Volleyball: #4 Falcons Top W-K, Century in Five Sets

Fillmore Central volleyball, ranked #4 in Class A, won two matches on the week to get to 15 wins on the season. At Wabasha-Kellogg, junior setter/right hitter Hannah Vaalemoen amassed her 1,000th career assist, as FC prevailed 3-0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-23). Vaalemoen (6 kills, 18 assists), Norah Nagel (12 kills, 8 digs), Madi Zwart (10 kills, 4 total blocks), Josie Corson (20 digs), Braelynn Dierkes (15 assists), Lauren Dahly (5 kills), and Ava Larson (17-20 serving, 5 aces) did work. Vaalemoen is only the fifth Falcon to top 1,000 assists, joining Morgan Malley, Aubrey Daniels, Madison Scheevel, and Lauren Mensink. FC then led Rochester-Century 2-0, only to have to hang on in five sets, winning 3-2 (25-13, 25-9, 17-25, 11-25, 15-9). Six-position player Nagel (7 kills, 9 digs) tweaked an ankle and missed part of the match, playing just three sets. Corson (31 digs), Zwart (14 kills, 4 total blocks), Vaalemoen (7 kills, 19 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces), Dierkes (16 assists, 6 digs), Larson (13 digs), Dahly (5 kills, 5 digs), and Arianna Rindels (4 kills) did work. Travis Malley’s Falcons (6-0, 15-3) lead the TRC over nearest foes D-E (6-1, 16-3), Lewiston-Altura (5-2, 9-9), and Caledonia (4-2, 11-3).