The Green River Lady Wolves volleyball team ended its regular season this past weekend with a win and a loss.
With the close of regular season play, the Lady Wolves will also lose home-court advantage.
The Lady Wolves win came on Friday when they played Jackson for the second time this season. The Lady Wolves proved the dominate team and won in three sets, 25-18, 25-22 and 25-17.
The first time the Lady Wolves played Jackson they didn’t know what to expect since Jackson wasn’t in the 4A Division last year. This time, the Lady Wolves were ready.
“They are really good at defense,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. “They don’t let a lot of balls hit the floor.”
During the last matchup with Jackson, the Lady Wolves seems to get upset when a hit that normally would go down didn’t. Friday night was different.
“I didn’t see them get discouraged at all that night,” Shantz said.
The Lady Wolves used the momentum of the win to take on Evanston Saturday.
Despite all of the preparation, on Saturday the Lady Wolves lost to Evanston in five sets, 25-18, 20-15, 25-21, 11-25, 9-15.
“I thought they came out with a lot of energy and a desire to compete,” Shantz said about her team.
She said the team was playing really well against Evanston. Both teams continued to trade sets. Shantz said the final set score doesn’t reflect how well Green River was playing against Evanston.
She said the Lady Wolves had a great start and then one of Evanston’s best players just came to life.
“We did a good job of shutting her down until that fifth game,” Shantz said.
The Lady Wolves ended the regular season 4-6 in conference play; and is seeded fourth going into regionals this weekend.
They will travel to Evanston to take on Jackson, which is seeded fifth. Whoever wins will take on the winner of the Evanston/Rock Springs game. Shantz said the tournaments are always crazy because the regular season wins and losses are tossed out.
“Everyone starts the tourney 0-0,” Shantz said.
Friday’s winning teams will advance to take on No.1 seed Kelly Walsh and No. 2 seed Natrona County.
The girls are hoping to reach the goal they set for their team and themselves at the beginning of the season — make it to state. By the end of the day Friday, they will know whether or not they reached that goal.
“I don’t think they are nervous,” Shantz said. “They have worked so hard and have gotten so much better.”
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