By John RittenhouseThe Adrian Dragons wrapped up a 7-16-3 volleyball season in Luverne Friday.Playing No. 1 Southwest Christian in the quarterfinal-round of the South Section 3A Tournament, the eighth-seeded Dragons were not projected to win.Adrian did put up a good fight, but it wasn’t enough to keep the E-Gals from advancing to the semifinals with a 3-1 victory."I was really pleased with our effort," said AHS coach Mary Jo Graphenteen."The girls played to win, and they came out ready to play. We didn’t play one of our best matches, but we hung in there the whole night. The girls did the best they could against a very good team."SWC, the state’s fourth-ranked Class A team, took charge of the match early.After securing a 25-20 victory in Game 1, the E-Gals rolled to a 25-13 win in the second game to open a 2-0 advantage.Adrian battled back in the third game to pull out a 25-23 win.The score was tied at 10 in Game 4 when Adrian missed a serve that sparked a 4-0 spurt for the E-Gals. SWC ended the game with an 11-6 surge to prevail 25-16."Serving probably was the key to the match," Graphenteen said."We would go on a run, then we would miss a serve. We served 76 percent as a team in the match, and you don’t win many matches with that type of a serving percentage."Seniors Brittany Bullerman, Jessica Parsley and Jolene Reisdorfer performed well in their last matches in AHS colors.Bullerman recorded 10 kills and 15 digs, Parsley added nine kills and Reisdorfer charted 10 digs.Kayla Bullerman notched 21 set assists and went 10 of 11 serving for the Dragons.
