Norse sweep C-FC before falling to top seed
Whitehall’s Alliana Currier hit the ball over the net during the match against Cochrane-Fountain City last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall volleyball team swept a close match against a familiar opponent before falling to Marshfield Columbus Catholic in its Division Four regional final last week.
All three sets of the team’s win over Cochrane-Fountain City on Thursday were decided by fewer than five points, but Whitehall came out on top in each, earning the sweep. In the regional final on Saturday, the Norse won the second set to even the match, but Marshfield Columbus won the next two by more than 10 points apiece for the 3-1 win.
Whitehall’s 2026 campaign ended with a 20-9 overall record and an 8-2 mark in Dairyland Conference play, behind only Independence/Gilmanton and Blair-Taylor. The Norse will return most of their key players and could be positioned for a deeper tournament run next year.
WHS 25 25 28
C-FC 21 23 26
The Pirates didn’t go down easily, but the Norse came through in the clutch to win three sets.
Whitehall’s 25-21 win in the first set was the most lopsided of the night. The teams were neck-and-neck throughout the match as the Norse won the second and third sets by just two points.
Juniors Paige Lisowski and Bria Pank both stuffed the stat sheet. Each had 10 kills, Pank added 14 assists and one block, and Lisowski had three aces and 15 digs. Hadley Kulig added seven kills and three aces, while Rani Waldera had four kills and two blocks. Regan Clatt led the team with 19 digs.
WHS 14 25 9 14
MCC 25 20 25 25
The Norse took one from the Dons, but the bracket’s top seed was mostly in control.
The Dons won the first set by 11 before Whitehall powered through for a five-point win in the second set. Columbus Catholic was in control after that, however, winning the third set by 16 and the fourth by 11.
Lisowski had 10 kills and 15 digs for the Norse. Pank finished with eight kills, eight assists, and four blocks.
