EDGERTON — Brodhead finished with a 3-4 record at the Edgerton Invitational Sept. 15.

The Cardinals swept Deerfield (25-18, 25-19), host Edgerton (25-12, 25-11) and Clinton (25-20, 25-17), but lost tight matches to Lakeside Lutheran (25-23, 25-16) and Big Foot (25-19, 25-16).

Brodhead also lost in three sets to Altoona (25-17, 19-25, 13-15) and Janesville Craig (25-20, 20-25, 3-15).

Abbey Johnson finished the tournament with 16 aces, 89 assists, 59 digs, three blocks and 41 kills to lead the Cardinals. Alexis Oliver had eight aces, 24 kills, a block and 14 digs while Katie Goecks had six aces, 36 kills, seven blocks and 14 digs. Sabrina Siegel had 15 kills and nine blocks for Brodhead, which also got seven aces and 23 digs from Catherine Speckman and 50 assists from Madisyn Kail. As a team, the Cardinals finished with an 88.8 percent success rate at the service line.

Johnson Creek Invitational

JOHNSON CREEK — New Glarus went 0-4 at the Johnson Creek Invite Sept. 15 but took three of the four matches into overtime sets.

Johnson Creek swept the Glarner Knights 25-19, 25-11, but then New Glarus hung tight with Orfordville Parkview (25-23, 16-25, 13-15), Pardeeville (25-21, 21-25, 7-15) and Horicon (25-10, 22-25, 7-15).

Alexa Mellenberger had 10 aces, 18 assists, 18 digs and 17 kills on the day for the Glarner Knights. New Glarus also received 19 digs from Brooke Watrud, 26 assists from Jada Malaise, eight aces from Zoe Moen, six blocks from Emma Marty and 19 kills and six blocks from Lily Himmelmann.

Sept. 13 results

Stoughton 3, Monroe 0

MONROE — The Cheesemakers lost to the Vikings 25-19, 29-27, 25-18.

“This was a heartbreaker. Exciting, but a heartbreaker,” Monroe coach Heidi Witt said. “This was a match we should have won. We had some really great moments where we were playing together, passing well, digging the ball up, putting the ball down.

“And then we had some moments where we were simply playing not to lose and not doing the little things right.”

Perhaps the biggest killer was the second set that went into extra points.

“That second set is going to sting for a bit. Stoughton had already taken their second time out when they were down 7-12,” Witt said. “We didn’t finish. That set was ours and we let it slip away.” 

Lexi Davis led Monroe with seven kills while teammate Zoee Pond had five kills and five digs. Cassi Gersbach finished with two blocks, Lily Frehner dished out 16 assists, Ellie Mueller had three aces and Alyse Maurer recorded seven digs for the Cheesemakers.

“We have to work hard every single day, when we step on the court at practice time, when we step on the court on game day, every single point we must work hard,” Witt said about getting better. “Nothing is going to come easy, but we have to believe in ourselves and our teammates that we can do it and push through all the way to the final point.”

Argyle 3, Albany 0

ARGYLE — Jena Saalsaa finished with 11 kills and eight aces as the Orioles swept the Comets 25-6, 25-13, 25-12.

Kirsten Ostby had 19 assists and nine aces for Argyle, which also got six kills and two blocks from Maggie Godfrey and six digs from Jadyn Saalsaa. As a team the Orioles posted 29 aces.

Brianna Dahl had two kills and two blocks for Albany, which also received three aces from Jada Flannery, seven assists and three digs from Payton Zurfluh and two kills from Libby Beck.

Brodhead 3, Clinton 0

CLINTON — Abbey Johnson had four aces, 11 kills, 18 assists and 11 digs to help the Cardinals sweep the Cougars. 

Brodhead finished the match serving 89 percent from the line, including a 95.8 percent rate from Madisyn Kail, who had three aces in 24 serves.

Katie Goecks had eight kills, Kail dished out 12 assists and Catherine Speckman notched 10 digs for the Cardinal in the match.

Belleville 3, New Glarus 0

NEW GLARUS — Rachael Heittola had 12 kills and three blocks as the Wildcats swept rival New Glarus 25-11, 25-16, 25-10.

Alexa Mellenberger finished with three kills, an ace and three assists for the Glarner Knights, which also got three kills and four blocks from Lily Himmelman. Brooke Watrud led New Glarus with eight digs and Jada Malaise had three assists.