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Wednesday wins

The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team defeated the Toutle Lake Ducks 3-2 Wednesday evening to earn a trip the the state Class 2B Volleyball Tournament.

Scores were 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, 19-25, 15-7.

The win moved them into a match with Life Christian. They started slow, but when they kicked in, they took control to win 25-23, 25-15, 25-15.

The Mules will play Saturday for their final places and seeding for the state tournament.

Senior night win

The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team celebrated their seniors and ended regular season play October 29 with a win against Winlock at home before preparing for district playoffs on Saturday in Willapa Valley.

It's the final season for seniors Kaylee Bryant, Morgan Elliott, Whitney Kuller, Baylee Olsen and Tori Wegdahl.

The Mules beat the Winlock Cardinals in three sets, 25-7, 25-8 and 25-8.

"The team was fired up and efficient," Coach Kayli Hurley said.

Kuller had two kills, Wegdahl had seven kills, seven aces and 2.4 out of a possible 3.0 pass rating. Bryant had five kills, three aces, three digs and one stuff block. Elliott had 19 assists and Olsen finished with four kills, one stuff block and four aces.

The Mules ended their season with a 12-2 overall record, 7-2 in league. Their record put them in fourth place in the Central 2B league.

District tournament opener

On Saturday, the Mules traveled to Willapa Bay to face the Northwest league's number two team, the Darrington Loggers. The Mules lost in four sets, 26-24, 22-25, 23-25 and 15-25.

The teams were well matched, but Darrington was more consistent on Saturday and took advantage of many unforced errors from the Mule side.

"Our unforced errors have plagued us all year," Coach Hurley said. "Darrington had some of the best serves we've seen all season and that threw us too. We did some great things but we just couldn't put it together enough to make it stick."

Against Darrington, Olsen had 19 kills and Bryant had eight kills. The two were over .500 in hitting efficiency. Wegdahi added13 kills and 10 digs. Elliott had 23 assists. Olsen and Savannah Burdick were 100 percent from the service line.

Diana Zimmerman

Wahkiakum's Kaylee Bryant hits through the Darrington defense.

Despite the short break between matches on Saturday, the Mules followed their loss to Darrington with an easy win against Willapa Valley in three sets, 25-9, 25-19 and 25-15.

Olsen had 12 kills, Kennedi LaBerge had six kills, Wegdahl had seven kills and 12 digs. Bryant and Makenzie Anderson added four kills apiece and Peyton Souvenir had three more.

"It was a much more well rounded match offensively," Coach Hurley said.

Bryant had five solo blocks and Olsen had four. Burdick, Olsen, and Elliott were 100 percent from the serving line.

Last night (Wednesday), the Mules faced Toutle Lake in a loser out match. The winner was guaranteed a place at state and played a second match against the winner of the Friday Harbor/Life Christian game. See http://www.waheagle.com for updated results.