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Park River-Fordville-Lankin's big hitter finally broke loose.

Senior Lexi Erickson exploded for 21 kills, two aces and 16 digs as the Aggies swept Harvey 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-19) in a consolation match of the state Class B volleyball tournament Friday at the Minot State University Dome.

The win comes a day after the Aggies lost 3-0 to Hazen in the tournament's opening round.

"We played more confidently," Erickson said. "(Thursday) we were playing scared, nervous. We knew we had to come out and play better than we did then."

The Aggies did it without 6-foot-1 middle Tessa Zahradka, who suffered a high ankle sprain against Hazen. Zahradka, a senior, led the team in blocks with 126 coming into the tournament.

"Tessa came into our locker room when we were getting ready and we were really excited to see her. We hadn't seen her since the game (Thursday)," Erickson said. "(With her out) we had to change our whole rotation. There were people playing in spots they never played before."

Junior Sheyenne Schneider had 12 kills and junior Maggie Lorenz added 10 more for Harvey, which lost its second straight match after entering the tournament 37-0.

Harvey had trouble at the end of each game, much like it did in its opening round loss to Stanley. Harvey trailed 19-18 in game 1 and lost 25-21. The Hornets trailed 18-16 in game 2 and lost 25-21. In game 3, Harvey led 18-17 and lost 25-19.

Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 3, Flasher 0

Junior Moriah Skroch had 13 kills, three aces and 12 digs and sophomore Ashtin Wittenburg added 21 assists as Wyndmere-Lidgerwood defeated Flasher 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-23) in a consolation match of the state Class B volleyball tournament.

The Warbirds had 10 girls finish with at least one kill and got eight kills from senior Nicole Hulm, five kills from junior Nicole Mauch and four kills from junior Danielle Buskohl.

Senior Jennifer Peplinski added three aces for the Warbirds, who play Park River-Fordville-Lankin in the consolation championship match today.

Flasher, which got 12 kills from senior Allison Schick, plays Harvey in today's seventh place match.

Sophomore Carly Ruscheinsky added 11 assists for Flasher and senior Jorie Schmidt had 10 assists.

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Harvey - Kills: Sheyenne Schneider 12, Maggie Lorenz 10, Elizabeth Schmeets 7, Rachel Nyhus 4, Amy Buxa 4; Assists: Jaclyn Bachmeier 18, Becca Kourajian 11, Lorenz 1; Aces: Kourajian 2, Schneider 1; Blocks: Nyhus 1, Schmeets 1; Digs: Schneider 11, Caitlyn Arnold 11, Nyhus 8, Kady Appelt 6, Kourajian 3, Bachmeier 3, Cassie Olson 2, Tashina Walker 2, Schmeets 1.

PR-F-L - Kills: Lexi Erickson 21, Sydney Larson 11, Cass Heigaard 10, Courtney Rehovsky 2; Assists: Rehovsky 35, Carly Myrdal 2, Larson 1, Erickson 1; Aces: Erickson 2, Shayna Ruzicka 1, Larson 1; Blocks: Ruzicka 1; Digs: Larson 17, Erickson 16, Myrdal 7, Ruzicka 6, Rehovsky 6, Myrdal 4.

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Flasher - Kills: Allison Schick 12, Kelsie Bentz 4, Callee Schmidt 4, Jorie Schmidt 2, Samantha Lawson 1, Carly Ruscheinsky 1; Assists: Ruscheinsky 11, Jorie Schmidt 10; Aces: Jorie Schmidt 1, Ruscheinsky 1; Blocks: Bentz 1, Schick 1; Digs: Arika Schick 12, Callee Schmidt 11, Lawson 7, Allison Schick 5, Ruscheinsky 4, Jorie Schmidt 3, Lindsey Ruscheinsky 3, Bentz 1.

W-L - Kills: Moriah Skroch 13, Nicole Hulm 8, Nicole Mauch 5, Danielle Buskohl 4, Ashtin Wittenburg 2, Amy Heitkamp 1, Jennifer Peplinski 1, Carlyssa Quam 1, Katie Kaler 1, Lacey Nelson 1; Assists: Wittenburg 21, Wettstein 5, Skroch 3, Hulm 2, Klosterman 2, Kaler 2, Mauch 1; Aces: Jennifer Peplin 3, Mauch 2, Klosterman 1, Hulm 1, Skroch 1; Blocks: Hulm 1, Buskohl 1; Digs: Skroch 12, Mauch 11, Klosterman 9, Wittenburg 8, Hulm 5, Nelson 4, Heitkamp 3, Wettstein 1, Peplin 1, Gina Vosberg 1.