Colfax bedevils Plum City to win D-SC volleyball opener

By Cara L. Dempski

PLUM CITY — The Colfax Vikings girls’ volleyball team started the Dunn-St. Croix season with a bang last week when it took to the road for a match in Plum City.

Colfax pounded past the Blue Devils to earn an 8-9 overall record and step up to 1-0 in the conference with a straight sets win over Plum City Thursday, September 14. The Lady Vikings bookended a 25-5 second set with 25-15 wins in both the first and third to win the match 3-0.

Sophomore Kameri Meredith led the team in attacks with 10 kill shots on the night. When she was not raining down shots on the Devils, she was turning away their attacks, taking credit for a team-leading 14 digs in the match.

Samantha Pretasky recorded eight kills, Rachel Scharlau and Savannah Henricks logged five apiece, Ryanna Martinson is credited with three, Makayla Mattson logged two, and Alyssa Dachel fired in one kill shot.

Another sophomore, Jozie Buchanan, snagged the team’s highest ace count, sending seven unanswered serves to the Plum City squad. Dachel chalked up four aces, Scharlau accounted for three, and Meredith and Pretasky split a pair of aces between them.

Buchanan is credited with nine digs, Dachel with eight, and Scharlau and Henricks each logged four digs. Scharlau and Pretasky rounded out the foiled Plum City attacks with three digs apiece.

The Vikings took the weekend off, but were back in action last evening (Tuesday, September 19) at home against Durand before heading to Boyceville tomorrow, September 21. They return to their home court next Tuesday, September 26 to face Spring Valley.