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PREP VOLLEYBALL: Wabasso rolls past WWG in three sets

Photo by Emily Daniels Members of the Wabasso volleyball team celebrate after scoring a point during their match against Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Monday. The Rabbits defeated the Chargers 3-0.

WABASSO – With the final week of regular season play among both the Wabasso Rabbits and the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers, both teams are putting in final tuneups as they get ready for section play. The Rabbits continued to show their strengths on the court Tuesday night as they swept the Chargers, 25-7, 25-14, 25-14.

With it being senior night for the Rabbits, the whole team showed a lot of heart and passion according to Rabbits coach Barb Johnson.

“I thought we played really well tonight on senior night,” said Johnson. “All five of our seniors came out with a lot of passion and they all played really hard and that showed in all of the other players as well.”

The first set of the night started off with a fast 2-2 tie but the Rabbits saw their opportunity to hit the Chargers’ weaknesses and start pulling away with a steady lead. Wabasso went on a six-point run before WWG saw a chance to score a point. The Rabbits took the lead at 16-5 and only let the Chargers score two more points in the set. Wabasso took the first set in 25-7 and looked to carry that offensive strength into the second set.

The second set started much different then the first set when WWG stepped up its play on the court and kept a tie with the Rabbits at 3-3 until Wabasso pulled away with a 8-3 lead. Although the Rabbits had been seeing a strong night offensively, WWG’s Emma Wahl was a big asset to the Chargers offense, staying positive and aggressive on the court kept WWG’s mind on the game. The Rabbits continued to grow their lead and found themselves with a nine-point lead at 19-10 and let the Chargers score four more points, but took Set 2 at 25-14.

Going into the third set, the Rabbits needed one more win to securely grasp their sweep over the Chargers and went into the set with a positive mindset and ready to dominate the court. Not only did the Rabbits come on to the court with that attitude but WWG did as well and started the set off with a 2-0 lead over the Rabbits. They didn’t stop there as they kept up with Wabasso with a 4-4 tie. The Rabbits didn’t let that get in the way of their domination on the court as they started to pull away with a big lead at 10-4. Wabasso’s Jenna Frank had a successful night and continued the Rabbits’ strong play on the court as well as being focused and determined to win the last set of the night. The Rabbits held a steady lead for the remainder of the third set and swept the Chargers with final set scores of 25-7, 25-14 and 25-14.

The Chargers were led by Kelsey DeSmith in kills with four and followed by Brittany Erickson and Camryn Bunting contributing three each. Emma Wahl led WWG in digs, racking in a total of 14 followed by Grace Woelber with nine. Woelber was also 10 of 10 in serving against the Rabbits.

Wabasso was led by Megan Rothmeier in digs with 11 and not far behind her was Mckenna Nelson who had ten. Maddy Guetter led the Rabbits in kills with a total of 19, followed by Amanda Hoffman with eight and Cora Eichten with six. Jenna Frank led the Rabbits in assists with a total of 33 for the night.

A lot of positive things came from the Rabbits game as a whole and Johnson is proud of the way the team played.

“Our passing went really well and our setters did a really good job of moving the ball around. Our hitters also put it away tonight, which made for a great effort overall,” said Johnson.

Wabasso will be back on the road on Thursday for their final regular season game of the year against the Lakeview Lakers while the Chargers will face Fulda on Monday in Westbrook in the first round of the Section 3A tournament. WWG finished the regular season with a record of 13-15.

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