The West Fork volleyball team fell into a 2-0 hole early, but with resilient play rallied to win the final three sets for a 3-2 win over Nashua-Plainfield to end a four match losing streak on Tuesday, as aired on 104.9 KLMJ. The Warhawks won by set scores of 15-25, 19-25, 28-26, 26-24, 15-12.
In Set 1, Nashua-Plainfield pulled ahead to a 8-2 lead and led by as many as 10 to win the set. In Set 2, tied at 14-14, the Huskies went on a 10-3 run to claim the set and go up 2-0 in the match. In Set 3, the Warhawks had an early 10-4 lead, the Huskies went on score streak to tie the set at 12-12, as seven ties followed including a 26-26 tie, the Warhawks scored the final two points of the set to extend the match to a fourth set. In Set 4, the Warhawks had the upperhand for a majority of the set, till both teams reached the 20’s then it became another point for point set, with a tie at 24-24, the Warhawks with their backs against the wall again were able to secure the final two points of the set and send the match to a decisive fifth set. In Set 5, after a 4-4 tie the Warhawks led by as many as five and never surrendered the lead for the remainder of the set to complete the comeback win.
West Fork Head Coach Emily Greimann on the ongoing message to players during comeback and taking next step forward.
“We just keep preaching the same things, stay aggressive, stay low, do the little things, start to the pass, continue to play our game and not over complicate things. Give it our full effort and just go for it,” says Greimann. “I kept reminding us, this is our home court. We’re ending this day with a win, finding that grit to finish it out. We want to end this season playing our best, being able to take this and learn from it. We didn’t play our best volleyball tonight. We ended pretty well but we had a lot of things happen that we don’t normally do. Continuing to learn from that and show up to practice ready to go.”
Brylie Hubka and Leah Weaver led the Warhawks with seven kills and four aces respectively.
West Fork (6-8, 3-3 TIC-East) will host Central Springs on Thursday.
West Fork Senior Brylie Hubka Postgame:
West Fork Senior Leah Weaver Postgame:
