Seneca Volleyball wins six matches

Seneca’s Anne Manning hits the ball past PdC’s Makenzie Gates during the teams match at Saturday’s Richland Center Invite. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Skylette Gilbertson dives to the floor to save the ball for the Royals between teammates Raya Wallin (10) and Brittany Heisz (6). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Anne Manning once again delivers a strong hit for the Royals. This time she puts the ball over the heads of the Blackhawks' Makenzie Gates (10) and Ava Forde (22). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
The Seneca Volleyball team welcomed conference rival Wauzeka-Steuben to town last Tuesday, Sept. 24, and the Royals earned a 3-0 sweep of the visiting Hornets with set wins of 25-8, 25-19 and 25-19. La Farge/Youth Initiative came to town two nights later, and the Royals came away with another 3-0 conference sweep.
Seneca ended the week by attending the RIchland Center Invitational on Saturday and came away with a second place finish by going 4-1 on the day. The Royals defeated Necedah 2-1 (25-13, 22-25, 15-9), Prairie du Chien 2-1 (25-12, 22-25, 15-12), Riverdale 2-0 (25-17, 25-22) and La Farge/Youth Initiative 2-0. Richland Center handed Seneca their only match loss of the tournament by defeating the Royals 2-0 (26-24 and 25-15).
The Royals traveled to Ithaca last night before hosting North Crawford tomorrow night.