Blooming Prairie volleyball team knocks off Southland

Published 9:18 pm Monday, October 22, 2018

The No. 6 seeded Blooming Prairie volleyball team knocked off No. 11 seeded Southland by scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-13 in a Section 1A West tournament match in BP Monday.

Julia Worke put down 17 kills in the win for BP (11-14 overall) and Heather Pirkl had 37 set assists.

Southland (3-23 overall) was led by Kendra Emanuel, who had six kills.

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The Awesome Blossoms will play No. 3 Faribault Bethlehem Academy in Faribault at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

BP stats: Julia Worke, 17 kills, 9 digs, 1 ace; Micalyn Trihus, 13 kills, 3 digs, 1 ace; Heather Pirkl, 37 assists, 9 digs; Rachael Oswald, 3 aces, 6 kills, 3 digs; Megan Oswald, 9 kills, 12 digs, 1 ace; Maren Forystek, 11 digs

Southland stats: Laura Bottema, 4 kills, 4 set assists; Kendra Emanuel, 6 kills; Kelsey Mensink, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Larissa Goslee, 10 set assists; Autumn Brown, 1.5 blocks; Lexi Smith, 1.5 blocks