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South Prairie-Max (2) members celebrate the title of Region 3 Tournament Champions with the win over Des Lacs-Burlington (1) with a hard fought 3-1 win Thursday, November 12th at the MSU Dome. Kari Gibb/MDN
The Region 3 tournament was played at the Minot State University dome on Thursday, November 12th. The third place round at 5:30 p.m. followed by the title tilt.
The top two seeds battled for the title slot while the upstart fifth seeded team faced the third seeds for the third place in the contest.
(2) South Prairie-Max 3, (1) Des Lacs-Burlington 1
South Prairie-Max kickstarted the title tilt with tons of energy from the introductions on. The energy sustained the Lady Royals into an edge in lead that did not wane to give the Royals a 1-0 lead with the 25-23 and caused the top seeded Des Lacs-Burlington to play catchup for the rest of the evening.
Game two picked up where the first game left off with the Lakers playing from behind to catch up while the Royals maintained the aggressive play to lead. By 14-14, game two belonged to either team.Great rallies swapped the lead back and forth for the duration of the game. With a 22-19 lead over the Royals, drew within two points before the Lakers evened the match at 1-1 with the 25-22 win.
The third game was clean for each team and a see-saw battle with clean rallies, hard scores, clear blocks to force lead changes. Two large swings down the stretch gave South Prairie-Max a three point lead to close out the game 25-21 with the Royals up 2-1 going into the fourth round.
The Lakers fought back with several edge plays to take the lead in the fourth contest and hold the lead down the wire. With the 19-15 lead for Des Lacs-Burlington, the Royals fought back to a 21-21 score. The South Prairie-Max extended to 23-22 seconds later. The score went to a 24-24 tie. Despite the effort by the Lakers, with a score of 26-24 the Royals won the final game and took the title crown 3-1.
The games leading into the championship match were two very different contests. Des Lacs-Burlington had little trouble with Nedrose as the fifth seed going into the tournament compared to the Lakers top seed. The contest was that way in the stats as well with wins at 25-11, 25-14 and 25-18.
The contest between South Prairie-Max at the second seed and Stanley at the third seed was a barn burner with the Lady Royals holding a 2-0 lead with 25-11 and 25-16 wins. The Lady Bluejays tied up the contest with 25-21 and 25-19 wins in games three and four to force a game five.
South Prairie-Max posted the 15-9 win to advance to the championship game in the end.
(3) Stanley 3, (5) Nedrose 1
In the third place match, the contest ebbed back and forth between both sides with Stanley leading each game early on in first and second sessions with Nedrose making up the lost ground and taking a win in game one 25-23 while Stanley tightened the effort for game two 25-21.
Game three was even and swapped ties and leads for the entire first third of the match. Stanley built a slight lead going into the half way point. The Bluejays patience allowed that lead to maintain from midpoints towards the top of the game for a solid 25-11 win and a 2-1 lead.
The Lady Bluejays gained the slight edge midway through the fourth game and never let Nedrose dig back into contention with Stanley taking the 25-18 win for third place overall.
Region 3 Volleyball All Region Honors
Team
Logyn Simpson (12) Bottineau
Karsyn Allard (11) Bottineau
Hailey Goertz (12) DLB
Piper Feller (11) DLB
Hanna Sundbak (11) DLB
Brynley Bertsch (11) Nedrose
Samantha Blessum (12) Rugby
Keira Francis (12) SPM
Bailey McQueen (11) SPM
Reagan Trudell (11) SPM
Annie Roise (12) Stanley
Maycee Copeland (10) Stanley
Danica Hermanson (10) Stanley
Irelei Zerr (12) Turtle Mountain
Co- Sr Athletes of the Year
Hailey Goertz – DLB
Keira Francis – SPM
Coach of the Year
Erica Moen – DLB
