Malta defeats Sidney in Dickinson

The Malta M-ettes had a bittersweet weekend at the Dickinson Invitational last Friday and Saturday.

They lost all of their pool play games and the opening tournament game, but ultimately the team punched it’s ticket to the consolation game after defeating Sidney. They ended up losing to the Beach Lady Buccaneers, a North Dakota 7B team, that is fourth of 12 teams in that region.

The scores of the consolation game were 20-25, 25-22 and 23-25.

Kaitlyn Smith led Malta’s offense with eight kills of the team’s 32.

Markelle Lett led the team in assists with 11 of 22. She also tied Adrianna...