By Becky Walz,
Facing ranked opponents and larger schools, the South Winn volleyball team (0-6, 0-0 UIC) is working to finish the close games in the their favor after falling to Crestwood Thursday and a trio of teams at Saturday’s tournament at New Hampton.
Facing ranked opponents and larger schools, the South Winn volleyball team (0-6, 0-0 UIC) is working to finish the close games in the their favor after falling to Crestwood Thursday and a trio of teams at Saturday’s tournament at New Hampton.
Non-conference
The Warriors came out on the short end, 3-0, in the non-conference matchup on Thursday at Crestwood (1-2). In three highly contested sets, the Cadets proved to have just enough to complete the sweep. In the third set, South Winn had an 18-13 lead but was unable to hold on as Cresco rallied to tie the set at 20-20 and secured the win on the night scoring five of the next six points. Set scores for the night were 25-20, 25-21 and 25-21 in favor of the Cadets.
Morgan Kleve led the way with seven kills, followed by Katrina Hageman with five and Abby Wagner with four for the Warriors. Hailey Riehle dished out 11 assists and Avery Luzum had 10. Wagner led the way with nine digs and K. Hageman with eight. At the service area, Luzum was 11-for-11 with an ace, followed by Wagner going 11-for-12 with an ace.
“We knew going in this was going to be a matchup we would be very competitive with. Outside of short momentum runs by Cresco of 4-5 points, we hung right with them, and each set could have gone either way. We continued to show some really nice flashes offensively and our adjustments defensively were better throughout the match as well,” said Coach Alex Smith.
Stats vs. Crestwood
Kills – Morgan Kleve 7; Katrina Hageman 5; Abby Wagner 4; Avery Luzum 3; Josie Hemesath 2; Ivey Franzen 1
Assists – Riehle 11; Luzum 10; Kleve 1; Franzen 1
Blocks (assist-solo) – Kleve (1-2); Wagner (2-0); Hemesath (1-0)
Digs – Wagner 8; K. Hageman 8; Morgan Kriener 6; Josie Hageman 2; Franzen 2; Riehle 2
Serving (success/attempts) – Wagner (16-17); K. Hageman (7-7); Kleve (7-10); J. Hageman (10-12); Luzum (11-11); Riehle (8-10)
Aces – Wagner 1; K. Hageman 1; Kleve 1; J. Hageman 1; Luzum 1; Riehle 1
First tourney
South Winn faced some of its toughest competition of the year on Saturday at the New Hampton tournament, going 0-3 for the day.
In match one, Warriors put up their strongest fight of the day taking Class 1A No. 12 Tripoli (3-1) to a 22-20 set one in which the Warriors had set point twice put couldn’t pull out the win. Set two went to the Panthers 21-8.
Match two pitted South Winn against Don Bosco (6-2) with the Dons coming out on top 21-8 and 21-9. Against the host, and Class 3A No. 12 New Hampton (6-3), the Warriors fell 21-16 and 21-3.
“We know every year going into this day, we will face ranked opponents and a really high level of volleyball. Our girls competed every point and saw the game at a fast level which will continue to make us better,” noted Coach Smith.
Leading the Warriors for the day in kills with 12 was Katrina Hageman to go with 11 digs. Morgan Kleve had eight kills and was 14-for-15 at the serving line, while Abby Wagner contributed six kills and a 10-for-11 serving mark with three aces. Avery Luzum dished out 14 assists with Hailey Riehle having six. Josie Hageman had 16 digs while Morgan Kriener had 12.
Quiet week
With several matches under their feet, the Warriors have a week without another match until Saturday’s (Sept. 10) tournament at Jesup.
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