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The Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's neutral playoff match against Gayville-Volin (Gayville, SD) by a score of 3-2.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Gayville-Volin	25	12	22	25	10	2
Northwestern Area	22	25	25	18	15	3

Final score provided by J. Poppen.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Gayville-Volin (25-26)

Gayville-Volin has not entered stats for this match.

Northwestern Area (25-26)

Northwestern Area

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	46	9.2	24.2	190	23	.121
1	B. Halvorson (8th)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	5	9	1.8	26.5	34	7	.059
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	5	22	4.4	28.9	76	6	.211
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	5	1	0.2	12.5	8	0	.125
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	5	8	1.6	26.7	30	4	.133
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	5	4	0.8	30.8	13	1	.231
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	5	2	0.4	7.1	28	5	-.107

Northwestern Area

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	10	2.0	9.6	104	7	93.3	53
1	B. Halvorson (8th)	5	6	1.2	18.8	32	0	100.0	22
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	9	1	88.9	1
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	5	1	0.2	11.1	9	1	88.9	1
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	5	1	0.2	5.6	18	3	83.3	8
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	12	1	91.7	6
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	5	1	0.2	4.5	22	0	100.0	14
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	5	1	0.2	50.0	2	1	50.0	1

Northwestern Area

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	5	4	28	18	3.6
1	B. Halvorson (8th)	5	0	0	0	0.0
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0.0
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	5	1	5	6	1.2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	5	2	6	8	1.6
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	5	0	5	5	1.0
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	5	0	2	2	0.4
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0.0
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	5	1	6	7	1.4
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	5	0	4	4	0.8

Northwestern Area

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	113	1	22.6
1	B. Halvorson (8th)	5	1	0	0.2
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	5	11	0	2.2
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	5	5	0	1.0
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	5	22	0	4.4
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	5	17	0	3.4
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	5	23	0	4.6
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	5	15	0	3.0
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	5	2	0	0.4
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	4	11	0	2.8
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	5	6	1	1.2

Northwestern Area

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	42	8.4	198	2
1	B. Halvorson (8th)	5	0	0.0	0	0
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	5	0	0.0	1	1
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	5	0	0.0	1	0
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	5	0	0.0	1	0
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	5	25	5.0	122	1
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	5	15	3.0	70	0
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	5	1	0.2	2	0
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	5	1	0.2	1	0
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	5	0	0.0	0	0

Northwestern Area

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	77	4	15.4
1	B. Halvorson (8th)	5	0	0	0.0
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	5	40	3	8.0
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	5	4	1	0.8
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	5	14	0	2.8
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	5	18	0	3.6
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	5	0	0	0.0
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	5	0	0	0.0
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	4	1	0	0.3
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	5	0	0	0.0

Match Story

South Dakota High School Volleyball - Northwestern Area tips Gayville-Volin

November 20, 2025: Gayville, SD 57031

The Northwestern Area Wildcats (Mellette, SD) volleyball held off the host Gayville-Volin Raiders (Gayville, SD), 3-2 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Wildcats now possess a 36-2 record.

GVHS vs NAHS Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Nov. 20, 2025 @ 5p

The Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's neutral playoff match against Gayville-Volin (Gayville, SD) by a score of 3-2.

This match is a part of the "2025 SDHSAA High School Volleyball Playoff Brackets (South Dakota) - 2025 Class B State Tournament".

Rankings & Records

Gayville-Volin (25-26)

SD	Class
32	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
32-6	7-0	11-0	7-1	14-5	.842	1.000	87	22

Northwestern Area (25-26)

SD	Class
8	2

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
37-3	5-0	14-0	8-0	15-3	.925	1.000	98	17

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Gayville-Volin	23.9	23.7	24.0	25.0	12.5	2.3
Northwestern Area	24.3	24.8	24.7	24.3	14.0	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

Gayville-Volin		Northwestern Area
-	Kills	1377
-	Total Blocks	192
-	Serving Aces	317
-	Digs	2117
-	Assists	1212
-	Receptions	1588

Team Leaders

Gayville-Volin		Northwestern Area	National Avg.
-	Kills	#4 Ashley Haven565	53
-	Total Blocks	#4 Ashley Haven96	11
-	Serving Aces	#7 Lila Johnson53	16
-	Digs	#4 Ashley Haven349	84
-	Assists	#6 Ella Boekelheide836	50
-	Receptions	#2 Tara Blachford382	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gayville-Volin	2-1		Northwestern Area	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/6/25	Madison	Gayville-Volin	(L) 2-0	9/13/25	Madison	Northwestern Area	(W) 3-0
9/11/25	Gayville-Volin	Freeman	(W) 3-0	9/27/25	Freeman	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0
10/4/25	Gayville-Volin	Corsica/Stickney	(W) 2-0	10/11/25	Corsica/Stickney	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Gayville-Volin (25-26)		Northwestern Area (25-26)
32-6	Overall	37-3
7-0	League	5-0
14-2	Non-League	15-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-1	Common Opponent	3-0
11-0	Home	14-0
7-1	Away	8-0
14-5	Neutral	15-3
4-2	Playoff	5-1
32-6	In-State	37-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0