The Minnesota West Lady Jays bounced back from a first-game loss and took care of host Ridgewater 3-1 in women’s volleyball action Wednesday. Game scores were 23-25, 25-21, 25-12, 25-20.
Ella Hesse had 19 kills, 16 digs and two blocks and Hattie DeVries had 13 kills and a pair of blocks for Minnesota West, now 19-6 overall. Courtney Moser had 16 digs and served a perfect 21-for-21 with two aces. Karli Reiffenberger was another contributor with 28-for-28 serving with four aces and nine digs, and Kat Polzine went 25-of-25 serving with four aces. Lexi Schreurs passed for 43 set assists and chipped in 13 digs.
The Lady Jays play at Century College, ranked sixth in the nation, on Saturday.
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In a men’s soccer match earlier this week, Minnesota West improved to 6-3-1 on the season with a 4-3 win over the Dordt University JV in Sioux Center on Monday.
David Castillejos made it 1-0 Minnesota West roughly 15 minutes into the first half. Dordt University tied things up on a penalty kick, but the Bluejays were gifted an own goal with nearly 30 minutes gone by in the first half to make it 2-1. Following a Prince Lebbi goal at 39 minutes, Minnesota West led 3-1 at the break.
Dordt later scored twice to tie the match at three apiece, but Lebbi scored – with an assist credited to goalkeeper Eli Robinson – at the 87-minute mark for the game-winner.
Next up for the Bluejays is a Saturday match at Alexandria Technical & Community College.
