The West Point-Beemer Volleyball Team won 3-1 at home over North Bend Central Thursday night, beating the Tigers for the first time since 2008, before knocking off Arlington 2-0 and losing 2-1 to Wayne at their home Triangular Tuesday night.
The Tigers took set one from the Cadets 25-22 before West Point-Beemer won set two 27-25, set three 25-15, and set four 25-13.
Sidney Swanson had 19 kills and 12 digs while Kendra Paasch and Brooke Haase had 7 kills apiece. Brooklyn Weddle posted 24 digs while Andrea Hoffman had 13. Sierra Kile posted 8 digs and 46 set assists.
The Cadets downed the Eagles 25-12 in set one and 25-11 in set two.
Kile had 10 ace serves and 20 set assists as West Point-Beemer had a school record 19 ace serves. Swanson added 13 digs while Hoffman and Weddle each had 8.
The Blue Devils took the first set from the Cadets 25-15, and won set three 25-18 after West Point-Beemer won set two 25-22.
Swanson notched 18 kills and 14 digs while Abby Kaup and Haase had 9 and 7 kills, respectively. Weddle chipped in 17 digs while Troyer tallied 9. Kile added 8 digs and 40 set assists while Hoffman registered 7 digs.
Head Coach Conley Straight. "Our serving was definitely very strong against Arlington, and I thought that for the most part carried over well against Wayne. We kind of got to a slow start in that first set, but really found our rhythm in set two against them. Came out and played kind of point for point against them in set three, but weren't able to hold with them there in the middle of the set, and they got the momentum and were able to finish us off there."
West Point-Beemer (10-9) takes on Norfolk Catholic (3-9) on the road Thursday night in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Knights beat Lutheran High Northeast 2-1 and swept Crofton 2-0 at the Crofton Triangular Tuesday night.
Straight breaks down the matchup. "I've saw a little bit of film on them. They're definitely not somebody you can overlook. They're scrappy kind of like us. They're not very organized in some senses sometimes, but a little unorthodox, but at the same time they're going to compete. And we're going to have to come out and play our style of Volleyball and be ready to compete with them. They're not going to let down easy, they're not going to make errors. We can't afford to let them make the errors. We're going to have to be the aggressor to start the match for sure."
Norfolk Catholic beat West Point-Beemer 3-1 in West Point last year.
Prior to Tuesday night's matches I would of said this is going to be an easy win for the Cadets, but I think it could be more a challenge now seeing what the Knights did Tuesday night.
Both teams have played a tough schedule and lost to some great teams so this should be a good battle for sure.
I feel this is a matchup between two teams who are better than their record indicates.
I think West Point-Beemer is better than their 10-9 record, and I think Norfolk Catholic is better than your average 3-9 team as well.
I wouldn't be surprised to see this one go 4 or 5 sets, not one bit.
Swanson needs to have a big match offensively for the Cadets, and Weddle needs to come up big defensively.
West Point-Beemer has to come out with authority and purpose Thursday night.
The Cadets have this match and then matches with DC West and Oakland-Craig at the DC West Triangular on Tuesday before a long break prior to the East Husker Conference Tournament.
West Point-Beemer has to use these next 3 matches as matches to find some consistency and play sharp Volleyball.
I really think the Cadets are saving their best for last, and a few wins prior to the Conference Tournament would be good.
Thursday's match is set to start at 7:30 p.m. on the Bull.
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