As Winside volleyball will get the upcoming weekend off thanks to a first round conference tournament bye, the Wildcats were on the road Thursday.
From Stuart, Winside competed against the Broncos.
After avoiding the 3-0 sweep, Winside battled to the very end but couldn’t quite hold on falling in five sets. Stuart improved to 23-3 as the Wildcats fell to 10-10.
Scores of the match favored Stuart 25-11, 25-8, 24-26, 14-25, 15-13.
Freshman Bridget Marotz recorded a double-double with 22 kills and 19 digs to go along with a solo block as sophomore Hadleigh Schutt posted 32 assists, eight digs, three blocks and two kills.
Sophomore Katelyn Jaeger followed with six kills, three digs and one block; sophomore Ellie Topp added five kills, five digs and three blocks (one solo); sophomore Adrianna Miller tallied three kills and two digs as junior Jerzi Carlson tacked on one kill and 12 digs. Other digs came from senior Samantha Gubbels (10), senior Skylar Spann added four assists (seven digs) as sophomore Raylyn Behmer (one).
Topp finished with four service aces, Schutt added three aces, Jaeger and Carlson both totaled two aces as Spann and Marotz both had an ace.
