The St. Louis Park Orioles volleyball team's regular season wrapped up Tuesday night with a three set sweep of their city rival the Benilde-St. Margarets Red Knights at Haben Center on the BSM campus.
In the first set, the Red Knights scored the first two points and the Orioles vaulted into the lead with three straight points. They would go on an 8-0 run that was keyed by outstanding front line play from Raegan Alexander and a Kendall Coley kill which would lead them to a 25-13 win.
To the second set as BSM and St. Louis Park played pretty close throughout the set as neither team would go on a big run with ties at 19, 20, 21 and 22 before the Orioles scored the last three points to win 25-22.
The third set would be a complete team set for St. Louis Park. It was a combination of a Coley kill , service aces from Elsa Bergland and Makaila Winward and Alexander's outstanding front line play that held off a Red Knight rally to led them to a 25-20 win. There were seven ties and the Red Knights did take the lead by the Orioles would clinch the set on a Faith Johnson kill.
St. Louis Park head coach Whitney Meierotto-Simon was interviewed prior to the start of the match about the team's most successful regular season in years. "The girls work really hard in practice," she said.
One of the keys to the Orioles success is Winward, the senior setter. According to Meierotto-Simon "She's done a good job spreading the offense."
Another top player the Oriole head coach mentioned was outside hitter Hannah Howell. "She's done a real good job of carrying our offense this season."
St. Louis Park ended their season with a record of 21-6 and enters Section 6AAA tournament play next week. Section play begins Tuesday, October 22. If the Orioles get a first round bye, they will host a quarterfinal game on Thursday, October 24. Meierotto-Simon said the Orioles could be one of the top contenders along with Bloomington Jefferson.
BSM lost their third straight match and finished their regular season at 18-10. The Red Knights also begin section play on October 22.
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