BSC Volleyball Extends Win Streak to Five

Another Mystic Victory - Teammates Piper Harris, Shayna Roach, and McKenna Brendel celebrate their win following their game on Friday, Sept. 25 against the Carroll College Frighting Saints.

The Mystics hosted the Carroll College Fighting Saints and the Rocky Mountain Battlin’ Bears to cap off homecoming weekend. Homecoming queen, team captain, and libero Piper Harris led her team to two decisive victories, bringing the Mystics’ win streak up to five.

Carroll’s match against the Mystics was the Saints’ fourth match in five days. The Fighting Saints were on a roll, riding a four-match winning streak into Friday night’s action

The Mystics came out firing, taking a 10-2 lead and maintaining a comfortable advantage to the end of the set. Set two was tight up to a deadlock at 19, when the Mystics clicked and put up five straight and finished it off on an Ashlee Stanger kill. The third set was similar to the second, with BSC putting up a six-point streak and building a seven-point lead. McKenna Brendel added the last two kills of the match, propelling the Mystics to their third straight sweep at home: 25-19, 25-22, 25-22.

Reese Duchsherer racked up 11 kills, and Ashlee Stanger added. Jordyn Rood put up 9 kills on a .471 clip, and Ellie Baumstrack added 7 kills and 7 blocks, hitting .429 for the evening. Aislyn Hogan managed 38 assists and ni service aces, and Piper Harris patrolled the backcourt with 21 digs. 

Rocky Mountain came next, and the Battlin’ Bears gave the Mystics a test. Set one was back and forth the whole way through, but Piper Harris’ clutch defense lifted the Mystics to a hard-fought 30-28 win. BSC settled in in the second set and maintained a large lead, earning a 25-15 win. Rocky Mountain managed to rally in the third set behind senior Josie West, who led her team with 14 kills. The Battlin’ Bears took set three 25-19, snapping BSC’s 13-set winning streak. The Mystics roared back and completely dominated Rocky in the fourth set for their biggest margin of victory of the season: 25-10.

Reese Duchsherer put up 14 kills and 15 digs for a double-double, and McKenna Brendel scored 12 kills for the afternoon. Ellie Baumstrack added 9 kills on a .643 clip, and Piper Harris put up 24 digs. Setting was split between Aislyn Hogan (23 assists), Aspen Roaldson (14 assists), and Delany Deschamp (9 assists).

BSC now sits in solo sixth place in the Frontier Conference and will travel east to face Valley City State and Mayville State. Their next home series begins on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. against Dakota State.