Oakes, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The Oakes Tornadoes were unable to wrap their regular season up with a win on senior night as they fell in four sets to the Medina-Pingree/Buchanan Thunder (25-27, 27-25, 25-20, 25-21).

The match started with MPB jumping out to an early 10-5 lead in set 1. The lead would eventually be cut to three however the Thunder would maintain their distance from the Tornadoes for most of the set until late when Oakes tied it back up at 22-22. It would then be back and forth scoring till 25-25 when Oakes would get set point at 26-25. They would then win the set 27-25.

Set 2 was all Thunder for most of the set as they would get a 20-7 lead. Oakes would use a timeout and rally to go on a 17-4 point run to tie it up at 24-24 fighting through 5 set points to get there. MPB would be stalled out on another set point to make it 25-25 but they wouldn’t miss out on their next opportunity to win the set winning 27-25.

Set 3 saw Oakes jump out to an early lead that they would not be able to hold. Oakes would have a 3 point lead at 13-10 which would evaporate when the Thunder tied it at 14-14 and then take the lead which they would hold for the rest of the set as they would march to a 25-20 victory.

Set 4 once again saw Oakes get to an early lead as they would score 4 of the first 5 points. MPB would tie it back up at 9-9 but that would change quickly when the Tornadoes would score the next 5 to take a 14-9 lead. That would be the last run the Tornadoes would have however as the Thunder would take the lead back at 15-14 and not relinquish it for the rest of the set eventually winning 25-21.

The Bank North Player of the Game was Ann Muggli who had a double-double in kills and blocks with 20 kills and 14 blocks (7 solo/7 assisted).

Also with double-doubles were Kassidy Jackson (20 set assists and 18 digs) and Brianna Schmitz (11 kills and 11 digs).

This is the first lose at home for the Tornadoes all season as they wrap up regular season play with a District record of 4-2 and a overall record of 16-10. Next up for the Tornadoes is the District 5 Tournament in which they are the #3 seed and will take on Ellendale in the first round on Thursday October 26th in Oakes in the final game of day 1. The entire District 5 Tournament will be broadcasted on KDDR The Tornado and 98.3 Thunder Country.