War Eagle champ Knights down South O’Brien in three
Unity Christian paid a visit to Paullina October 13 as South O’Brien closed out the regular season. The seventh-ranked team in Class 3A finished 10-0 in the War Eagle Conference with a 3-0 win over the Wolverines. Game scores were 25-12, 25-11 and 25-5. The Wolverines completed conference play with a 2-8 mark. They entered Monday night’s Class 1A Regional Tournament contest at West Bend-Mallard with a season record of 5-20.
Recording three kills apiece were Marissa Ebel, Tatiana Conley and Maddie Johnson. Whitney Einck led in set assists with five. Karlee Warnke and Ashlynn Gunnerson each dug up five of the Knights’ attacks. Johnson was 6-for-6 serving with an ace. Brooklyn Edwards had three aces on 6-for-8 serving.
South O’Brien Stats
Kills-Errors-Attempts (Kill Efficiency): Team 11-10-34 (.029), Karlee Warnke 1-1-5 (.000), Payton Farquhar 0-0-2 (.000), Marissa Ebel 3-3-10 (.000), Tatiana Conley 3-3-6 (.000), Brooklyn Edwards 1-3-7 (-.286), Maddie Johnson 3-0-3 (1.000), Jinger Nieuwenhuis 0-0-1 (.000).
Assists: Whitney Einck 5, Ashlynn Gunnerson 2, Johnson 1.
Digs: Team 17, Warnke, Gunnerson 5, Ebel 3, Nieuwenhuis 2, Einck, Conley 1.
Serving (Efficiency): Team 20-24 (.833) 4 aces, Warnke 5-6 (.833), Einck 2-2 (1.000), Farquhar 1-2 (.500), Edwards 6-8 (.750) 3 aces, Johnson 6-6 (1.000) 1 ace.