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Pine River-Backus Upsala

Tigers P

Cardinals

The Upsala (MN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Pine River-Backus (Pine River, MN) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Pine River-Backus	25	25	2
Upsala	14	18	0

Final score provided by D. Zimmerman.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Pine River-Backus (25-26)

Pine River-Backus has not entered stats for this match.

Upsala (25-26)

Upsala

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	11	5.5	31.4	35	9	.057
1	Lydia Kokett (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	3	-.429
3	Sierra Bense (Sr)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
4	E. Ripplinger (Fr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	1	.167
6	Elyn Zinniel (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Hannah Heesen (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	0	.250
9	Alexa Pilarski (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Zoey Leners (Jr)	2	6	3.0	50.0	12	4	.167
11	G. Mrozek (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000

Upsala

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	13.0	23	5	78.3	5
1	Lydia Kokett (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
3	Sierra Bense (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	1	66.7	1
4	E. Ripplinger (Fr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	100.0	2
6	Elyn Zinniel (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
8	Hannah Heesen (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0	1
9	Alexa Pilarski (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
10	Zoey Leners (Jr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	1	75.0	1
11	G. Mrozek (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0

Upsala

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	3	3	5	2.3
1	Lydia Kokett (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
3	Sierra Bense (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
4	E. Ripplinger (Fr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
6	Elyn Zinniel (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0
8	Hannah Heesen (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
9	Alexa Pilarski (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
10	Zoey Leners (Jr)	2	2	1	3	1.5
11	G. Mrozek (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0.5

Upsala

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5
1	Lydia Kokett (Jr)	2	1	0.5
3	Sierra Bense (Sr)	2	2	1.0
4	E. Ripplinger (Fr)	2	2	1.0
6	Elyn Zinniel (So)	2	1	0.5
8	Hannah Heesen (Sr)	2	4	2.0
9	Alexa Pilarski (Jr)	2	1	0.5
10	Zoey Leners (Jr)	2	4	2.0
11	G. Mrozek (Jr)	2	0	0.0

Upsala

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	11	5.5	41
1	Lydia Kokett (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
3	Sierra Bense (Sr)	2	10	5.0	37
4	E. Ripplinger (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0
6	Elyn Zinniel (So)	2	0	0.0	0
8	Hannah Heesen (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
9	Alexa Pilarski (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
10	Zoey Leners (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
11	G. Mrozek (Jr)	2	1	0.5	3

Upsala

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	16	3	8.0
1	Lydia Kokett (Jr)	2	8	1	4.0
3	Sierra Bense (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	E. Ripplinger (Fr)	2	8	1	4.0
6	Elyn Zinniel (So)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Hannah Heesen (Sr)	2	3	1	1.5
9	Alexa Pilarski (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
10	Zoey Leners (Jr)	2	5	1	2.5
11	G. Mrozek (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0

Match Story

Minnesota High School Volleyball - Upsala Pine River-Backus

September 13, 2025: Pine River, MN 56474

Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) followers left the game satisfied Saturday as they saw their volleyball squad achieve victory over the visiting Upsala Cardinals (Upsala, MN), 2-0 in a non-league test.

With the win, Pine River-Backus advances its record to 6-4 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Bemidji (Bemidji, MN) to play the Lumberjacks in a non-league outing on Tuesday, September 23. The Lumberjacks come into the outing with a record of 0-6.

With the loss, Upsala drops to 3-7 on the campaign. The Cardinals travel to Aitkin (Aitkin, MN) to play the Gobblers in a non-league game on Saturday, September 13. The Gobblers come into the outing with a record of 2-3. Aitkin lost 3-0 in their recent league game against Rush City (Rush City, MN)

PRBHS vs Upsala Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Sep. 13, 2025 @ 9a

The Upsala (MN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Pine River-Backus (Pine River, MN) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Pine River-Backus (25-26)

MN	Class
152	38

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
20-10	5-1	8-3	8-4	4-3	.667	.833	55	31

Upsala (25-26)

MN	Class
344	121

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-18	4-6	5-6	1-7	3-5	.333	.400	28	52

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Pine River-Backus	21.9	20.6	20.5	23.0	-	1.8
Upsala	20.1	17.8	19.9	22.2	11.5	1.0

Team Stat Comparison

Pine River-Backus		Upsala
-	Kills	645
-	Total Blocks	142
-	Serving Aces	115
-	Digs	1441
-	Assists	569
-	Receptions	1385

Team Leaders

Pine River-Backus		Upsala	National Avg.
-	Kills	#10 Zoey Leners335	53
-	Total Blocks	#10 Zoey Leners97	11
-	Serving Aces	#4 Emily Ripplinger25	16
-	Digs	#1 Lydia Kokett249	83
-	Assists	#3 Sierra Bense450	50
-	Receptions	#4 Emily Ripplinger355	85

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pine River-Backus	3-2		Upsala	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/25	Swanville	Pine River-Backus	(L) 3-2	9/18/25	Swanville	Upsala	(L) 3-0
10/28/25	Pine River-Backus	Swanville	(L) 3-1	9/30/25	Upsala	Swanville	(L) 3-0
9/29/25	Pine River-Backus	Mille Lacs co-op [Isle/Onamia]	(W) 3-0	10/16/25	Mille Lacs co-op [Isle/Onamia]	Upsala	(L) 2-1
10/24/25	Mille Lacs co-op [Isle/Onamia]	Pine River-Backus	(W) 3-0	10/22/25	Upsala	Mille Lacs co-op [Isle/Onamia]	(L) 3-0
10/6/25	Pine River-Backus	Cass Lake-Bena	(W) 3-0	9/27/25	Cass Lake-Bena	Upsala	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

P Pine River-Backus (25-26)		Upsala (25-26)
20-10	Overall	9-18
5-1	League	4-6
11-6	Non-League	0-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-2	Common Opponent	1-4
8-3	Home	5-6
8-4	Away	1-7
4-3	Neutral	3-5
0-0	Playoff	0-1
20-10	In-State	9-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0