Volleyball Recap: Black River Comes Up Short

Black River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were a single set away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of the Brookside Cardinals. The Pirates were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Cardinals earlier this season, when they won 3-2.

While Black River ultimately came up short, they really made Brookside work, particularly in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 26-24, 25-23, 17-25, 15-6.

Remington Dieter

Digs

10/07/25 @ Brookside	34
10/02/25 @ Firelands	22
09/30/25 @ Wellington	35
09/29/25 @ Lucas	17

Despite the loss, Black River still got an impressive performance from Remington Dieter, who had 34 digs and three aces. Dieter has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more digs the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kate Dieter, who had 18 digs and two assists.

Leading Brookside to victory were Alyssa Popowski and Lily Schremp. Popowski had 12 digs and three aces, while Schremp had 18 digs and three assists. Those three assists gave Schremp a new career-high.

Black River's loss dropped their record down to 14-7. As for Brookside, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-11.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Black River will challenge rival Oberlin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Brookside is set to take on their familiar foe Firelands at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.