The Lakers pulled out their second five-set conference win in the last week with a 25-19, 25-20, 21-25, 23-25, 15-13 victory at West Central Area, Thursday night.  One week earlier, the Lakers beat BOLD in a five-game thriller at MAHS.  Two nights earlier, the Lakers swept Montevideo in a conference match to lift their WCC record to 7-4 and overall record to 8-6 with their fifth-straight win.

Minnewaska Area was also set to play in the Alexandria Invitational, Saturday, but results of that tournament will be highlighted next week.

The Lakers will see just how much they’ve improved this week with a match at home against Melrose, Tuesday (tomorrow) and a match at Sauk Centre, Thursday.  Minnewaska was swept by Melrose earlier this year and also lost to SC in four games.

Minnewaska 3, Monte 0

The Lakers dominated Montevideo during a WCC matchup at Minnewaska Area High School last Tuesday night, 25-20, 25-10, 27-25.  It was the fourth-straight win for the Lakers, who improved to 7-6 overall and 6-4 in the WCC with the latest win.

The Lakers had a 19 percent kill percentage for the match, including a 38 percent kill percentage in the second game alone.

Dreya Barsness had 11 kills to lead her team, while Dacia Fleury had nine kills with only two errors on 22 attacks, Avery Fier had eight kills with only two errors on 24 attacks and Miaya Guggisberg had eight kills with three errors.

For the match, Minnewaska had 39 kills and only 16 attack errors.

The Lakers were also effective at the service line with only seven errors in 75 attempts with eight aces.  Haillie Schultz was perfect on 13 serves with three aces, while Brooklyn Meyer was 15-for-16, Fier was 10-for-11, Grace Zenk was 6-for-6 with an ace and Barsness was 13-for-15 with an ace.

Early in the match, Haley Shea recorded her 1,000th career set assist and the match was stopped so she could celebrate with her teammates, parents and fans.  She ended the match with 34 set assists.

Fier led the Lakers with 18 digs and was also 31-for-32 on pass attempts, while Shea and Fier led the Lakers with 1.5 blocks each and Fleury was also 16-for-16 on passes.

Minnewaska 3, WCA 2

The Lakers won the first two games before the Knights rallied to win games three and four.  That set up a deciding fifth game and Minnewaska continued its hot streak with a 15-13 game-five win to earn a five-game victory over West Central Area, Thursday night.

Avery Fier, Dreya Barsness and Dacia Fleury combined for 48 kills and only 12 errors to lead the Lakers.  Barsness had a team-high 19 kills, while Fier added 15 and Fleury had 14 kills and a team-best 26 percent kill percentage for the match.

Miaya Guggisberg chipped in with five kills and a team-high three blocks, while Haley Shea had four kills and 51 set assists and Haillie Schultz had four kills and 1.5 blocks. The Lakers were 96-for-106 serving with 12 aces as Schultz was perfect on 16 serves with three aces, Brooklyn Meyer was 20-for-21 with five aces and Fier was 19-for-20 with two more aces.

Fier and Fleury led the Lakers with 28 digs each, while Barsness had 13 and Meyer had 11.  Fier was also successful on 57 pass attempts to lead the Lakers.

Minnewaska 3, at BOLD 2

Montevideo 20 10 25

Minnewaska (7-6) 25 25 25

WASKA STATS  (good-attempts-aces):  Serving:  Brooklyn Meyer 15-16-0, Dreya Barsness 13-15-1, Haillie Schultz 13-13-3, Avery Fier 10-11-0, Haley Shea 7-8-1, Grace Zenk 6-6-1, Dacia Fleury 4-6-2 . . . Set assists:  Shea 34, Fier 2

Hitting:  Barsness 30-37-11, Fleury 20-22-9, Fier 22-24-8, Miaya Guggisberg 18-21-8, Schultz 9-10-3, Shea 6-7-0 . . . Digs:  Fier 18, Shea 8, Barsness 7, Schultz 7, Meyer 6, Fleury 5, Guggisberg 1. . . Blocks:  Shea 1.5, Fier 1.5, FLeury 1, Barsness 1, Guggisberg .5

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Minnewaska 3, at WCA 2

Minnewaska (8-6) 25 25 21 23 15

WCA 19 20 25 25 13

WASKA STATS  (good-attempts-aces):  Serving:  Brooklyn Meyer 20-21-5, Avery Fier 19-20-2, Haley Shea 18-20-2, Dreya Barsness 15-17-0, Haillie Schultz 16-16-3, Grace Zenk 5-7-0, Dacia Fleury 3-5-0 . . . Set assists:  Shea 51, Fier 6, Barsness 1, Schultz 1

Hitting:  Barsness 70-75-19, Fier 45-49-15, Fleury 39-42-14, Miaya Guggisberg 19-25-5, Shea 11-11-4, Schultz 21-21-4 . . . Digs:  Fier 28, Fleury 28, Barsness 13, Meyer 11, Shea 9, Schultz 7 . . . Blocks:  Guggisberg 3, Barsness 1.5, Schultz 1.5, Fleury 1, Fier 1