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H-BC spikers accomplish goal while sweeping three-game match Thursday

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team ran its record to 2-0 in Red Rock Conference play with a 3-0 victory over Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster in Round Lake Thursday.Along with winning their third straight match against the Raiders, the Patriots accomplished a goal H-BC coach Curt Doorneweerd set for the clash."We finally played three straight games at a high level of intensity," he said. "That’s something we wanted to do in this match. We usually slip up and lose our intensity somewhere. Our goal was to play three games at a high level of intensity, and we got that accomplished."H-BC played with a spirit that SV-RL-B couldn’t compete with.H-BC rolled to a 25-14 win in the opener before posting a 25-18 win in Game 2.The Patriots saved their best game for the finale as they coasted to a convincing 25-8 win.Brittney Rozeboom (26 of 27 with four aces) and Cassi Tilstra (15 of 16 with one ace) led the Patriots in serving. Tilstra also had three kills.Erin Boeve, who served four aces, recorded 16 kills and eight blocks at the net. Kelly Mulder charted two kills and one block for the winners, while Amanda Olson added three kills.Doorneweed said Melinda Sandstede turned in her best setting performance of the season during the win.

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