After flying high against Houston on Tuesday, Spring Grove came back down to earth. The Lions took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mabel-Canton Cougars on Thursday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Cougars this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 back in September.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Mabel-Canton scored at least 17 points in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19.
Carlie Halverson
| 10/09/25 vs Mabel-Canton | 2 |
| 10/07/25 @ Houston | 7 |
| 10/02/25 vs LeRoy-Ostrander | 2 |
Spring Grove's loss came despite strong showings from Carlie Halverson and Izabel Kaufmann. Halverson had nine digs and two aces, while Kaufmann had 23 digs and one assist. Halverson has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Mabel-Canton found their leader in sophomore Livia Garness, who had six digs and three aces.
Spring Grove's defeat ended a three-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-9. As for Mabel-Canton, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 27-3.
Spring Grove didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against Cleveland on the 11th. As for Mabel-Canton, they will square off against Grand Meadow at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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