Redwood Valley defeated Jackson County Central 3-2 in the Big South Conference West Division volleyball opener for both teams Tuesday in Redwood Falls. Set scores were 20-25, 25-16, 26-24, 23-25, 15-11.
Three Huskies had double doubles in the match.
Emma Haren had 22 kills and 19 digs while also going 12-for-14 serving and recording one set assist; Elese Paplow posted 23 set assists and 14 digs and was also 23-24 serving with one ace and had four kills; and Bailey Finck had 14 set assists, 11 digs, was 13-14 serving with two aces, had three kills and two blocks.
Sawyer Flatgard had eight kills, was 10-12 serving with three aces and had two set assists; Megan Benson was 19-21 serving with five aces and had three digs; and Hannah Hash was 7-7 serving with an ace while also recording two kills and two digs.
Also, Lauren Johnson had seven digs; Kylee Wenzel three kills, three digs and one block; and Belle Schultz was 6-8 serving and had one set assist and one dig.
The Cardinals are 3-0 overall on the season, while the Huskies are 2-1.
In other conference openers Tuesday, Marshall was a 3-0 winner over Luverne and Worthington topped Pipestone 3-0.
JCC has a nonconference match at Spirit Lake Thursday.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Volleyball standings
West Division
Marshall 1-0
Redwood Valley 1-0
Worthington 1-0
Windom 0-0
Jackson County Central 0-1
Luverne 0-1
Pipestone 0-1
East Division
St. Peter 2-0
Blue Earth Area 1-1
Waseca 0-0
St. James Area 0-0
Fairmont 0-1
New Ulm 0-1
JCC volleyball schedule
Sat., Aug. 26: Blue Earth Area at Fairmont, W 3-0
Tues., Aug. 29: Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, W 3-0
Tues., Sept. 5: at Redwood Valley, L 3-2
Thurs., Sept. 7: at Spirit Lake, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 12: Marshall, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 14: Sioux Falls Christian, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 16: Carolyn Hummel Invitational, 9 a.m.
Tues., Sept. 19: at Windom, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 21: at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 22: at Class AA Showcase, Burnsville, 4:30 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 23: at Class AA Showcase, Burnsville, 9 a.m.
Thurs., Sept. 28: Pipestone, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 2: St. James Area, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 5: Luverne, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 9: at Martin County West, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 10: at Worthington, 7:5 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 13: Todd Bachman Invitational, Lakeville North, 5 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 14: Todd Bachman Invitational, Lakeville North, 9 a.m.
Mon., Oct. 16: Fairmont, 7:15 p.m.