Verndale grinded out another five set victory for the second straight match with Thursday’s Park Region Conference win over Pillager.

Teresa Moenkedick lit up the stat book by posting a team-high 25 kills, 27 digs and three ace serves for the Lady Pirates, who even their conference mark at 3-3 for the season.

Jordanna Schluttner notched 11 kills and a team-high 14 blocks while Sarah Moenkedick put up 37 set assists for Verndale.

New York Mills rallied from two sets down to edge Verndale 3-2 during Thursday’s epic Park Region Conference battle between the two rivals.

“All the games were extremely close,” said New York Mills head coach Amy Koskela. “It was good for us to come back and play games four and five and end up on top!”

Teresa Moenkedick registered eight kills, 16 digs and four blocks, but it wasn’t enough as Henning swept the Lady Pirates 25-9, 25-12, 25-7 during Thursday’s Park Region Conference match.

Jordyn Glenz notched a team-high 11 blocks to go with her nine digs and two kills with Jordanna Schluttner adding seven kills, one set assist, two digs and 10 blocks.

Teresa Moenkedick complied a team-high seven kills and 13 digs as Verndale served up 11 aces from the service line to breeze past the visiting Hillcrest Academy Comets 25-17, 25-15, 25-14 during a non-conference girls volleyball match Tuesday night.

Both Sarah Moenkedick and Elyssa Kern registered three ace serves for the Lady Pirates, who improved to 2-3 with their second consecutive victory of the season.