Cashton's volleyball squad earned its best win of the season in the nightcap of Thursday's Scenic Bluffs Conference twinbill in Hillsboro by taking down Wonewoc-Center 3-1.
The win was the third in four tries in SBC play and, perhaps, can be a catalyst for success when the WIAA postseason starts.
"It absolutely has given us a spark," said Cashton head coach Lauren Fanning.
"Looking at who we will be matched up against in the first round, we look to be pretty evenly matched, on paper at least. I'm excited to see how the kids handle themselves."
HILLSBORO 3 CASHTON 0
The Eagles were held to scores of 19, 20 and 19 on Tuesday, Oct. 13. No stats were reported by time of print.
CASHTON 3 WONEWOC-CENTER 1
Wonewoc-Center was held winless at the second SBC doubleheader, losing to Hillsboro 3-0 and then succumbing to Cashton 3-1 on Thursday, Oct. 8.
ROYALL 3 CASHTON 1
Cashton earned a 26-24 set two victory against Royall, but couldn't stop the Panthers from earning a win in four sets.
The Eagles were limited to point totals of 20, 12 and 13 in the other three sets.
Royall also topped Hillsboro 3-2 later in the evening to force a series split with the Tigers on the season.
WESTBY
WESTBY 3 G-E-T 1
Westby tacked on another Coulee Conference victory Tuesdsay night after turning back G-E-T in four.
Natalie Snodgrass paced the offense with 13 kills as the Norsemen held off the Red Hawks for a second time this season.
Westby won by scores of 27-25, 25-17, 24-26 and 25-14 and moved to 4-7 in conference play.
Nataley Larson ended with eight blocks - five solo. and three assists.
Iris Warthesen ended with 19 assists and Snodgrass and Greta VonFeldt each collected a total of 18 digs.
LA CROSSE LOGAN INVITE
The Westby volleyball team went 2-2 at the La Crosse Logan invite on Saturday, Oct. 10
The Norsemen opened with a 2-1 loss to C-FC and followed with a 2-0 win over Plainview-Elgin-Millvlle (MN).
The cycle repeated as WHS suffered a 2-0 defeat against Scenic Bluffs Conference champion, Bangor.
Westby handled St. Charles (MN) 2-0 to wrap up the tournament.
LUTHER 3 WESTBY 0
Raegan Stenslien and Natalie Snodgrass each had six kills and 14 digs at Luther on Thursday, Oct. 8.
WEST SALEM 3 WESTBY 0
Snodgrass ended with 12 kills while Warthesen tallied 11 assists in a three-set match on Oct. 6.
REGIONALS
Cashton will open its WIAA postseason run with a home game on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
The sixth-seeded Eagles will host an 11th-seeded Boscobel squad. The winner will advance to play at Auburndale two days later.
Pacelli received the top seed in the group and Bangor earned the second seed.
The Westby volleyball team have a similar postseason path as Cashton as the Norsemen were also awarded a sixth seed in their WIAA Division 3 regional bracket.
That means Westby will be home for next Tuesday's regional quarterfinal match and will host Regis. The winner will head to Stratford for Thursday's regional semifinal match.
