Raider volleyball overcome by pair of conference opponents

A tight match with Viroqua and a fall to another Coulee Conference foe in West Salem were the highlights for the Arcadia High School volleyball team last week.

The Raiders (1-11 overall, 0-4 Coulee) finished the week with a a tournament in Sparta on Saturday, but no results were reported. 

Arcadia’s conference run continues this week with a visit to Westby on Tuesday before a Trempealeau County battle with Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau next week.

Viroqua   28 21 25 25

Arcadia   26 25 18 9

Arcadia continues its search for its first conference win despite a close grapple with Viroqua last Thursday.

The Raiders managed to push the opening set into extra points, but the Blackhawks closed the deal with a 28-26 win. The second set proved just as close, but it was the host Raiders who came out on the winning end.

Viroqua (3-3, 2-1) regained the lead with a seven-point advantage in set three before closing the match with a dominating win in the fourth and final set.

Senior libero Kealey Ziegeweid collected 32 digs for Arcadia and Justine Sonsalla added 18, while Viroqua got a game-high 37 from Mara Anderson. Breah Golden and Adella Anderson co-led the hosts in kills with five, while the Blackhawks had 13 kills each from Bryne Swenson and Aaliyah Fox.

Golden had four blocks for Arcadia, which got 11 assists from Anderson and 10 from junior Lauren Conrad. Four different players had a pair of aces for Arcadia.

West Salem 3 Arcadia 0

The Panthers (2-3, 2-1) got the best of the Raiders in a sweep last Tuesday at home. The win was West Salem’s second in a row and advanced the Panthers to 2-1 in conference play, one game back of undefeated Westby.

Stats and set scores were not reported to the Times.