The Miller Rustlers would sweep the Lakota Tech Tatanka in Fort Pierre on Tuesday in the Class A SoDak 16 to advance to the Class A State Tournament with scores of 25-11, 25-11 and 25-10.
The Rustlers will go into the tournament as the number one overall seed at 28-1 and on a 23 match winning streak. Miller was balanced in the attack with Paige Werdel leading the way with 13 kills while Aleah Schlechter had 10 kills overall. Kate Litchy and Gracen Werdel had seven and six respectively. Miller had a total of 42 kills and six aces on the evening while keeping Lakota Tech to just 32 points overall on the evening. Linda DeBoer, head coach of the Miller Rustlers says the match was a great team effort…
DeBoer says she’s excited for this team because of all the new roles this team had heading into the season…
Even though the Rustlers are 28-1 and have a 23 match winning streak heading into the state tournament, DeBoer says there’s always room for improvement as they head into next week…
The Rustlers will meet Sioux Falls Christian in the first round of the Class A state tournament as the 12 seed Chargers would upset the five seed Baltic on Tuesday in a sweep. The first round matchup is the first game of the tournament next week Thursday from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
