Wolverines top St. Mary’s 3-2 in WEC finale




South O’Brien wrapped up War Eagle Conference play on Senior Night with a rousing 3-2 victory over Remsen St. Mary’s. The win October 17 at Paullina allowed the Wolverines to end with a 5-5 record in the conference and finish alone in sixth place. They carried an 8-14 overall record into Monday night’s Regional tournament match at Akron-Westfield.
The home team earned a narrow 25-23 victory in the first set. The Hawks returned the favor in the second, winning 25-21. South O’Brien came out on top 25-20 in set three to again take the lead in the match.
Needing to win set four, the visitors did so decisively by the score of 25-15. The Wolverines kept the every-other-set pattern intact by capturing the decisive fifth set 15-10.
South O’Brien served up 12 aces in the match. Taylor Wulf was 21-of-21 with two ace serves. Raegan Plagge served a team-high three aces on 16-of-18 serving. Abby Woodall was 9-of-9.
Wulf led the team in kills with 12 and recorded a .250 kill efficiency. However, St. Mary’s had more than one Wolverine to keep an eye on as Chloe Hustedt had 10 kills, Plagge eight, Tori Schueller seven and Reese Farquhar six. Ashlynn Gunnerson contributed 38 set assists.
Wolverines with 10 or more digs were Hustedt with 16, Addi Hedberg with 14, and Gunnerson with 10. Making one solo block each were Farquhar, Schueller and Wulf with the trio adding three, two and one block assist respectively.
South O’Brien Stats
Kills-Errors-Attempts (Kill Efficiency): Team 43-32-126 (.087), Taylor Wulf 12-6-24 (.250), Raegan Plagge 8-8-29 (.000), Ashlynn Gunnerson 0-1-1 (-1.000), Chloe Hustedt 10-8-33 (.061), Reese Farquhar 6-4-17 (.118), Tori Schueller 7-5-22 (.091).
Assists: Gunnerson 38, Addi Hedberg 1.
Digs: Team 74, Hustedt 16, Hedberg 14, Gunnerson 10, Plagge, Farquhar 8, Abby Nelson 7, Wulf 6, Schueller 3, Abby Woodall 2.
Blocks: Farquhar 1 solo, 3 assists, Schueller 1 solo, 2 assists, Wulf 1 solo, 1 assist, Plagge 3 assists, Gunnerson 1 assist.
Serving (Efficiency): Team 89-99 (.899) 12 aces, Wulf 21-21 (1.000) 2 aces, Plagge 16-18 (.889) 3 aces, Gunnerson 11-12 (.917) 2 aces, Hustedt 8-11 (.727) 2 aces, Lindsey Einck 3-3 (1.000), Hedberg 13-14 (.929) 1 ace, Farquhar 8-11 (.727) 2 aces, Woodall 9-9 (1.000).