Westby ends Whitehall volleyball team’s season

One of the top teams in the Coulee Conference was too much for the Whitehall volleyball team, ending its season in the first round of Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament play last week Tuesday.

Whitehall failed to top 20 points in any of the three sets as Westby — which finished only behind West Salem in the Coulee — came away with the sweep. Westby was the fourth seed in the bracket, while Whitehall was the 13th.  

The Norse finished the season with a record of 6-17. The team will graduate four seniors who played regularly, but returns seven underclassmen who were at least rotational players this year.

Whitehall    15 19   8

Westby       25 25 25

Whitehall battled in the second set, but came up short before Westby finished the sweep.

The home team controlled the first set for a 10-point win. Whitehall was competitive in the second, but Westby still came away with a six-point win. The third set was all Westby, finishing the sweep.

Nylah Lisowski led Whitehall with 13 kills, while adding a service ace and six digs. Norah Youngbauer was second on the team with four kills, she added two digs. Kambrie Wurzer, Olivia Killian, Abby Koepke all had one kill and McKenna Pientok had two.

Koepke led the team with 13 set assists, while also adding an ace and three digs. Wurzer had a team-high 12 digs and two aces. Alicia Schmitt added five digs, Brinna Goplin had three and Killian had one. Schmitt also had six assists.