Norse netters lose two in DC play
Whitehall’s Olivia Killian spiked the ball during their match against Cochrane-Fountain City on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall volleyball team struggled offensively at times as it fell to two of the top three teams in the Dairyland Conference last week.
The Norse got off to a strong start with a three-point win over Alma/Pepin on the road last week Tuesday, but the Eagles won the next three sets. That win was the difference between finishing third and a three-way tie for fourth in the conference as the Eagles finished 6-3 behind Cochrane-Fountain City (8-1) and Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (9-0).
On Thursday, the Norse couldn’t get started as C-FC cruised to a sweep.
Whitehall finished DC play at 5-4, tied with Eleva-Strum and Blair-Taylor for fourth in the conference standings. The team sat at 9-9 overall when it opened Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association play at Durand on Tuesday of this week.
Durand (18-6) is the seventh seed and Whitehall is the 10th, the winner of that match will play at (2) Fall Creek on Thursday with the regional final round set for Saturday.
WHS 25 18 25 14
A/P 22 25 27 25
The Norse took the first set, but the Eagles controlled the next three.
After a close Whitehall win, A/P evened the match with a seven-point victory. The Eagles then took a close third set to go ahead 2-1 and finished the match with an 11-point win.
Olivia Killian led Whitehall with eight kills and four blocks. The team got five kills from Harlow Foss while Kelsi Klomsten added four; Ashlyn Clatt, three; Aryana Ausderau, two; Kyla Lambeck and Trinity Aasen, one. Aasen and Clatt also each had one block.
Lambeck led the team with 14 set assists, Przybilla added six.
Brinna Goplin led the team at the service line with four aces, Lambeck added two and both Sophia Skoyen and Kylee Estenson had one.
Whitehall was active defensively with five players who had more than 10 digs. Lambeck led the team with 18 while Goplin finished with 17; Hailey Przybilla, 15; Foss, 13; Avvia Herman, 12. Clatt was close to that mark with nine while Killian had six; Skoyen, five; Aasen and Klomsten, four; Ausderau, three; Estenson and Karli Molis, one.
C-FC 25 25 25
WHS 11 12 16
The Norse had a difficult time getting its offense going as the Pirates won three sets by an average of 12 points.
Whitehall had some success at the service line as Skoyen had three aces, Clatt and Herman both had two and Tyanna Loveng had one.
Foss led the team with four kills, one more than Aasen and Ausderau had one. Lambeck had five assists and Przybilla had two. Ausderau led the team with six digs.
