Setting The Pace

Anica Graney

     The Platteville Hillmen volleyball team is soaring to a spectacular season as the games keep rolling in. The team, coached by Danielle Duerst, is dominating the sport with an almost spotless overall record of 14 wins and 7 losses and an even more impressive undefeated conference record so far this season. The team is led by senior captains, libero Kylie Rohrbach (‘19) and setter Kalie Boigenzahn (‘19). On Thursday, September 20th, the Hillmen faced the Lancaster Flying Arrows whom they have already demolished in a 3-0 victory earlier this season. Again, they defeated the Arrows in an unsurprising blowout victory of 3-0. All three sets ended with the Hillmen doubling the Arrows’ score and easily winning the game. Junior Rebecca Hoyer (‘20) led the team with 9 kills. Following her was Mary Jane Stephens (‘20) with 7 kills, Isabel Carroll (‘20) with 4 kills, and Alayna Digman (‘21) with 3 kills. Allison Cooley (‘20) and Alayna Digman (‘21) each had 3 blocks a piece and senior captains Boigenzahn (‘19) and Rohrbach (‘19) led the team in digs with 21 combined. Boigenzahn (‘19) and Rohrbach (‘19) added after the game that the girls work very well and “all mesh together.” Boigenzahn (‘19) went on to say, “Our hitting is [our] biggest strength, but we could use some work on our passing.” The team’s strongest rival is second ranked River Valley whom they have already beaten 3-1 earlier this season. They face River Valley again on October 11 at home.