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Wolverines Sweep Titans to Open Regional Volleyball Action

Wolverines Sweep Titans to Open Regional Volleyball Action

Photo: Saga Communications/Steven Cutler


Paullina, Ia (Northwest Iowa Now) – It was a dominant effort on Monday night by the South O’Brien Volleyball team who hosted GTRA in the 1st round of Class 1A Region 2.

South O’Brien got off to a quick start, scoring the match’s first 14 points before GTRA was able to get on the board. The Wolverines recorded multiple Serve Aces and rolled to a 25-8 win in set 1.

In Set 2, South O’Brien was able to notch a few more aces. They would go on a long run in the middle of the set with Abby Woodall on the serve, mostly powered by a lot of GTRA mistakes and violations. 8th Grader Emmaly Schueller recorded 3 kills in the set, and The Wolverines took set 2 by a score of 25-10.

The Titans got off to a better start in the 3rd set but still couldn’t string together the points necessary in order to keep up with South O’Brien. With a strong cushion, Reagan Plagge served on a strong run for the Wolverines to finish out the set 25-11. Plagge picked up a pair of aces on that run as South O’Brien completed the 3 sets to 0 sweep.

GTRA wraps up the year at 2-18. The Titans went 1-9 in the Twin Lakes Conference where they finished 11th.

South O’Brien advances in the Class 1A Region 2 Tournament to the quarterfinals where they will take on the #12 seed Trinity Christian of Hull. We will bring you that match Wednesday on News Radio 102.5 and AM 1240 KICD. The winner of that match will advance to the semifinals to take on either the #1 seed Boyden-Hull or the #8 seed George-Little Rock.

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