The first week of the volleyball season was a busy one for South O’Brien. On August 27 the Wolverines participated in Spencer’s Early Bird Tournament. Then on August 29 they traveled to Mapleton for a triangular with Westwood and host MVAOCOU.
At Spencer the Wolverines opened pool play by taking on eventual champion Algona. The Bulldogs won 2-0 by scores of 21-14 and 21-12. The other team in the pool was Okoboji. South O’Brien narrowly lost the first set to the Pioneers 21-18. Okoboji then got the sweep, winning the second set 21-15. The Wolverines finished up against the host Tigers, the third-place team from the other pool. Set One resulted in another close loss for South O’Brien, 21-19. The Wolverines roared back to take the second set 21-11. In the third and deciding set, it was Spencer with the 15-8 victory.
At the triangular both of South O’Brien’s matches took three sets to decide. The host Rams took the first set from the Wolverines 25-15. South O’Brien got the equalizer by a score of 25-21. MVAOCOU was able to take the match by winning the third set 15-9.

The Wolverines were the ones to get a leg up in their match-up with Westwood, winning the opening set against the Rebels 25-15. Westwood knotted the match by taking set two 25-22. Another 15-9 loss in a third set left South O’Brien still waiting to pick up its first match win of the young season.
As of press time, no stats were available for the matches.