The Lady Dragon volleyball team was on a tear as they began to wrap up their regular season, winning the past three games against West Central, Colman-Egan, and Sioux Valley.
The away game at West Central on Tuesday, October 18 proved to be a comeback game for the Dragons as the Trojans grabbed the win on the first two sets 18-25 and 23-25, leaving the team in Pink (for cancer awareness, the Blue Dragons donned pink uniforms for their October 13 and October 18 games) scrabbling their way back to the top by cinching the final three sets 25-12, 25-15 and 15-2.
Standouts from the game included sophomore Aleah Wagner, who gathered four aces and 23 digs, junior Kaylin Koch with 21 digs, and senior Grace Hove with 27 assists. Logan Bly, Tayler Benson, and Sydney Olson rounded out the game with 17, 16, and 15 digs respectively.
On Friday, the Dragons hosted Colman-Egan and opted to show them who was boss. Garretson took out the Hawks in three sets, but it was not a runaway game. The Hawks nipped at their heels, making for an entertaining game to watch. The Dragons took the three sets with scores of 25-20, 27-25, and 25-14.
Bly had 19 kills and 2 aces to lead game stats, and Olson, Wagner, and Koch shined as they snagged 15, 13, and 12 digs respectively. Hove tallied another 28 assists, and the game was an ace in the hole as Wagner, Benson, Olson, and Koch all put in an ace each.
This past Monday, October 24 was the final home game of the regular season as the Dragons looked to slip the ball past Sioux Valley, a solid region 2A competitor whose standings prior to the game were 18-10 to Garretson's 16-7.
The 5-set game kept the audience on the edge of their seats as the ball stayed in the air, both teams pulling moves and catching saves in blink-and-you'll-miss-it plays. The Dragons stayed focused as the two teams traded points, snagging wins in sets 1, 3, and 5 with scores of 25-17, 25-16, and 15-9. The Cossacks nabbed sets 2 and 4 with a score of 21-25 and 19-25, leading to the winner-take-all fifth set.
The final game of the regular season was held in Madison on Tuesday and came away with the win after five sets. The first game of the Region 3A tournament will be held next Tuesday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. in Dell Rapids.
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UPDATE 10-27-22: Garretson will be playing in Dells on Tuesday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. The article has been updated to reflect this information.
