly Mulder before RRC scored three straight points to notch a 25-20 win.H-BC sported a pair of four-point leads (7-3 and 12-8) in the fourth game only to fall behind 13-12 after RRC reeled off five straight points.The score was tied at 15 when H-BC went on a 4-1 surge capped by a kill from Mulder to gain a 19-16 lead.H-BC led 22-18 when Tilstra recorded a kill, Mulder served a point and Boeve delivered a kill that clinched a 25-18 win for the hosts.Tilstra, who had eight kills, completed all 26 serves she attempted and delivered two aces. Boeve led the charge at the net with 15 kills and 11 blocks. Mulder chipped in eight kills and seven blocks. Amanda Olson completed all seven of her serves to go along with three kills and one block. Alissa Hoyme completed seven of eight serves.
