Vikes looking for momentum

Sydney Kipp (7) and Leah Holland (4) team up in hopes of a block in the opening set of Thursday’s NEIC finale in Decorah. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

After dropping its final conference match of the regular season Thursday, the Decorah volleyball team (12-12, 1-4 NEIC) went 0-4 at the Western Dubuque (Epworth) tournament Saturday.

Senior night
Class 4A No. 15 Charles City (18-4, 3-1 NEIC) came to Decorah Thursday night and took the Vikes by storm winning in three sets on Senior Night. Set scores were 19-25, 20-25 and 15-25.
Maddy Fromm produced five kills, eight assists, six digs and was 10-for-11 from the service line. Adding four kills apiece were Olivia Christopher and Leah Holland, while Ellie Rolfs had 12 digs and served 11-for-11. Dylin Thompson had eight digs, along with four digs and an 8-for-8 serving performance. Lydia Frank and Sara Johanningmeier provided four digs each. Both were perfect in serving as well with Frank going 10-for-10 with one ace and Johanningmeier 9-for-9 with two ace serves.

Tourney struggles
The Vikes had an off day at Saturday’s tournament at Western Dubuque (Epworth), dropping all four matches in pool play.
First, Decorah fell to Davenport North (8-14) 0-2 by sets scores of 13-21 and 18-21. M. Fromm dished out five assists as the Vikes tallied 10 total kills on 39 attack attempts. As a team, the red and blue served 28-for-33.
In the second contest, the Vikes fell to the host Western Dubuque (10-10) 0-2 by identical sets of 15-21. Decorah had 12 kills on 52 attack attempts with 11 assists, 16 digs and a 29-for-31 serving performance.
Decorah then fell 0-2 (14-21, 17-21) to Tipton (15-13). M. Fromm and Thompson handed out six assists apiece with Christopher and M. Fromm also producing four kills each. McKinley Massman led the offensive attack with five kills, while Frank grabbed a team-high seven digs and Brooklyn Fromm had four solo blocks.
In the final game of the day, the Vikings dropped an 0-2 (17-21, 12-21) decision to Class 3A No. 14 West Liberty (22-7). During the match, Christopher, Massman and Holland produced three kills each with Thompson and Ava Holthaus handing out four assists apiece. Defensively, Johanningmeier led the way with five digs with Holland and four each coming up with four.

Coming up
The Vikings have a long break to work on their game with one match before the postseason begins. Decorah will host Caledonia (Minn.) Monday, Oct. 9.

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