Volleyball Recap: Sauk Prairie Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Waunakee

Sauk Prairie faced Waunakee in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Eagles fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 3-2. The Eagles were not able to make up for their loss to the Warriors from their previous meeting back in October of 2024.

Sauk Prairie wouldn't go down easily and took Waunakee into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-22, 25-16, 20-25, 15-12.

Mallory Hartwig paced Sauk Prairie's offense, picking up 30 kills. Hartwig got some help from Alaina Kraemer and her 24 assists. Kraemer was also solid from the service line: she led the team with five aces.

Kendall Scadden was a one-woman wrecking crew For Waunakee. as she had 20 digs and four assists. That's the most assists Scadden has posted over her last eight matches.

Sauk Prairie's defeat dropped their record down to 25-5. As for Waunakee, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 33-7 record this season.

Sauk Prairie will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on McFarland at 7:00 p.m. on the 25th. Waunakee does not have any more games scheduled as of now.