By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek capped an 11-13 regular season by going 2-2 and placing sixth at the Southwest State University Subway Volleyball Tournament played in Marshall Friday and Saturday.
The Patriots went 1-1 both days in what was their final tune-up for the South Section 3A Volleyball Tournament that begins tomorrow night at the Luverne Elementary School.
The fourth-seeded Patriots take on No. 5 Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster 25 minutes following a match played by No. 1 Southwest Christian and No. 8 Ellsworth at 6 p.m. on the same floor.
Ellsworth beat No. 9 Faith Christian 3-0 in a play-in match staged in Ellsworth Monday.
As their 2-2 record would indicate, the tournament in Marshall was a roller coaster ride for the Patriots.
"It was an up-and-down weekend," said Patriot coach Nicole Fey. "It was a nice tournament to get us ready for the sub-section playoffs."
The Patriots got off to a solid start by saddling Martin Luther with 15-6 and 15-10 setbacks in Friday's opening match, but 16-14 and 15-7 losses to Lac qui Parle Valley followed later in the day.
H-BC regrouped to best Dawson-Boyd 15-9, 7-15, 15-11 in a three-game match to open play Saturday.
The tournament ended for H-BC with 15-6 and 15-11 losses to Wabasso during Saturday's second round.
Erin Boeve had 51 kills, 37 digs and 11 blocks during the tournament for H-BC.
LaDonna Sandstede charted 48 set assists, and Jody Rentschler recorded 35 digs.