By Becky Walz,
Momentum continued to build Saturday for the No. 11 Decorah volleyball team as the Vikings hosted their own tournament.
The Vikes (16-3, 1-2 NEIC) finished 6-0 for the day for the win.
South Winn (7-16, 3-0 UIC) also competed in the nine-team tournament, winning two contests.
Momentum continued to build Saturday for the No. 11 Decorah volleyball team as the Vikings hosted their own tournament.
The Vikes (16-3, 1-2 NEIC) finished 6-0 for the day for the win.
South Winn (7-16, 3-0 UIC) also competed in the nine-team tournament, winning two contests.
Gold medal
“This tournament gave us an opportunity to try some different looks at lineups and different players. The three-set Jesup match at the end of the day was a good one for us to finish with,” said Decorah Coach Gina Holthaus. “We still have work to do, but I feel like this past week has been good for us We were able to work through some things that we needed some time to work through.”
The Vikings started the day by defeating Kingsland 2-0 (21-9, 21-7), then added a victory over MFL MarMac in pool play 2-0 (21-4, 21-12). Moving to the next bracket, Decorah defeated South Winn 2-0 (21-16, 21-10) before moving on to best Central Elkader 2-0 (21-16, 21-11).
That put the home team in the championship bracket. In the first match, Decorah handled Clayton Ridge 2-0 (21-8, 21-15) before surviving Jesup in three sets, 2-1 (21-15, 19-21, 15-9).
Viking stats were unavailable at press time.
Decorah is looking forward to celebrating its seniors on Tuesday night (Sept. 27) with Waukon. The Vikings are also planning to do a Mental Health night so if anyone would like to donate they can contact Jackie in the office. Funds will go to the Step Up and Reach Out Committee to support mental health education in the area.
South Winn
The Warriors finished their weekend tournament schedule on as they traveled to Decorah for six matches Saturday.
In a busy day of volleyball, the Warriors came out 2-4 on the day defeating Postville twice. Scores for the day were Riceville (19-21, 4-21) Postville (21-10, 21-19), Decorah (16-21, 10-21), Elkader (16-21, 14-21), MFL (12-21, 19-21) and Postville (21-15, 21-14).
“Playing six matches allows us to take one final look a combinations of players before gearing up for our stretch run in conference play. While we didn’t walk away with the win-loss record we were striving for, we got to see some areas we need to address in practice and some positives as well,” said Coach Smith.
For the day K. Hageman tallied 25 kills, 35 digs and 11 ace serves. Providing 14 kills was Kleve while Ivey Franzen hammered down 11. Wagner was there for nine kills, 19 digs and six aces. Dishing out the assists were Hailey Riehle and Avery Luzum with 18 and 15, respectively. Morgan Kriener came away with 28 digs.
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