Hills-Beaver Creek junior Cassi Tilstra bumps the ball during Monday’s 3-0 home win over Ellsworth. Tilstra served three aces and delivered three kills to the winning cause.By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team posted its fourth consecutive victory when it hosted Ellsworth for a non-conference match in Hills Monday.The match between long-time rivals that were members of the Tri-County Conference for years turned into a one-sided contest that favored the Patriots.H-BC outscored EHS 75-45 to record a 3-0 sweep of the Panthers.The win upped H-BC’s record to 14-4. Ellsworth slipped to 9-10 with the loss.H-BC set the tone for the night early as a three-point service run by Brittney Rozeboom lifted the Patriots to a 4-0 lead in Game 1.The Patriots continued to add to their lead by building a 19-9 cushion before going on a 6-1 run late in the game capped by an ace serve from Erin Boeve to ice a 25-10 victory.Ellsworth led 3-1 early in the second game before H-BC went on an 11-5 surge that ended with a block by Kelly Mulder to take a 12-8 lead.The Panthers trimmed the difference to one point (13-12) when H-BC went on a 9-0 run capped by a service point from Cassi Tilstra to open a 22-12 lead.Ellsworth battled back to draw within four points (24-20) of the Patriots, but H-BC’s Kari Roozenboom supplied a kill that clinched a 25-20 win for the hosts.Ellsworth sported a 2-1 lead in the third game when H-BC put together a 15-2 run that ended with an ace serve from Deidre Vanden Bussche to take a 16-5 lead.The Panthers climbed within seven points (22-15) of the Patriots late in the game, but a 3-0 run capped by a service point from Melinda Sandstede gave H-BC a 25-15 win that ended the match.Boeve, who was 12 of 13 serving with four aces, led H-BC with 22 kills and 14 blocks. Mulder added 12 kills and six blocks to the winning cause, while Tilstra and Amber Olson charted three kills each.Tilstra was 16 of 17 serving with three aces, Rozeboom eight of nine serving, and Sandstede delivered five aces.Laurel Drenth and Amy Tiesler led EHS with three kills each. Drenth set the pace with two blocks, and Tiesler was nine of nine serving.
