With Jessica Berg-Collman looking on, Linden Sutton went up high and tapped a ball over the front line of Esko, whom the Vikings played early last week.
In their third match of the week, the Cook County Viking volleyball team traveled to Floodwood on Thursday, September 19 to the face the Floodwood Polar Bears and came away with a hard-fought victory.
The Vikings lost the first game 25-20 but rallied to take the next three games 26-24, 25-22 and 25-22.
Leading the Vikings were Jessica Berg-Collman with 15 set assists; Sarah Deschampe with 20 digs; Anna Carman with 17 digs and 6 set assists; Linden Sutton with 14 kills and Maddy Roy, who finished with 10 set assists.
With the win the Vikings upped their record to 4-3 on the season.
Vikings take second in Hill City tournament
With one day of rest to recoup, the Vikings headed back on the road to Hill City to play in the Hill City volleyball tournament on Saturday, September 21.
“We were tight in our first game against Northland Remer,” said Head Coach Pam Taylor. “We lost 25-16, but then came back and won our next two games 25-22 and 15-10.”
Maddy Roy (above) and Breanna Peterson show off their form digging balls off of the floor. Both players have been rock solid in the backcourt for the Vikings this season.
The Vikings then played Indus and beat them 25-10 and 25-9 and then put themselves into the championship game against host Hill City when they defeated Bigfork 25-8, 25-17.
The Vikings lost the championship match 25-19 and 25-16 to Hill City to finish in second place.
“Overall the kids played well. We didn’t have any outstanding players in the tournament, but it was a good team effort,” Taylor said.
Rebel left-handers take win
On Tuesday, September 24 the Vikings took the long bus ride to Moose Lake/Willow River and lost three games to the Rebels.
“Moose Lake had two lefthanded hitters that threw us a little bit. At first we had a hard time adjusting to blocking them. They beat us 25-11 the first game but then we adjusted and played pretty well in the next two games, although we lost those 26-24 and 25-20. We just made a few mental mistakes in those last two games, but we are getting better. The kids are improving,” said Taylor.
After the recent flurry of games the Vikings’ record stands at 7-4. At press time, the team traveled to Carlton on September 26 to face the always-tough Carlton Bulldogs and will travel to Wrenshall on Tuesday, October 1 to play the Wrens.
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