Raiders edge Blackhawks to move to 2-1 in Coulee

Last Tuesday’s Coulee Conference volleyball match came down to the very last point for the Raiders.

That point fell in favor of Arcadia to grant them a sudden 17-15 win in the fifth game and a 3-2 match win over Viroqua on the road. The victory pushes Arcadia’s conference record to 2-1.

This week brings more conference games for the Raiders.

Arcadia (7-4 overall, 2-1 Coulee) hosted Westby (8-7, 2-1) on Tuesday. The battle for Trempealeau County is scheduled for Thursday with Arcadia visiting G-E-T (4-7, 2-1).

Arcadia  25 22 25 21 17

Viroqua  22 25 14 25 15

Nearly every game last Tuesday came down to the wire.

Arcadia won the opening game, but the host Blackhawks took game two in another close score. 

The Raiders dominated the third game and appeared to have the match secured, but the hosts again responded with a win in game four to tie the match at two games apiece. The Raiders won on the tiebreaker, a 17-15 win in game five.

Arcadia got a solid performance from Adella Anderson, who finished with 35 assists, 14 digs and a pair of aces for the Raiders.

Kanah Slaby paced the visitors with 29 digs, and Sammy Berg had 24 of her own.

Justine Sonsalla led Arcadia in serving with six aces, and senior Casidi Pehler had the most kills (13) and blocks (eight) for the Raiders.

Kaitlyn Bremer (nine) and Sonsalla (eight) also had multiple kills for the visitors.