Bulldogs top Lions in three

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH - Brielle Menegazzi had nine kills and Kate Klundt three blocks in Whitefish's 25-10, 25-14, 25-13 nonconference volleyball win Thursday over Eureka.

Whitefish dominated the action at the net, posting 22 kills to Eureka's 10. The Bulldogs also led in blocks, 6-4. Briann Linnell had five kills for Eureka and two blocks.

"I was really happy with our girls' intensity that they came with," said WHS coach Jackie Fuller.

"That's one thing we needed to work on was controlling momentum and they did that."

The win lifts Whitefish to 4-0 overall.

Whitefish def. Eureka 25-10, 25-14, 25-13

Kills - Eureka 10, Briann Linnell 5; Whitefish 22, Brielle Menegazzi 9; Blocks - Eureka 4, Linnell 2; Whitefish 6, Kate Klundt 3; Assists - Eureka 9, Megan Hannay 5; Whitefish 22, Hailey Farmin 13; Digs - Eureka 19, Melanie Finch 6; Whitefish 23, Ashley Ferda 6; Aces - Whitefish 4, Ashley Gullo 3; Whitefish 12, Farmin 3.

Flathead 3, Hellgate 0

Flathead used a big edge in five of the six statistical categories to take care of Missoula Hellgate in short order, 25-12, 25-16, 25-21.

The win lifts Flathead to 2-3 in Western AA action. Hellgate drops to 0-3.

"We looked like a new team in the first two games," said Flathead coach Leon Wilcox.

"More energized, more intense, more focused. The key was we grabbed the momentum and held it."

Wilcox said the Bravettes fortunately grabbed enough momentum "to get us through it," to win a tightly-contested third game.

Kendalyn Habel had nine kills for Flathead.

The Bravettes finished with 20 aces. Steph Elliott and Shaina Evans both had five.

Flathead def.

Missoula Hellgate 25-12, 25-16, 25-21

Kills - Hellgate 13, Lisa Woerlein 3; Flathead 25, Kendalyn Habel 9, Ashlea Vaudt 5; Blocks - Hellgate 6, Kirsten Vaculik 3.5; Flathed 6, Shaina Evans 3; Assists - Hellgate 9, Colleen Asby 5; Flathead 20, Sierra Olszewski 8, Sybell Hall 8; Dgis - Hellgate 23, Katie Hendricks 11; Flathead 36, Britta Thorderson 10, Habel 8; Aces - Hellgate 4, Erin Focher 2; Flathead 20, Steph Elliott 5, Evans 5.

Ronan 3, Polson 1

RONAN - Kaylee Larson had 11 of Ronan's 35 kills and Allison Crenshaw finished with seven digs and eight aces as the Maidens downed Polson 25-23, 24-26, 25-8, 25-19 in Northwestern A volleyball.

"It was really tight the first two games," said Ronan coach Stacey Ropp.

"We really cleaned up things in the third and fourth games. The first couple of games we were beating ourselves.

"Kaylee Larson stepped up with 11 kills tonight," Ropp continued.

"She had a real solid game. That's her best game of the year so far."

Ronan (2-1) def.

Polson (0-3) 25-23, 24-26, 25-8, 25-19

Kills - Polson 25, Aislinn Nielsen 9, Brianne Kelley 6; Ronan 35, Kaylee Larson 11, Carli Starkel 9, Ishan Wylie 8; Blocks - Polson 4, Nielsen 2; Ronan 3, Wylie 2; Assists - Polson 18, Kayla Duford 18; Ronan 34, Ashlee Cheff 33; Digs - Polson 52, Staci Benson 14; Ronan 24, Allison Crenshaw 7; Aces - Polson 10, Christa Red Crow 3; Ronan 16, Crenshaw 8.