After flying high against Standing Bear last Thursday, Waverly came back down to earth. The Vikings fell just short of the Bennington Badgers by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Vikings were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Badgers earlier this season, when they won 2-1.
Waverly took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 27-29, 25-20, 21-25, 27-25, 15-11.
Hallie Lauenstein paced Waverly's offense, picking up 28 kills. Lauenstein got some help from McKinley Moser and her 55 assists. Gracie Lauenstein controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Among those leading the charge was Trina Schroeder, who had 15 digs. Those 15 digs gave her a new career-high.
Waverly's loss dropped their record down to 26-5. As for Bennington, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season.
Waverly will challenge Elkhorn at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bennington has already played their next contest (against Wahoo), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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