South O’Brien lost its first War Eagle Conference match of the season, falling 3-0 to Akron-Westfield September 12 at Paullina. The set scores for the Westerners were 25-20, 25-17 and 25-18. The loss dropped the Wolverines to 3-1 in the conference and 3-6 overall.
The home team fell behind 4-0 in the first set and trailed 20-11 at one point prior to closing the gap to 24-20. The first part of set two was close with the Wolverines holding the lead at 9-8. The teams were tied 11-11 before Akron-Westfield scored six of the next seven points on the way to going up 2-0 in the match. The third set featured another slow start by the Wolverines who trailed 7-1. The Westerners later went on a 6-0 run to gain a 16-9 advantage. They kept South O’Brien at arm’s length the rest of the way to complete the sweep.

Raegan Plagge recorded nine kills and Chloe Hustedt seven. Tori Schueller made a solo block and assisted on two others. Addi Hedberg dug up 14 Akron-Westfield attacks. Ashlynn Gunnerson and Reese Farquhar notched 11 digs apiece. Gunnerson’s set assist total was 21. Seeing success at the service line were Plagge who was 8-of-8 and Taylor Wulf who went 7-of-7 with an ace.
South O’Brien Stats
Kills-Errors-Attempts (Kill Efficiency): Team 28-26-99 (.020), Taylor Wulf 6-7-26 (-.038), Raegan Plagge 9-5-0 (.138), Ashlynn Gunnerson 0-0-1 (.000), Chloe Hustedt 7-5-18 (.111), Lindsey Einck 0-1-1 (-1.000), Reese Farquhar 1-1-5 (.000), Tori Schueller 5-7-19 (-.105).
Assists: Gunnerson 21, Farquhar 2, Abby Nelson 1.
Digs: Team 63, Addi Hedberg 14, Gunnerson, Farquhar 11, Hustedt 9, Plagge, Nelson 6, Wulf 5, Schueller 1.
Blocks: Schueller 1 solo, 2 assists; Plagge, Farquhar 2 assists; Wulf, Hustedt 1 assist.
Serving (Efficiency): Team 47-56 (.839) 3 aces, Wulf 7-7 (1.000) 1 ace, Plagge 8-8 (1.000), Gunnerson 6-7 (.857) 1 ace, Hustedt 4-7 (.571), Einck 4-4 (1.000), Hedberg 4-6 (.667), Farquhar 10-12 (.833) 1 ace, Abby Woodall 4-5 (.800).