SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Spearfish Spartans relied on their dominating front line of Julia Billington and Finley Bouman to sweep the Sturgis Scoopers in three straight sets on Tuesday night. The win avenges the 3-1 loss the Spartans suffered in Sturgis back on September 22nd.
The Spartans fought to win set one, 27-25, and ran away with set two, 25-15, outscoring the Scoopers 20-7 at one point in the set. Set three was tied up at 20-20 when Spartan outside hitter Addison Keller reeled off two straight aces to give Spearfish a 24-20 lead. The Spartans hung on for the 25-22 set three win and the match victory.
Billington finished with 13 kills for Spearfish. Bouman added eight kills and three aces for the Spartans, who improved to 9-13 on the year. Spearfish will take on Belle Fourche next week.
Sturgis dropped to 12-10 on the season and was led by Tylee Bestgen with 17 assists, two aces, and one kill. Bryley Peterson added eight kills for the Scoopers, who are in action next on Oct. 17 at the Douglas Volleyball Invitational.
Replay: https://www.youtube.com/live/GzgfWG0tuJ0?si=xwZKJ1vyuhX7D46V
