The West Central Trojan volleyball team split their last two matches.  West Central ended a short two-match losing streak with a win over the Chamberlain Cubs at home on Thursday, September 17th.  The Trojans won in straight sets by scores of 25-13, 25-14, and 25-21.

Cassidy Siemonsma had a team-high 12 kills in the match.  McKenna Sichmeller finished with eight kills.  Siemonsma also led the team with five blocks.  Brooke Opitz had 23 set assists.  Jocelyn Nilson finished with 11 digs, and Grace Harden had five aces.

The Trojans then lost a weekend match at Hamlin High School against the Chargers by scores of 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, and 23-25.

West Central (3-6) will travel to Dakota Valley on Tuesday, September 22nd.

The West Central Trojan volleyball team fell to the Baltic Bulldogs at home on Tuesday, September 15th.  The Bulldogs won in four sets by scores of 25-20, 25-21, 27-29, and 25-16.

In the opening set of the match, Baltic was on fire and got out to a big 11-3 lead.  The Trojans tried to make a come back as they got within three points at 22-19, but Baltic was able to finish the set with a 25-20 victory.  In the second set, the Bulldogs got out to an 11-5 advantage.  Baltic led from that point forward, but West Central did pull within three points again at 24-21, before falling 25-21.

The third set was back-and-forth early.  With the set tied 12-12, West Central went on a four-point run for a 16-12 lead.   The lead grew to five points at 21-16.  Baltic made a run and tied the set at 22-22.   Baltic took the lead at 24-23, and again at 25-24 before the Trojans took a 26-25 advantage.  Baltic tied the score at 26-26 and 27-27.  West Central got the final two points for a 29-27 win to force a fourth set.

West Central seemed to be riding the momentum of the third set as they took an early 9-4 lead in the fourth set.  The Bulldogs, however, came fighting back and tied the set at 11-11.   They continued their run and took at 19-14 lead late in the set.   The Bulldogs went on to take the fourth set 25-16 and won the match.

Cassidy Siemonsma finished the night with 20 kills and two blocks.  Brooke Opitz had 33 set assists, 24 digs, and three ace serves.

West Central (2-5) will host Chamberlain on Thursday, September 17th.

The West Central Trojans earned their second match win of the season and second win in the conference on Tuesday, September 8th.  The Trojans defeated the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies in four sets by scores of 25-19, 25-19, 16-25, and 25-12.  This was the first road win for West Central on the season.

Cassidy Siemonsma was a force at the net on both the offensive and defensive side for the Trojans.  Siemonsma had seven kills and six blocks.  Grace Harden also had seven kills.  Taylor Kunzweiler finished with 20 digs and five ace serves.  Brooke Opitz had 22 set assists in the match.

West Central now moves to 2-3 on the season.  The Trojans travel to Sioux Falls to play the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Thursday, September 10th.

The Madison Bulldogs took a Dak-12 conference match against the West Central Trojans on Thursday, September 3rd.  Madison won in straight sets by scores of 25-22, 25-13, and 25-17.

Grace Harden led the Trojans with six kills in the match.  Hanna Lee had 10 set assists.  Taylor Kunzweiler and Jenna Lueth both had six digs.  Cassidy Siemonsma had two blocks.  Lueth also had an ace serve.

West Central (1-3) will travel to Elk Point to play the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Tuesday, September 8th.  They will then travel to Sioux Falls to play the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Thursday, September 10th.

In a match that lasted two hours and forty-five minutes, the West Central Trojans fell to the Tea Area Titans in an epic five-set match on Tuesday, September 1st in Tea.

The Trojans took the first set of the match by a score of 25-18.  The next three sets went extra points.  The Titans won the next two sets by scores of 24-26 and 27-29.  West Central forced a fifth set after taking the fourth by a score of 26-24.  Tea was able to win the fifth set and match by a close score of 15-13.

Grace Harden finished the night with 17 kills for the Trojans.  Brooke Opitz had 20 assists and five ace serves.  McKenna Sichmeller and Cassidy Siemonsma both had four blocks each.

West Central (1-2) will host Madison on Thursday, September 3rd.

The West Central Trojans recorded their first win of the 2020 volleyball season in their second home match.  West Central hosted the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Thursday, August 27th and won in straight sets by scores of 25-20, 25-23, and 25-13.

The Trojans took control of the first set and held it most of the way.  Dell Rapids did make a couple of runs, but to no avail as West Central took the first set.  The Quarriers did lead most of the second set, but the Trojans made a late run to take a two-point victory in the second set.  That late run proved to be the momentum the Trojans needed in the third set as they got out to a big lead early and never trailed as the won the set and the match.

Head coach Kelsi Buckmiller said, “It was great to see the girls come together and bring everything they’ve been working so hard for out on the court!”

Cassidy Siemonsma finished the night with 10 kills.  Rachel Bucher and McKenna Sichmeller both had seven kills each.  Sichmeller also had three ace serves and four blocks.  Taylor Kunzweiler ended with nine digs.  Brooke Opitz had a team-high 15 set assists.

West Central (1-1) will travel to Tea on Tuesday, September 1st.