Southeastern Takes Down #3 Ranked Adena in SVC Volleyball Upset

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The Southeastern Panthers sent shock waves through the SVC Volleyball standings Tuesday with a 3-1 (25-20, 25-19, 9-25, 25-20) upset at #3 state ranked Adena. The loss was Adena’s first conference defeat of the season as they drop to (8-1/14-2) while the much-improved Panthers go to (3-6/8-6).

Southeastern controlled most of the match in almost every category. The Panthers used tough serving, tremendous defense and a strong net attack to propel their effort.

The Panthers built a 21-14 lead in Set #1, with Adena rallying late, before falling 25-20.

Set #2 saw Southeastern get a 5-0 and 10-4 start. That lead increased to 17-7 and 21-12 with the Warriors getting to within 22-18. The Panthers closed on a 3-1 run for a 25-19 win and a commanding (2-0) match lead.

Needing a win to stay alive, Adena took off for an 8-3 and never looked back in a 25-9 win, making it (2-1) Southeastern.

Set #4 was close early, but Adena took an 11-7 lead. The Panthers proceeded to go on an 8-3 run for a 15-14 advantage, only to see the Warriors even the score at 15-15. From there, Southeastern went into steam-roller mode on a 5-0 run for a 20-15 lead. Adena shaved that deficit to 20-19, but Southeastern answered with a 5-1 finish for the 25-20 match winning decision.

Southeastern was led by Jozy Lougheed with 22 kills, Morgan Ware added 11, Braylee Rebman 6, Macy Corcoran 4 and Reese Ruckel with 2. Gracee Pfeifer had 34 digs, Macy Corcoran 19, Jessie Higley 16, Lougheed 11, and Chloe Wills with 10 to go along with her 23 setting assists. The Panthers served 8 aces, with 3 coming from Higley.

Adena stat leaders included Sydney Foglesong had 17 kills, Hannah Burns and Eva Kruger each had 6 kills. Brinlee Preston added 5 kills. On defense, Brooke Bossert had 18 digs, Hannah Burns 16, Brenna McQuiniff 12 and Kruger with 11. Kruger added 5 serve aces, Grace Townsend 3 and Haley Howard 2. Townsend also had 29 assists.

The Warriors are now tied for the SVC lead with Zane Trace at (8-1), following the Pioneers 3-0 win vs Huntington (25-7, 25-20, 25-23). Unioto stays in the conference hunt at (7-2) following their (25-12, 26-24, 25-12) win at Westfall. Adena travels to Unioto this Thursday, then hosts Zane Trace on Tuesday.