DEVILS LAKE — The Royals took care of business against the last-place team in the Mon-Dak on Wednesday.
Despite an uncomfortably close first two sets, Lake Region State College (20-7, 4-1) swept Dakota College at Bottineau (0-15, 0-5) at the Devils Lake Sports Center. The winless Lumberjacks have now lost 34 consecutive sets. The Royals held their position in second place in the Mon-Dak.
Still, the first two sets were relatively close wins of 25-21 and 25-20 for LRSC. The Royals put away the third set with a little more authority, 25-11.
“If we’re 15 points better than a team, then we should beat a team by 15 points,” LRSC head coach Steve Waddell said. “And our biggest thing is we want to get better every day. And I felt like the first two sets, we didn’t really do that. We weren’t rea