Eagles battle with Vikings, clash with Cardinals

SJEL volleyball won one, lost one last week

Matthew Strissel, Whitman County Gazette | Oct 17, 20240

Matthew Strissel | Gazette count

St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse junior Catalina Torres digs for the ball during a volleyball match against the Garfield-Palouse Vikings on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

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ST. JOHN - Hitting the road all of last week, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles split a pair of away matches on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Thursday, Oct. 10.

The Eagles fell to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings, 3-0, on Tuesday and defeated the Waitsburg Cardinals, 3-0, on Thursday.

Against the Vikings, SJEL junior setter Sophie Anderson opened the match with an ace. Gar-Pal swiftly recovered and tied set one at 2-2 with kills by junior Clare Bowechop and junior Elena Flansburg.

While the hits kept coming from the Vikings, the Eagles kept digging, forcing several volleys before Gar-Pal would g...