West Fargo sweeps into East Region volleyball semifinals

Chris Flynn / The Forum By Ryan Spitza Today at 9:19 PM Listen Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? WEST FARGO — The West Fargo volleyball team has gone to five sets eight times this season. Two of those matches came against Fargo North, and although the Packers won both, they had no intention of giving the Spartans another chance to make things interesting in the postseason. ADVERTISEMENT West Fargo made sure of that Tuesday, sweeping North 3-0 during the North Dakota East Region volleyball tournament quarterfinals played at West Fargo High School. Set scores were 25-14, 25-19, 25-15. Mya Glandt closed out the match with three consecutive kills for West Fargo, putting the junior outside hitter’s final total at 11. “I told my setter I just really want the ball to prove that we can do this in three because we go to five sets a lot,” Glandt said. “And I think now that it’s tournament time, we wanted to prove that we could do it in three sets. That’s really why I wanted (the ball).” Chris Flynn / The Forum The win moved No. 3 seed West Fargo (19-12) into the East Region tournament semifinals for the second consecutive season. The defending tourney champions will square off with No. 2 West Fargo Horace (26-6) at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Horace High School. “We’ll just kind of focus on our practice plan (Wednesday),” West Fargo head coach Stephanie Oliver said. “We know what Horace is going to bring at us and I think it’s going to be a good matchup.” The Spartans were paced by Anna Halverson with seven kills. North (13-21), the No. 6 seed, will host No. 7 Fargo South (13-21) in a loser-out match at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. ADVERTISEMENT “Nothing you can do but move on,” North head coach Rachel Hummel said. “It’s a new day tomorrow, get better at practice and a chance to compete on Thursday. “We showed up ready to play. It just didn’t go our way. New chance on Thursday.” Chris Flynn / The Forum Lily Wavrin finished with nine kills on the night for West Fargo, including the final two of the opening set to secure the Packers a 1-0 lead. Aurey Morris collected set point in the second frame with a kill of her own before Glandt closed it out in the third. Morris joined Wavrin with nine kills for West Fargo while Pieper Louwagie chipped in eight. Harper Odden recorded two aces for the Packers while Reagan Lauritsen had 17 digs. “Especially for (East Region), It’s good to have a variety of hitters,” Oliver said. “You can’t rely on one, you have to have multiple hitters and I think that’s really what’s going to take us far.” Chris Flynn / The Forum Lila Pladson recorded five kills for North to finish behind teammate Halverson. Gretchen Snowden finished with 11 digs for the Spartans. ADVERTISEMENT A semifinal win on Thursday will give the Packers a ticket to the Division AA state tournament for a second consecutive season. West Fargo and Horace split the regular-season series, with the Packers taking a 5-set win in September before the Hawks won in four sets last month. “Come in with the same energy we did for this game,” Glandt said. “Play the exact same way and just come out and compete.” MORE PREP COVERAGE: Unfinished business fuels Oak Grove in Region 1 volleyball semifinals 0m ago Stampede snap Force win streak at 4 5m ago Shanley rallies over Davies in East Region quarterfinals 33m ago Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? Tags Tags GIRLS VOLLEYBALL WEST FARGO PACKERS FARGO NORTH SPARTANS PREP SPORTS By Ryan Spitza Ryan Spitza joined The Forum in December 2021 as a sports reporter. He grew up in Marquette, Mich., a city of 20,000 on the southern shore of Lake Superior. He majored in multimedia journalism and minored in public relations at Northern Michigan University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in May 2019. While attending college, Spitza gained real-world experience covering high school and college athletics for both The Mining Journal and The North Wind. Spitza can be reached at 701-451-5613 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ryspitza. 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