Tuesday, Sept. 9
Lena 3, Niagara 2
Lena and Niagara played tight throughout the night, but the Eagles wore down their opponents to take the final game and the match.
Niagara ran a tough offense, but Lena played very scrappy and it was difficult for the Badgers to get the kill where they normally would. Lena played a short game and put Niagara’s defense on their heels too many times.
Niagara jumped out and won the first two games 25-20 and 25-23, but Lena hung in there and won the final three games 25-23, 25-7, 16-14.
Northland Lutheran 3, Tigerton 1
Tigerton hosted CWC North opponent Northland Lutheran, but despite hard and consistent play, the Tigers lost 3-1 with scores of 22-25, 26-24, 20-25, 18-25.
“I’m seeing so much improvement in many aspects of the game, and I’m not disappointed in the girls’ efforts,” coach Holly Meverden said.
On the night, Danika Tiller led with 14 assists, and Aaliyah Lederhaus had 10.
Presley Stewart-Rolfs led with 11 kills, followed by Lillian Welch with five, Lederhaus with four, Tiller and Renata Nordwig with three each, and Myah Smith with two. As for digs, Jaelyn Brady had 21, Lederhaus and Nordwig had 13 each, Welch had 10, Tiller had five, Stewart-Rolfs and Smith had four each, and Myah Dent had a pair.
Welch and Smith each had one block kill.
Brady recorded 20 service points with four aces, followed by Stewart-Rolfs with nine points and five aces, Nordwig with five points and an ace, Lederhaus with four points and a pair of aces, Tiller with four points and Dent with three points.
Tigerton is 1-2 in the CWC North and 4-4 overall.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 3, Iola-Scandinavia 2
Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s girls volleyball pulled out a fifth set win to defeat Iola-Scandinavia 3-2 in the Chargers’ first conference matchup of the season.
“After being down 0-2 to a very scrappy Iola team, we cleaned up a few things in our defensive pursuit, which allowed us to pick up their tips and keep rallies alive once the ball hit our hands on the block,” coach Becky Rew said. “Our offensive attack also started finding the holes in their defense by attacking out of system very well and using a large variety of hitters in our chase for the win. It was definitely a good solid win as we started our conference play.”
The Thunderbirds won the first two sets 25-19, 25-20, while the Chargers won the final three sets 25-19, 25-22, 15-11.
Lily Metropulos racked up 18 serving attempts with four aces, 51 hitting attempts with 18 kills, a pair of block kills and 17 assists.
Charlie Eichman recorded 17 serving attempts with three aces, 38 hitting attempts with 16 kills, and 15 digs.
Melaina Granquist, had 37 hitting attempts with 13 kills, three block kills and 18 digs.
Kaitlin Tuskowski sacred a 95% serving percentage with 22 serving attempts and two aces, as well as 23 assists.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood is 1-0 in conference and 9-5 overall.
Bowler 3, White Lake 2
Shiocton 3, Bonduel 2
Bay Port 3, Pulaski 0
Monday, Sept. 8
Bonduel 3, Sevastopol 1
