Hills-Beaver Creek junior hitter Erin Boeve reaches for one of her 20 blocks during a 3-2 volleyball loss to Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster in Hills Thursday.
By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team upped its Red Rock Conference record to 3-5 with a 3-0 win at Edgerton Public School Tuesday.
All three games of the match were fairly close, but the Patriots outscored the Flying Dutchmen 45-29 for the night while winning all three contests.
The win adds to what has been an impressive turn-around to H-BC's season. After starting the campaign with five straight losses, the Patriots evened their mark at 7-7-3 with the victory.
H-BC will host Westbrook-Walnut Grove tonight before playing road matches against Ellsworth and Southwest Star Concept Monday and Tuesday.
According to Patriot coach Curt Doorneweerd, a strong serving performance lifted H-BC to victory in Edgerton.
H-BC's servers kept the pressure on Edgerton most of the night, and keeping the ball in play helped the Patriots register 15-10, 15-8 and 15-11 wins.
"We played pretty well," said Patriot coach Curt Doorneweerd. "I think serving was the key for us. We served really well."
Jody Rentschler, Angie Sjaarda and Sarah Rozeboom led H-BCÕs assault on Edgerton from the service line.
Rentschler was 15 of 15 with one ace, Sjaarda 12 of 12 with one ace and Rozeboom five of five with one ace.
Tara Boeve, who had two ace serves, led the winners with 14 blocks and 12 kills.
Rozeboom added 10 kills to the cause. Kelly Mulder chipped in four blocks.