H-BC falls in three to HLOF and Adrian/Ellsworth

The H-BC volleyball team traveled to Fulda Tuesday night, Oct. 11, to play Heron Lake Okabena Fulda and hosted Adrian/Ellsworth Monday night for a Seniors Night game.
The Patriots lost both games 3-0, bringing their record to 0-8. They were scheduled to meet the Cardinals in Luverne Tuesday, Oct. 18, to wrap up their regular season play.
 
HLOF 3, H-BC 0
HLOF took an early lead in the first set and maintained that lead to win 25-9.
Layla Deelstra had the first point of the night with a tip over the net to an open spot in the front. Bailey Spykerboer had a good night serving and tallied several points with three aces.
She started the second set with an ace serve and Lanae Elbers had a couple of passes to Spykerboer, who set Deelstra and Larissa Steinhoff for kills to stay close 6-5.
Brynn Rauk, who is back from an injury, set Elbers up for a tip over the net to an open spot in the front row. Grace Anderson added an ace serve to narrow the point spread to 12-9.
HLOF had several hits out-of-bounds but extended their lead 21-15. Taylor Huisman added a kill before the set ended 25-16.
HLOF started the third set strong with a 7-0 lead before Anderson passed to Spykerboer to set Steinhoff up for a kill. Spykerboer added two ace serves for a score of 7-3.
H-BC fought back with the help of a block by Elbers to move the score to 10-8. Steinhoff and Deelstra both added kills, but HLOF would go on to win 25-17.
Anderson was 5 of 6 serving with two aces and had eight digs. Deelstra delivered four kills and one block and went 7 of 7 at the service line. Elbers had four kills, two blocks and three digs and was3 of 4 serving.
Elly Klosterboer was 5 of 5 serving and had three digs, Larissa Steinhoff had five kills and one block, and Spykerboer was 8 of 9 serving with three aces and contributed eight set assists and one dig.
 
A/E 3, H-BC 0
The H-BC volleyball team recognized their six seniors on Senior Night and were hoping to come out with a victory, but they fell short to Adrian/Ellsworth Monday night. 
The game scores were 15-25, 15-25, 17-25
The game started out hopeful for the Patriots with Layla Deelstra registering the first kill and Bailey Spykerboer serving two aces to put the score at 4-1.
A pass from Grace Anderson to Spykerboer to set up Larissa Steinhoff for a kill kept the lead at 8-3.
Lanae Elbers tallied a kill to make it 11-7 before A/E started to close the gap.
A nice back row set from Anderson to Deelstra for the kill made it 12-11. Both Steinhoff and Deelstra added tips to open spots in the front row before A/E went on a serving streak to end the first set 15-25.
Elbers registered a couple of kills in the second set along with an ace serve, but A/E started out with an early lead 9-20. Deelstra was able to score off a push to an open spot in the back row and Steinhoff added a block, but A/E finished the set with the same score 15-25.
A/E started the third set with a five-point lead before Spykerboer set up Deelstra for a kill to give H-BC a point.
A/E had several hits that went out of bounds and some net serves that allowed the Patriots to stay close. Elbers added a kill with a 12-16 score. Steinhoff and Taylor Huisman each tallied a kill before the set ended 17-25.
Bailey Spykerboer had 13 set assists and five digs and was 4 of 6 serving with two aces.
Olivia Bork was 5 of 5 serving with one ace and had six digs.
Lanae Elbers was 6 of 6 serving and had four kills, eight digs and two blocks.
Larissa Steinhoff added three kills and two blocks.
Layla Deelstra had four kills and was 8 of 8 serving with one ace.