Wolverines drop match to Region 2B leader Faulkton Area Trojans



The Herreid-Selby Area Wolverines went up against the region’s number one seed in the Trojans and would suffer a three-set loss 19-25, 16-25 and 10-25.

In the first set the Wolverines would hold an early 6-5 lead, but the Trojans would tie on a change of possession point and then take the lead 7-6 on an ace serve. The Wolverines would tie the set at 7-7 and then again at 8 all at the end of the seventh round of service. On their next serve, the Trojans would open a 12-8 lead, but the Wolverines would narrow that lead when Kendall Sawinsky would nail down an ace serve to make it 12-11. The Trojans would hold an 18-16 lead after 11th round of serve and then would make it 19-16 on the change of possession point and then put together a five-point rally to make it 24-16. The Wolverines would close the gap some to 24-19 but lose the set on a side-out point.

In the second set the Trojans Lily Schaefers would take second service and reel off a six-point rally which included three ace serves and Faulkton Area would build an early 9-2 lead. The Trojans would increase their lead to 17-8 at the end of the sixth round of service and then on the next serve Morgan Melius would help her team to another rally, this one for five points and a 23-12 lead and the eventual set win to go up 2-0.

In the third set Schaefers would again lead a big Trojan rally together and an early 7-1 lead. By the end of the sixth round of service the Trojans would spread the lead to 18-9 before picking up the set and match win 25-10.

HSA Game Statistics:

Serving: 45 attempts – 3 aces (Fiedler 7-0, K. Sawinsky 10-1, Anderson 9-1, Goehring 8-1, Brenna Helm 6-0, Topanga Pierce 5-0); Attack: 130 attempts 15 kills (Fiedler 26-5, K. Sawinsky 27-1, Rylee Rossow 30-5, Pierce 11-2, Anderson 10-0, Jayda Sawinsky 12-1, Helm 3-0, Goehring 4-0, Grage 5-0); Setting 96 attempts – 14 assists (Anderson 75-12, J. Sawinsky 1-0, Goehring 3-0, Pierce 4-1, K. Sawinsky 1-0, Helm 2-0, Fiedler 2-1, Rossow 5-0, Grage 3-0); Blocking: 1 solo – 2 assists: Rossow 1-0, Fiedler 0-1, Pierce 0-1); Digs: 74 (Goehring 13, Fiedler 21, K. Sawinsky 10, Helm 5, Rossow 5, Anderson 7, J. Sawinsky 4, Pierce 6, Grage 1, Isabelle Kooker 2).

The Wolverines dropped the JV match 6-25 and 5-25 and the C match 26-28, 25-18 and 10-15.

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