The Freshman volleyball team traveled to Portage Northern to compete in their power pool invitational. In the first pool, Western faced off against Portage Northern and Schoolcraft. With their communication, hustle, fast transitions and resetting quickly after mistakes they would split with Portage Northern 25-17, 20-25 and beat Schoolcraft in both sets 25-12, 25-13. Western would play an additional crossover match due to a team not showing up. Competing against a scrappy Battle Creek Central team. The Panthers struggled with communication that would lead to them splitting the match 25-14, 25-27. The Panthers would come out #1 in there pool play. Next the Western would play in their power pool league. Competing against another 1st place team Bryon Center. The Panthers struggled with serve receive and would drop first set 18-25. The Panthers would rally back in the 2nd set to win 27-25. Facing off against Battle Creek Central for the final match of power pool, the Panthers would struggle with intensity and communication but came away with the two set win 25-20, 25-12. Overall, the Western Panthers would go 7-3 on the day! Nice work ladies. Highlights: Harper Backinger- 41 assists, 8 aces, 1 kill Mallie Backinger- 19 kills, 5 aces Breslyn Walnewski- 13 kills, 1 block Morgan Smith- 8 kills, 8 aces Phoebe Miller- 3 assists, 1 kill, 1 ace Sophia Metcalf- 2 kills, 2 aces Alaina Kinnison- 7 aces Callie Patterson- 5 kills Bella Fisher- 4 aces Gaby Ultz- 4 aces