Last week, the Lady Dragon Volleyball team headed to Flandreau and Elkton to take on the Fliers and the Elks. They came away with the win on both games, though the Elks reminded the Lady Dragons that they weren't invincible by winning the second set. Before Tuesday's game against Dell Rapids, the Blue Dragons overall season score was 8-4.
On Tuesday, September 13, the team faced off with the Fliers and managed to take them down in three sets. Flandreau kept the Dragons on their toes throughout the first half of set one, as they matched Garretson point-for-point. However, the Blue Dragons pulled away after the 12-12 tie and kept Flandreau in the rearview mirror for the rest of the set. They won that set 25-15, and kept Flandreau grounded for the next two sets, winning 25-18 for both.
Saturday, the team again boarded a bus and headed to Elkton (8-3) to school the Elks. The home team didn't make it easy for the Dragons, winning set two 22-25 after Garretson took set one 25-19. Garretson took the lesson and applied it, snagging the next two sets 25-20 and 25-23 in a hard-won fight for the win.
For the season so far, Kaylin Koch, Logan Bly, and Aleah Wagner led in kills, with averages of 3, 2.7, and 2.5 kills per set. Bly and Wagner also led in digs per set, with 3.7 and 3.1, respectively. Sydney Olson follows closely with an average of 2.7 digs. Total blocks are led by Bly (9), Anna Jones (8), and Kaylin Koch (7), while Grace Hove, Olson, and Koch lead in total aces with 18, 11, and 11. Hove is queen of assists with 209 under her belt this season. Wagner, Koch, and Tayler Benson lead the way with total receptions as they have received and passed 96, 72, and 70 balls so far this year.
The Dragons played Dell Rapids on the home court on Tuesday (results not available at press time) and will be home again tonight to take on Chester Area. JV begins at 6:00 and Varsity will begin around 7:15 p.m.
