By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team upped its Red Rock Conference record to 3-1 with a four-game victory over Red Rock Central in Hills Thursday.
Needing a win to remain one game behind conference unbeaten Westbrook-Walnut Grove in the league standings, the Patriots were able to win three close games from the Falcons to get their victory.
The Patriots opened the match by securing a 15-11 win in the opener before pulling out a 15-13 victory in the second game to gain a 2-0 advantage.
RRC stormed to a 13-0 lead in the third game before posting a 15-2 win to get back into the match.
The Falcons scored the first five points in Game 4 and led 14-13 in the contest, but H-BC scored the next three points to prevail 16-14.
"The girls played pretty well," said Patriot coach Nicole Fey. "All the games we won were close. RRC came out hot and took the momentum right away in the third game. We fell behind 5-0 in the fourth game, but the girls fought back hard to win it. They never let up and kept on pushing each other."
Erin Boeve had a big night for the Patriots that included 28 kills and 14 digs. Tonya Leenderts also recorded 14 digs. LaDonna Sandstede was 19 of 19 serving with 11 points.