By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team wrapped up a 17-5 regular season by sweeping three matches since last Thursday.The Patriots rolled to a three-game victory over Westbrook-Walnut Grove in Westbrook Thursday before posting a 3-0 home win over Lake Benton and Southwest Star Concept Monday and Tuesday respectively.H-BC, which placed third in the Red Rock Conference with a 9-9 mark, drew the No. 1 seed for the South Section 3A Tournament. The Patriots take on No. 8 Adrian in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the Luverne Elementary School.H-BC 3, SSC 0The Patriots swept a strong SSC team during their regular season finale in Hills Tuesday.The Quasars provided the Patriots with a stiff test, but H-BC met the challenge by notching 25-18, 25-23 and 25-17 victories."Southwest Star Concept has a good team," said Patriot coach Curt Doorneweerd. "Whenever they made a run at us, we were able to hang on. Then we made our own runs to put them away."Melinda Sandstede and Cassi Tilstra both went 17 of 18 serving during the match. Sandstede delivered two aces, while Tilstra had one ace and two kills.Erin Boeve, who was seven of seven serving with one ace, led H-BC with 22 kills and 11 blocks.Brittney Rozeboom was 12 of 12 serving with one ace for H-BC, while Amanda Olson was five of five at the line. Olson charted two kills, and Kelly Mulder had three kills and three blocks.H-BC 3, LB 0The Patriots had little trouble in disposing of the Bobcats during a three-game match played in Hills Monday.H-BC never trailed in the match and outscored Lake Benton 75-42 over three games.The Patriots scored the first three points of Game 1 and led after Boeve came up with one of her 10 blocks in the match.LB, however, rallied to trim the difference to one point (7-6) before H-BC went on a 16-6 run to open a 23-12 lead. H-BC’s Sandstede, who served three aces in the match, iced a 25-14 win with an ace delivery.H-BC scored the first three points of the second game before building a 10-3 cushion with a service point from Boeve.The Bobcats bounced back to knot the score at 13 with a 20-3 run, but the Patriots regrouped to outscore LB 12-2 the rest of the way with Boeve locking up a 25-15 victory with three consecutive service aces.Game 3 was tied at one when H-BC broke it open with an 18-7 surge capped by a service point from Diedre Vanden Bussche to take a 19-8 lead.H-BC went on to outscore the Bobcats 6-5 the rest of the game with Jessie Leenderts serving the final point of a 25-13 win.Along with leading H-BC with 10 blocks and 10 kills, Boeve completed 13 of 14 serves with three aces. Rozeboom was 15 of 15 serving with two aces.Mulder chipped in six blocks and five kills to the winning cause.H-BC 3, W-WG 0The Patriots bounced back from a tough loss two days earlier to defeat the Chargers in a three-game match played in Westbrook Thursday.Two nights after dropping out of title contention in the conference with a loss to Murray County Central, Patriot coach Doorneweerd was concerned how his team would respond Thursday.Doorneweerd’s concern proved to be baseless as the Patriots swept the Chargers by 25-16, 25-23 and 25-23 tallies."We were a little slow on the court, but I expected that coming off a tough match against MCC. We made some mental mistakes, but, all in all, it went well for us," Doorneweerd said.Boeve and Mulder sparked H-BC with their play at the net. Boeve had 15 kills and 13 blocks. Mulder charted seven kills and 10 blocks. Tilstra and Olson provided five and two kills respectively.Sandstede was 22 of 23 serving with one ace, while Rozeboom completed all 10 of her serves.
