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DAWSON -- The Dawson-Boyd volleyball team opened the Section 3A playoffs with a five-set comeback victory over Yellow Medicine East, rallying from a two-set deficit to defeat the Sting 3-2.
YME won the first two sets 25-21 and 25-15 before Dawson-Boyd responded with wins of 25-18 and 25-20 to force a deciding fifth set. The Blackjacks completed the comeback with a 15-5 win in the final set.
Kadyn Perkins led the Sting with 15 kills, followed by Lilly Lee with 14 and Ragan Viessman with 10. Kaylee Brent added nine kills, Emma Stotesbery had six and Stella Roth finished with two.
Stotesbery led YME with 40 assists. Perkins recorded a team-high 16 digs, while Claire Stratmoen had 14, Viessman added 11 and Stotesbery finished with seven. Kate Gruwell had six digs.
Stratmoen and Viessman each recorded four service aces, while Perkins and Roth added three apiece. Stotesbery had two aces, and Gruwell finished with one. Stratmoen went 6-for-9 serving, Perkins was 16-for-16, Viessman went 11-for-16, Stotesbery was 15-for-17, Roth finished 13-for-15 and Gruwell went 15-for-18.
For Dawson-Boyd, Bailey Mortenson led the Blackjacks with 13 kills, while Hanna Bjorndal added four. Lucy Schmidt had two kills, and Charlotte Paslawski and Justice Sims each recorded one.
Paslawski led Dawson-Boyd with 18 assists. Bjorndal, Lauren Soine and Tenley each added one assist.
At the net, Mortenson and Bjorndal recorded three blocks apiece, while Sims had two and Schmidt added one.
Kourtney Peterson led the Blackjacks with 19 digs, followed by Paslawski with 12 and Chasity Schmitz with 10. Soine added nine digs, while Schmidt had seven and Ava recorded six.
From the service line, Bjorndal and Peterson each recorded two aces, while Schmitz added one.
With the win, Dawson-Boyd advances to the Section 3A quarterfinals, where it will travel to face the No. 1 North seed, Minneota, at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.