By John George
Perham collected a total of 14 aces and was 35-for-45 from the service line in an easy 3-0 win over Ulen-Hitterdal Thursday night at Prairie Wind Gymnasium.
A?pair of aces by Rachel Pfeffer got game one started. Later in the game, with the Jackets up 14-8, Pfeffer returned to the service line and reeled off eight points to put Perham up 22-8. The Yellow Jackets went on to a 25-9 win.
A pair of aces by Emily Rutten helped break open game two, giving Perham an early 9-4 lead. The Jackets led 16-7 when Chelsey Olson served four-straight points without U-H getting the ball back over the net, including a pair of aces of her own.
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Pfeffer got the Jackets to game-point with a 24-8 lead, but U-H held them off until a kill by Schroeer gave Perham a 25-11 win.
Many new faces took over on the court for Perham in game three, and U-H?took their first lead in any game, 5-4. They went up 6-4 when the Jackets got their game together.
Mary Guck joined the ace brigade, getting two of her own as she collected six points for Perham to give them a 12-6 lead.
Katrina Moenkedick collected six kills in the third game, leading the Jackets to the 25-16 win.
Perham has now beaten U-H in each of the last six years.
Break in the action
After playing nine games before the first full week of school was over, Perham will get a break in the action over the next two weeks.
The Jackets will have had a full week away from competition when they travel to Lake Park-Audubon tonight (Sept. 11). Perham won last year's meeting, 3-0.
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The Yellow Jackets will get in another full week of practice next week before hosting West Central Area on Sept. 18.
Thursday, September 4
Perham 3, Ulen-Hitterdal 0
(25-9, 25-11, 25-16)
Jackets--(Kills-Digs-Blocks)--Nicci Williamson (1-0-0), Kelli Meehl (1-2-0), Rachel Pfeffer (1-6-0), Julie WIerbos (1-0-0), Mary Guck (0-2-0), Chelsey Olson (5-9-0), Katrina Moenkedick (6-1-0), Emily Rutten (1-1-0), Mallory Malikowski (2-3-0), Kaylan Huber (0-0-0), Tara Sailer (1-8-0), Tiffany Schroeer (7-3-2), Elisa Moenkedick (3-1-2).
Assists--Pfeffer 8, Guck 7, Malikowski 4, Rutten 2.
Aces--Pfeffer 3, Guck 2, Olson 2, Rutten 2, Meehl 1, K. Moenkedick 1, Malikowski 1, Sailer 1, E. Moenkedick 1.
Heart O' Lakes Conf. All
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Perham 1-0 6-3
Breckenridge 1-0 6-2
D-G-F 1-0 3-4
Hawley 1-0 1-2
Pelican Rapids 1-0 2-1
Ulen-Hitterdal 1-1 1-3
Frazee 0-1 1-3
Lake Park-Audubon 0-2 1-6
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West Central Area 0-0 0-6
Barnesville 0-1 0-3
