Blair-Taylor volleyball loses twice

The Blair-Taylor High School volleyball team dropped a pair of matches last week to end a three-game winning streak. 

The Wildcats (4-6 overall, 4-3 Dairyland Conference) fell to Eleva-Strum last Tuesday before losing in five sets to Alma Center Lincoln last Thursday.

Blair-Taylor visited Alma-Pepin on Tuesday and hosts Cochrane-Fountain City on Thursday. 

E-S    25 18 25 25

B-T    20 25 23 17

The visiting Wildcats narrowly lost the opening set by a handful of points before losing the second 25-18. 

They won the third by beating the Cardinals on the set point, winning 25-23. But Eleva-Strum ended the match with a 25-17 win in the fourth set. 

Individual stats were not reported to the Times. 

ACL     9 25 21 25 16

B-T     25 19 25 23 14

Last Thursday’s game at Blair-Taylor High School was a tight contest. 

The Wildcats cruised to win the first set 25-9, but Alma Center Lincoln responded to take the second 25-19. 

Blair-Taylor won the third 25-21 and had a chance to end the match in the fourth set, but Alma Center Lincoln won on a set point. 

The visitors then won the match with a 16-14 win in set five. 

Madison Goodbear led the Wildcats with 23 assists and added five kills. Lindsay Steine had a team-high eight kills.