GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Hodags 15th at Dells tourney

Members of the 2017 Hodag girls volleyball team include, from left, front row, Hannah Worachek, Ally Seefeldt, Hope Wissbroecker, Mikayla Evenstad, Makayla Kuester. Back row, Stephanie Kuester, Lexie Rick, Brooke Mork, Brooke Frahm, Molly Wagler, Tori Roberts, Cami Buchmann. Photo by Bob Mainhardt

Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:01 am

STAR JOURNAL REPORT

The Rhinelander High School varsity girls volleyball team won three matches and lost three others last weekend when the Hodags finished 15th out of 22 teams in a two-day tournament at Wisconsin Dells.

In RHS’s four matches Friday, the Hodags fell to Kettle Moraine, 17-25, 21-25, and Green Bay Preble, 17-25, 18-25, before defeating Hustisford, 17-25, 25-16, 15-4, and Bruce, 25-18, 25-10.

RHS closed out the tournament Saturday losing in three games to Oshkosh North, 16-25, 25-15, 13-15, and then sweeping Hustisford, 25-15, 25-11.

The Hodags’ statistical leaders for the weekend included: Hope Wissbroecker, 74 kills, 11 service aces and 17 block kills; Ally Seefeldt, 94 assists; Stephanie Kuester, 11 service aces and 36 digs; Makayla Kuester, 42 digs; and Molly Wagler, 10 block kills.

RHS’s overall season match record stands at 5-3 going into Thursday’s Great Northern Conference opener at Medford.