The Minnewaska Area volleyball team split a pair of conference matches last week, winning in four games at Montevideo last Tuesday and losing by four at home against West Central Area, Thursday.

The Lakers, who are 2-2 overall and 2-2 in the WCC, have a very busy week on tap this week with a match at Melrose Area, Tuesday (tomorrow), a home match with Sauk Centre, Thursday, and the Minnewaska Invitational, Saturday.

Minnewaska 3, Monte 1

The Lakers rallied from a first-game loss to win at Montevideo last Tuesday night, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-14.  Minnewaska Area improved to 2-1 overall and in the WCC with the win.

The Lakers struggled at the service line, but the attack game more than made up for that. Minnewaska served at 77 percent with Haley Shea going 10-for-11 and Avery Fier, Brooklyn Meyer and Dacia Fleury each adding three aces.

The Lakers had 132 attacks during the match with only 17 errors and 42 kills for a 19 percent hitting efficiency.

Fier had a great match with 13 kills and only four errors for a 31 percent kill rate.  Dreya Barsness was right behind with 10 kills, while Haillie Schultz added seven, and Fleury and Shea both had five kills.

Shea also had a team-best 30 set assists, while Fier led the team with 22 digs, followed by Shea with 13, Meyer with 10 and Schultz with nine, while Schultz also had a team-high 1.5 blocks.

WCA 3, Minnewaska 1

The Lakers lost a close match with West Central Area, Thursday at home, 23-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-20.  Minnewaska trailed early in game one, 5-3 and still trailed 19-18 late in the game before rallying for the 25-23 victory thanks to a late double-block by Haillie Schultz and Miaya Guggisberg and a kill by Dreya Barsness for game point.

The Lakers led early 5-3 and 12-10 after two-straight kills by Avery Fier.  WCA rallied to an 18-14 lead a few minutes later.  The score was 22-22 when WCA made possibly the play of the match with a beautiful save that led to a 23-22 lead.  Moments later, the Knights had won game two, 25-23.

WCA used the momentum from game two to control most of games three and four, winning 25-18 and 25-20, to complete the four-game win.

Barsness had a great match with a team-high 17 kills, 12-of-13 serving with three aces and 14 digs.

Fier added eight kills, a team-high 25 digs and 24-of-25 serving with four aces, while Dacia Fleury also had eight kills to go along with 15 digs, Miaya Guggisberg had three kills and two blocks, Haley Shea had 32 set assists, 13 digs and was 10-of-10 serving, Haillie Schultz had a team-high 2.5 blocks, Brooklyn Meyer had 10 digs and Graze Zenk was 12-for-12 serving with an ace.

Minnewaska 3, at Monte 1

Minnewaska (2-1) 22 25 25 25

Montevideo 25 22 23 14

WASKA STATS  (good-attempts-aces):  Serving:  Avery Fier 22-26-3, Brooklyn Meyer 14-18-3, Dacia Fleury 9-13-3, Dreya Barsness 8-12-0, Haley Shea 10-11-0, Grace Zenk 7-9-1, Haillie Schultz 2-4-1 . . . Set assists:  Shea 30, Barsness 6, Fier 4, Meyer 1

Hitting:  Fier 25-29-13, Barsness 30-35-10, Schultz 16-16-7, Fleury 21-26-5, Shea 15-15-5, Meyer 4-4-1, Miaya Guggisberg 4-7-1 . . . Digs:  Fier 22, Shea 13, Meyer 10, Schultz 9, Barsness 8, Fleury 7 . . . Blocks:  Schultz 1.5, Guggisberg 1, Fier .5, Fleury .5, Barsness .5

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WCA 3, at Minnewaska 1

WCA 23 25 25 25

Minnewaska (2-2) 25 23 18 20

WASKA STATS  (good-attempts-aces):  Serving:  Avery Fier 24-25-4, Dacia Fleury 10-14-1, Dreya Barsness 12-13-3, Grace Zenk 12-12-1, Haley Shea 10-10-0, Brooklyn Meyer 9-10-0, Haillie Schultz 3-3-0. . . Set assists:  Shea 32, Barsness 2, Fleury 1, Haillie Schultz 1

Hitting:  Barsness 47-53-17, Fier 33-40-8, Fleury 25-30-8, Miaya Guggisberg 14-16-3, Shea 11-11-2, Schultz 9-11-1 . . . Digs:  Fier 25, Fleury 15, Barsness 14, Shea 13, Meyer 10, Schultz 4, Guggisberg 4, Grace Zenk 1 . . . Blocks:  Schultz 2.5, Guggisberg 2, Fier 1, Barsness .5