Baxter volleyball finishes third at BGM tournament

BROOKLYN — The Baxter volleyball team overcame a slow start at the BGM tournament on Saturday.

The Bolts opened their day with a 25-5, 25-15 loss to the host Bears but rebounded to down rival Collins-Maxwell 25-18, 25-8 and defeated Twin Cedars 25-19, 18-25, 15-5.

Baxter served up 13 aces in the win over the Spartans. Abbie Meyer led the Bolts with three kills, seven digs and two aces.

Lexi Dart tallied four kills, two digs and three aces, Alyvia Burdess dished out eight assists and chipped in three digs and Caydence Sulzle registered five digs and six aces.

Karlee Koehler delivered six assists, Kendall Brummel put down four kills, Adison Bonney added three kills and two digs and Kaylyn Krampe collected two kills. Danika Flora posted two digs.

Baxter served 41-of-49 with Dart going 7-of-7 and Sulzle finishing 12-of-13.

Collins-Maxwell (3-14) served 18-of-26 with Haylee Merryman delivering three aces.

In the loss to BGM (5-10), Bonney led the way with two kills, two blocks and three digs. Sulzle collected 10 digs, Flora and Brummel each had five digs and Kamdyn Krampe and Kaylyn Krampe posted four and three digs, respectively.

Meyer finished with two kills and three digs and Burdess dished out two assists and tallied four digs. Baxter (6-8) served 20-of-21.

Kylie Arment led the Bears with 13 assists and nine aces, Ana Coleman contributed five kills and Shaye Strong registered 12 digs. BGM served up 13 aces.

Twin Cedars (6-14) was led by Alli Reed, who had 16 digs. Khloe French finished with three kills and six digs. Baxter’s statistics for this match were unavailable at press time.