The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team won in three sets tonight 25-15, 25-15, 25-19 over Upsala to advance to the sub-section finals. Upsala finishes 29-3 overall; the Jaguars are now 24-7 and have won every sub-section title since 2004!In game one, a kill by Brittany Roelike gave the Jaguars their first lead of the night at 2-1. Another kill by Roelike tied it at 3-3, and her third kill of the night gave the Jaguars a 6-4 lead and the Jaguars never trailed in the set. Two straight kills by Miriah DeKok and a Cardinals hitting error pushed the Jaguars in front 13-9 to force Upsala into a timeout. The Jaguars were in the midst of a 6-0 run that included three more kills by Roelike to go up 16-9. Upsala would use two straight kills on two occasions to make it 18-14, but Taylor Braegelman knocked down a kill for a 19-14 lead to start a 7-1 run that would end the match. Down the stretch run, Megan Weller caught fire in the middle with three kills to go with two by Becca Gruber, handing the Jaguars a convincing 25-15 win.
The Jaguars would never trail in game two, as they used a tip kill by Roelike to go up 1-0 and two other Roelike kills for leads of 3-1 and 7-3. DeKok's kill put the Jaguars up 8-3, a kill by Braegelman made it 11-4, and a kill by Gruber put the Jaguars on top 15-9.
Up next: the Sub-Section 5A-West finals on Thursday night this week at 8:00 at Pierz Healy against Sebeka, who defeated upstart Bertha-Hewitt in four games tonight in Sebeka. On Wednesday, scouting information on Sebeka will be posted.
Section 5A, sub-section final four results:
Rush City 3, East Central 0
Nevis 3, Onamia 0
I was wondering if there were any scouts there...and lo and behold, I noticed these two in the corner of one of my crowd photos...my initial guess is they're from Sebeka according to their jacket colors...Sebeka's colors are purple and gold.
(Sauk Herald video clips) Below, the Jaguars win game two tonight by a 25-15 margin...
...and below, the opening 90 seconds of tonight's match in game one...the Jaguars took a couple shots from Upsala before getting their defense moving and taking control...
Watch the clips while you can! By late Wednesday morning they'll be locked down.
Sauk Centre won game five against Albany 15-12 after leading 7-2 and 10-5. They won game four 26-24! Melrose Area lost a tough one to Little Falls 3-2 with an 18-16 loss in game five.
Area volleyball playoff results on Nov. 1:
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross (25-4) defeated #1-seeded and 12th-ranked Hancock, a team that was 27-1-1 coming into the match, in the Sub-Section 6A-South semifinals. W/H-N had lost to Hancock 3-2 in two matches in Pheasant Conference action.
Minneota 3, Central Minnesota Christian 0
Maple Lake 3, Rockford 0
MACCRAY 3, Canby 0 (a mild upset in 3A-North)
Ada-Borup 3, Barnesville 0
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 3, Benson 0
Annandale 3, Dassel-Cokato 2 (#4 seed beats #1 seed)
Marshall Area 3, Yellow Medicine East 0
GO JAGS!!!!
