Photo from Cherie Muggli

Medina, ND (Newsdakota.com) – The Oakes Tornados put up stiff resistance to the #10 team in the state but it would not be enough as the Medina/Pingree/Buchanan Thunder got the 3-1 victory. (26-28, 25-10, 25-19, 25-19).

Set 1 was a back and forth affair with 10 ties in the set and 6 lead changes. It was close at first with ties back and forth till 4-4 when MPB pulled away to 8-5. The lead would never be more than 3 for the entire set as Oakes would battle back to tie it at 15-15 with lead changing back and forth till 18-17 when the Thunder reclaimed the lead. MPB would lead late in the set at 23-20 before Oakes scored 3 straight to tie it. There would be 4 ties after that with 3 lead changes before the Tornados took the lead at 27-26 and won it 28-26.

In set 2 the Thunder ran the show. They’d jump out to 4-0 and never look back. The closest Oakes would get to tying it would be4-3 and later 8-6. After that the Thunder would go on a 7 point run to take a 15-6 lead. They’d eventually win the set 25-10.

In set 3 the match was back and forth with 6 ties and 3 lead changes till 9-9 when MPB would take and hold the lead building it to 17-11. Oakes wouldn’t be able to fight back from that and the set would eventually end with the Thunder winning 25-19.

Set 4 was once again all Thunder after trading points early on till 3-3 the Thunder would then run to 11-3. The lead would slowly whittle down but would prove insurmountable as the closest it’d get would be 21-17 and 23-19. Oakes would fall 25-19 giving the Thunder the win.

The Bank North Player of the Game was Ann Muggli.

Next up for the Thunder is their final home match against the Carrington Cardinals on Monday October 28th and you can hear that match on KDAK The Cardinal.

The Tornados will travel to Linton to take on #1 Linton-HMB on Thursday October 24th for their final match of the season. You can hear all the action on KDDR The Tornado.