SOUTH WASCO COUNTY senior hitter Molly Foreaker drops a soft shot down for a kill in a 1A volleyball match in Maupin. In the past week, the Lady Redsides lost two matches in sweep fashion to Trinity Lutheran and Condon-Wheeler.
SOUTH WASCO COUNTY senior hitter Molly Foreaker drops a soft shot down for a kill in a 1A volleyball match in Maupin. In the past week, the Lady Redsides lost two matches in sweep fashion to Trinity Lutheran and Condon-Wheeler.
The South Wasco County Redsides hit one of the toughest parts of their schedule last week in a pair of matches against top-5 programs Trinity Lutheran and Condon-Wheeler Tuesday and Thursday.
In their showdown against the No. 4 Lady Saints Tuesday in Maupin, the Redsides showed some fight in taking a three-game loss averaging 17.6 points per set.
Trinity had its biggest win in the opening game, scoring a 25-16 winner to take the early advantage.
The Lady Redsides rebounded well in the next set, but could not sustain a late rally in going down by a 25-19 count.
One win from the sweep, the Saints pulled away for a 25-18 triumph.
“We played well against Trinity Lutheran, not allowing the 5-6 point run by the other team,” said SWC head coach Donna Barton.
From the service stripe, the Redsides connected at a 91-percent rate for one of the top numbers of the season.
Allie Noland went 11 for 11 and Baily Hogenkamp dropped 9 of 9.
Hogenkamp tacked on a 14 of 15 effort on kill tries with five kills, and senior teammate Roxanne O’Neal drilled home another five kills.
“We served well and received serves about the best we have all season, led by Peggy Espeland,” Barton said. “Mistakes were not all in one area, just a little here and a little there, but enough to keep us from winning.”
Two days later, the Redsides were just as competent in their next tussle opposite No. 5-ranked Condon-Wheeler Thursday in Fossil and nearly extended the match to four games against the highly-touted Knights.
Condon-Wheeler wound up sneaking away with the final two points in the opening game to squeak by for a 26-24 tally to jump ahead 1-0.
Although taking a close loss in the opener, there was an element of positivity to take away from that set.
“We were up 22-24 in the first set and didn’t finish it off,” Barton added.
The Knights would then secure margins of 25-18 and 25-19 to grab the home sweep.
Coming off the top serving efforts from Tuesday, the Redsides tacked on a 92 percent clip against Condon.
O’Neal rapped out 11 for 11, and Noland was good for 13 for 14 to pace SWC.
At the net, Molly Foreaker connected on 18 of 21 hits for a team-high 10 kills, and Ally Muhleman rattled off a 9 for 12 rate and four kills.
“We played well,” Barton added. “Molly had a really nice day hitting and Baily and Ally both got some nice blocks. Once again, serve-receive was very nice led by Peggy and Baily.”
South Wasco County hits the road to Hood River for a date at 6:15 p.m. tonight against Horizon Christian.
Starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, the Lady Redsides host Sherman.
Barton is looking forward to suiting up her squad for Big Sky competition in the coming days.
“This next week, we start league play and we are hoping to get everything all together in time to have a good run,” Barton concluded.
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