No. 6 Canby 3, No. 7 MACCRAY 2

CLARA CITY — After falling to the seventh-ranked MACCRAY Wolverines at the Class A Showcase over the weekend, the No. 6 Canby Lancers got a revenge win on Thursday night. The Lancers dropped the first two sets 25-19, 28-26, but didn’t get discouraged and claimed three straight victories — 26-24, 25-20, 15-9 — to claim the match in five.

MACCRAY had no answer to Canby hitter Karlie Wollum, who finished the match with 29 kills. Haley Noyes also added another 10 while Emily Nelson and Brynn Kockelman tallied 28 and 24 set assists respectively.

Libero Aliyah Rangaard led the Lancer back row with 16 digs while Grace Hansen held things down up front with four blocks. Hansen also served up six aces in the win.

The Lancers’ (14-4) gauntlet doesn’t end as they’ll go on the road to take on No. 5 Minneota (12-6) on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. The match will be the Lancers’ fifth against a top-8 opponent in their last 6 matches.

No. 1 RTR 3, Edgerton 0

TYLER — Brezlyn Buchert did an effective job of distributing the ball to all of her hitters on Thursday night as the top-ranked Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team swept Edgerton 25-13, 25-11, 25-19.

Buchert finished the night with 36 of the Knights’ 40 set assists. Ava Karbo was the team’s leading hitter with 11 kills, but there were plenty of opportunities to go around as Paisley Thooft and Ava Guida each recorded nine kills and Sara Thooft added another seven.

Buchert was also excellent from the service line with four aces in the match while Laken Baartman added another three.

Baartman and Buchert were among the Knights’ defensive leaders as well with 12 and 11 digs respectively while libero Avery Schreurs led the team with 17.

Buchert and Karbo each logged one block in the match.

RTR improves to 15-5 with the win. The Knights will next host Southwest Minnesota Christian (10-9) on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. The Knights will be in search of their eighth consecutive win while the Eagles are in pursuit of their fifth in a row.

No. 5 Minneota 3, CMC 0 

PRINSBURG — The No. 5 Minneota Vikings faced some close competition Thursday night at Central Minnesota Christian, but were able to pull through a three-set sweep with victories of 25-16, 25-17 and 25-17.

Several players got involved on both ends of the court. Eden Meagher collected 11 kills, Elivia Faris with 10 and Jaylyn Coequty with another six.

Nevaeh Hennen continues to set up the Viking’s offense, as she has done throughout the season, and tallied a team-high 2 assists. Libby Sussner followed with an additional 12.

Abby Rolbiecki protected the big row with 24 digs on the night, and Madison Minnehad logged 16. Sussner also had another 12.

Minneota, 12-6, will next host No. 6 Canby, 14-4, on Tuesday for an anticipated close matchup at 7 p.m.

Lakeview 3, Ortonville 0

COTTONWOOD — Taylor Hinz finished as the Lakeview volleyball team’s top offensive option on Thursday night as the Lakers swept Ortonville 25-11, 25-16, 25-20.

Taylor Hinz finished the match with 14 kills and a block while Kiara Hinz and Aubrey Nething added another eight and six kills respectively. Setting up the hitters, Aubreigh Rausch finished with 26 set assists.

Nething was also elite from the service line for Lakeview, serving up six aces while Taylor Hinz added another four.

Jersey Stensrud led the back row with 17 digs while Teegan Fiene and Rausch added 11 and 10 respectively.

Lakeview improves to 6-8 with the win and will look to get within a game of .500 when it goes on the road to face Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (10-9) on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m.

WWG 3, MCC 1

SLAYTON — The Westbrook-Walnut Grove volleyball team gutted out some tough set victories against the Murray County Central Rebels on Thursday night, holding on for a 25-20, 25-14, 23-25, 25-22 road win.

Carlie Ross finished as the Chargers’ defensive leader with 19 digs while also finishing second on the team in kills with 11. Natalie Wahl led the team in kills with 14 while Leah Carter added another eight.

Hadley Jenniges spread the ball around well in the match to finish with 35 set assists. Her 13 digs trailed only Ross’ 19 and Liv Locke’s 13, and her two service aces tied Locke for a team-high.

Kate Blankenship did her part to cover the floor defensively for the Rebels, finishing with 22 digs. Ava Deacon also tallied 12 digs for the Rebels while Thea Schneider and Kelli Miller each added another 11.

