The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team set a goal before the season to "win the day," but it was a recent loss that may have the squad playing at its best before it takes on Sauk Prairie at the Resch Center on Friday morning.

 

The Spartans enter the tournament as the #4 seed, though head coach Jeff Frey said that was only due to the luck of the wheel. "I don't think it means anything, Frey said. "I mean, the reality of the situation is we had a three-way tie for 2nd place and they put our names on a spinner, and we spun a wheel. And we ended up getting the 4 seed." 

 

It is just another test the Spartans will have to take on as they have had done all season long. Frey said that took some time to develop as they team did not handle adversity well to start the season.

 

 

The Spartans suffered only one non-tournament loss all season, a five-set defeat to NEC rival and fellow state tournament participant. Frey believes that it was that loss that is serving as a catalyst to the team playing its best volleyball right now.

 

 

The Spartans will open its state tournament run on Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. against top-seeded Sauk Prairie. Tim Kowols and Bryan Mazur will have the hometown call beginning at 10:15 a.m. with the pregame show on 104.1 WRLU. You can listen to the full interview with head coach Jeff Frey here.