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Area roundup: New Ulm girls rout Hutchinson/GSL

MONDAY GIRLS SOCCER NEW ULM 6, HUTCHINSON/GSL 0 HUTCHINSON — New Ulm shut out Hutchinson/Glencoe-Silver Lake 6-0 on Monday night in a nonconference girls soccer game. Jesalyn Skoglund scored the first three goals for New Ulm in the first 17 minutes of play, while Morgan Zimanski made it 4-0 three minutes after Skoglund’s third goal. Skoglund scored her fourth goal of the night with four minutes left in the first half for a 5-0 New Ulm lead. The Eagles were able to sub in many other players in the second half with the comfortable lead and got their lone goal of the second half ...

Rabbits respond with sweep of Greyhounds

NEW ULM — After being swept by a tough Renville County West team on Monday night, the Wabasso Rabbits were looking to take the positives from that defeat into their Tomahawk Division match with New Ulm Cathedral on Tuesday. That worked out for the Rabbits as they earned a sweep of their ...

New Ulm depth tested in 4-set win over Waseca

NEW ULM — While New Ulm head coach Christine Skoglund would have preferred a sweep, she was still happy with how the Eagles closed out a 25-12, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20 win over Waseca in a Big South Conference volleyball match on Tuesday. “It took almost my whole bench,” Skoglund said. “I had a lot of new substitutes today, and they did a great job when the substitutes when in. But we also needed to get our hitting back to normal from that second set, which we did. But in the third set, we even needed to do better on defense, which we did that fourth set. New Ulm had to rely on ...

Area roundup: Chargers sweep Eagles

VOLLEYBALL MVL 3, MAPLE RIVER 0 NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran swept Maple River 3-0 in a South Central Conference volleyball match on Tuesday. Jenna Bates led the Chargers with 15 kills and nine digs, while Olivia Hammer had seven kills and 10 digs. Ellie Kaesermann had eight kills and two blocks, while Graysie Black had 31 set assists, seven digs and five aces with two blocks. Taryn Gunderson added seven digs. MVL (15-5) plays at St. Clair on Thursday. SPRINGFIELD 3, GFW 2 SPRINGFIELD — Springfield edged Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 28-26, 25-14, 18-25, 19-25, 15-8 in a ...

Wolverines stay tough for sweep

ARLINGTON — After a busy weekend hosting a tournament, the Sibley East Wolverines had little time to rest as they welcomed the Medford Tigers to their home floor Monday night. While the Wolverines did show some of that Saturday fatigue at times, a win’s a win and a sweep is extra ...

Raiders outlast Tigers in 4-set battle

NICOLLET — After dropping the first set of a nonconference volleyball match against Springfield, Nicollet rallied to take the next three sets to win 18-25, 25-19, 25-21, 26-24 on Monday. “I liked our hustle,” Nicollet head coach Sara Gieseke said. “Getting ready and hitting the ...