NC East/Ulen-Hitterdal at Ada-Borup-West

Recap

With the Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal Titans attempting to push the match to a fifth set, the Ada-Borup-West Cougars rallied back and closed the fourth set on a 13-5 run to win the match in four sets 25-13, 20-25, 25-18, 25-23. The Opening two sets saw one team take the momentum with a long service run on thier way to winning their set and splitting the first two sets 1-1. The Cougars would use the energy provided by their home court fans to jump ahead with an eleven point lead before holing on to the 25-18 win. Set four was tight early on as the teams battled before the Titans attack at the net put them ahead 18-12. After a pair of side-outs, the Cougars closed the gap with a pair of Olivia Hanson ace serves and Maci Thornton kills to tie the set at 23-23, after which the Cougars continued their momentum to finish off the set with a 25-23 win to take the match.

Ada-Borup-West is now 1-2 on the season and will host the Ruth Hayden Tournament of Roses on Saturday, meanwhile the titans will drop to 1-2 and will travel to Pelican Rapids on Saturday for tournament play. Ada-Borup-West wins the C-Team and JV matches 2-0.

Ada-Borup-West Cougars:

Olivia Hanson: 2 aces, 8 kills

Rylee Roux: 7 service points

Zara Bakke: 3 service points

Maci Thornton: 2 aces, 6 kills

Aylah Larson: 3 kills

Ellidi Dahl: 4 assists

Blakely Stene: 2 kills

Emersyn Borgen: 1 ace, 5 kills, 16 assists

Leighton Odden: 5 aces, 5 kills

Kaylee Trautner: 2 service points, 1 assist

Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal Titans:

Brooklyn Braseth: 7 service pints, 1 ace

Izabella Jacobson: 10 kills

Mina Kjono: 8 assists

Avah Bailey: 2 aces, 3 kills

Tess Anderson: 4 aces, 9 kills

Kacie Syverson: 6 service points, 1 ace

Emelia Tweten: 7 kills

Madelyn Walstrom: 11 assists