Volleyball Recap: West De Pere Triumphs

By Team Reports Oct 17, 2024, 6:23am

Volleyball Recap: West De Pere Phantoms vs. Shawano Community Hawks

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After losing to Shawano Community the last time they met, West De Pere decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The West De Pere Phantoms had just enough and edged the Shawano Community Hawks out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Phantoms.

West De Pere wouldn't go down easily and took Shawano Community into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 25-16, 24-26, 12-25, 15-11.

Among those leading the charge was Adrienne Schmidt, who had 12 digs and two aces.

She wasn't the only good server: West De Pere was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matches.

Despite the loss, Shawano Community still got an impressive performance from Teagen Thompson, who had 13 digs. Thompson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.

West De Pere has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 30-14 record this season. As for Shawano Community, the defeat snapped their winning streak at ten games and leaves them with a 21-6 record.

West De Pere does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Shawano Community, it'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks dukes it out withAmherst at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. They will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Shawano Community surely won't give up without a fight.

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