By John RittenhouseScoring lapses late in the match hurt the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots when they took on Fulda in a Red Rock Conference volleyball match in Hills Thursday.The Patriots were hoping to gain some late-season momentum by defeating the team they beat in last year’s South Section 3A Tournament championship game.Fulda, however, didn’t let it happen.The Raiders snapped a tie at one game each by posting comfortable wins in Games 3 and 4 on the way to a 3-1 victory.Inconsistent offensive play by the Patriots late in the match allowed the Raiders to outscore them 50-28 in the final two games."We played pretty well until we decided not to score any more points in the third and fourth games," said H-BC coach Curt Doorneweerd. "When we were scoring, we did everything right. Our hitting was a big letdown. We were unable to keep the ball in play and make Fulda earn its points."The Raiders opened the match by posting a 25-17 win in Game 1, but the Patriots bounced back to knot the match with a 25-20 victory in the second game.Games 3 and 4 were title battles early, but the Raiders pulled away in the end to notch 25-12 and 25-16 victories.Kelly Mulder turned into a force at the net for H-BC, registering 16 kills and 10 blocks in the match.Cassi Tilstra and Melinda Feucht contributed 12 and three kills to the cause respectively. Tilstra added five blocks.