Schneider also tied Peyton DeGreef with three blocks on the night, trailing only Calleigh Doeden’s four.

In the front row, Suttyn Schryver and Blankenship led the team with 11 and 10 kills while Reese Gilbertson finished with eight. 

Schneider recorded 22 set assists while Miller chipped in with another 14.

Now on a five-match win streak, Westbrook-Walnut Grove sits at 11-2 on the season and will look to keep its momentum rolling when it welcomes Windom (12-5) to Westbrook on Monday at 7:15 p.m.

Murray County Central falls to 5-4 on the season after the loss and will look to stay above the .500 mark when it takes on Bertha-Hewitt (8-6) and Hancock (7-6) at the Bertha-Hewitt Invite on Saturday, with the first match slated for 10 a.m.

TMB 3, KMS 1

KERKHOVEN — For the first time since Aug. 27, the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton volleyball team is above .500. The Panthers won their season-opener against Red Rock Central before facing a gauntlet schedule at the Southwest Challenge, dropping five straight games to opponents such as Class A No. 1 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Class 4A No. 6 Prior Lake.

Yet, after the early-season struggles, TMB has shined down the stretch. Their surge continued on Thursday night when they defeated Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in four sets, dropping the first set 25-16 before rattling off 25-16, 25-12, and 25-17 wins.

Allison Edwards set up the TMB hitters with 28 set assists while Melaina Ankrum, Braelynn Kirk and Allie Adams totaled eight kills each.

In the back row, Kirk had nine digs while Ankrum and Viessman each added another six. Head coach Heather Kamrud-Rice also noted that Piper Freburg’s didn’t have flashy dig numbers, but the defensive plays she made were big ones.

TMB, now 10-9 on the season, will look to keep climbing the section standings when it hosts Lakeview (7-8) on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m.

Wabasso 3, Lester Prairie 0 

WABASSO — Coming off of two losses in a weekend tournament in Burnsville last weekend, the Rabbits have gotten back on track and secured another win Thursday night in three sets in addition to Tuesday’s 3-1 victory. 

Wabasso did not allow Lester Prairie to come within single digits, in set scores of 25-12, 25-10 and 25-11. 

Audrey Johnson was strong in the back row and from the servicing line to pace Wabasso in the right direction. She tallied a team-high six service aces and nine digs. Sara Carlson followed with five digs, and also paced the offense with 19 total assists. 

Camryn Irlbeck led the team with seven kills, while Alivia Olson and Leah Mathiowetz collected five apiece. Irlbeck also had three solo blocks on the night. 

Wabasso, 16-7, has a quick turnaround, as they travel to Redwood Valley this afternoon for a 12:30 p.m. game.

RCW 3, Dawson-Boyd 0 

DAWSON — Despite tight competition in the first two sets, Dawson-Boyd fell to Renville County West in three sets Thursday night at home. 

The Blackjacks fell just short in the first two sets of 25-21 and 25-22, but RCW pulled away in the third 25-12.

Reese Johnson led the way with 12 kills, and Addy Tufto followed with 11. Bailey Bothum set up the Blackjacks on offense with a team-high 17 assists. Tufto, Johnson, Claire Stratmoen and Kadyn Perkins each tallied a block in the night. 

Defense was managed by Natayah Ritter with five digs, while Bothum and Kylar Hjelmeland followed with three. 

Dawson-Boyd will look to snap its losing streak and get back in the win column when it travels to No. 7 on Tuesday at 7 p.m. 

A/E 3, RRC 0

ADRIAN — After snapping its four-match skid with a come-from-behind win over Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey on Tuesday, the Red Rock Central couldn’t build on the momentum of its five-set victory when it took on Adrian-Ellsworth on Thursday. While the match got progressively more competitive, the Dragons swept the Falcons 25-10, 25-13, 25-21.

Ally Linder and Abby Evans led the RRC hitters with seven kills each while Natasha Erickson recorded 21 set assists. Evans’ seven digs were also second only to Maia Scheffler’s 11.

Shylin Hagert tallied six blocks at the net.

RRC falls to 5-9 with the loss and will look to bounce back when it hosts Springfield (2-10) in Lamberton today at 12:30 p.m.