Waukesha West Crowned Champions at Prep Dig Summer League

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Statement made!  Waukesha West uses their all around balance and solid defense to take the Prep Dig Wisconsin Summer League held at Milwaukee Sting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">West has the power of their two middle blockers in Senior, <strong>Anna Nerad</strong> and Sophomore, <strong>Alexis Boling</strong> who had plenty of “WOW” factor kills, but it was the solid defense and setting of a Sophomore trio and consistent play on the outside that ended up being the “X Factor” in putting West over the edge throughout the bracket play.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Waukesha West seals the deal with an Alexis Boling kill. West will play Germantown in the finals. We will be on Facebook LiVe with the finals shortly. <a href="https://t.co/KBKhWWOcLb">pic.x.com/KBKhWWOcLb</a></p> — Prep Dig Wisconsin (@PrepDigWI) <a href="https://x.com/PrepDigWI/status/1026265059750764545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><strong>Anna Holland</strong>, a Sophomore libero was so consistent throughout the night with her serve receive and left back defense.  It wasn’t just the digs and on point passes, but there were plenty of times where West would get blocked and Holland always seemed to be there with coverage.  Tip coverage is something teams will work on all year and still don’t have it mastered where Holland was on point every time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Another Sophomore, <strong>Abby Fregien</strong> stands all but 5’6, but her high IQ play on the pin kept the defense off guard all night, as well as playing middle back defense herself.  Fregein was a starting outside for Midwest Penguins 15 Black which Boling was also on this past club season. With shots to the corner, swings off high hands, and smart rolls and tips put up a plenty of points for West. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The setting duo of Sophomore <strong>Mckenna Scharnek</strong> and <strong>Darragh Dixon</strong> were a solid combo to keep the defense off guard.  Both can set the middle extremely well, and overall are just solid all around players. Scharnek was dangerous from the service line where Dixon puts on a lethal swing in the front row and then transitions to setter when she goes to the back row. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Germantown was playing their fourth match of the night when it came to playing West in the finals.  The road to the finals went through three state tournament qualifiers from 2017 with wins against Greendale, Waunakee, and Waterloo.  The Warriors have athletes at every position and with this recent finish, have solidified themselves as a dangerous threat to be reckon with this season.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><strong>Tori Zagorski</strong> leads the way with a heavy left handed swing with Sophomore and soon to breakout <strong>Tatum Catalano</strong> and Junior, <strong>Nicole Censky</strong> on the pin.  <strong>Hannah Brown</strong>, the 6’0 Senior middle blocker provided some highlights at the net and even some swings out of the backrow. She just hangs in the air and is extremely aggressive that can score points in bunches with her swing and block.  Behind them all is one of the top 2020 liberos in <strong>Amber Bischel</strong> who plays with a grittiness that all great teams need.</span><a href="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Germantown.jpg"></a></p> <p><strong>Notable Tournament Performances</strong></p> <p><strong>Ari Miller - Kettle Moraine Lutheran</strong></p> <p><strong>Gianna Feld - Kettle Moraine Lutheran</strong></p> <p><strong>Kierra Koepke - SWCHA</strong></p> <p><strong>Hannah Franzen - SWCHA </strong></p> <p><strong>Sarah Mattes - Greendale</strong></p> <p><strong>Kayce Litzau - Greendale</strong></p> <p><strong>Kaylee Lorincz - Waukesha West</strong></p> <p><strong>Brooker Mosher - Waterloo</strong></p> <p><strong>Maddie Siedenburg - Kettle Moraine</strong></p> <p><strong>Sarah Malone - Waunakee</strong></p> <p><strong>Lizzie Binder - Sheboygan North</strong></p>