Miss 2,000

Olivia Breunig enjoyed a memorable night last Friday. Now, Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team hopes to make the next couple of weeks notable. Breunig, a senior setter/outside hitter for the Eagles, notched her 2,000th career assist during the Lake Mills Triangular last Friday. With the postseason starting this week, Sauk Prairie hopes to create several more extraordinary moments. “I am so proud of her,” Sauk Prairie coach Amy Schlimgen said of Breunig. “She brings so much to this team. She is a leader and a force to be reckoned with! She is always on the floor and is always strong and puts the team first at all times!” Breunig’s exploits were the highlight in a week that saw the Eagles also win three of four matches. First, Madison Edgewood defeated the Eagles, 17-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-17, last Tuesday. “It was even more disappointing that we couldn’t defeat them after a fairly easy first set win and they were without their best player, Ella Foti, who will be playing at Marquette next year,” Schlimgen said. “They still had their other Marquette recruit, Natalie Ring, who played tough and led her team to the win.” Aida Shadewald led the Eagles with 21 kills, 19 digs and three blocks, while Breunig had 16 assists, seven kills and one block. Jenna Pistono had 14 assists, three aces and nine digs, while Maggie Hartwig had five kills and five blocks. Alia Schlimgen added 15 digs and four assists, while Kaitlyn Brickl had eight digs and 10 good serves. Olivia Paukner had three kills and three aces, Alexis Klemm added two kills and one block, and Anni Braund added two kills. Sauk Prairie rebounded with a 25-14, 25-13, 25-17 win over Baraboo last Thursday. Shadewald led the way with 16 kills, 16 digs, two aces and four blocks, while Breunig had 19 assists, seven kills and three aces. Paukner had nine kills, two blocks and four aces, while Hartwig had eight kills and four blocks.  Pistono had 15 assists and two aces, while Schlimgen had 20 digs and two assists. Brickl added 12 digs and three aces, Klemm had four kills, Braund had four kills and two blocks, and Kaelin Young added a kill. Sauk Prairie then won a pair of matches at the Lake Mills triangular last Friday night. The Eagles opened with a 25-18, 25-9 win over Marshall. Klemm had six kills and a block, while Shadewald had five kills, 15 digs and a block. Breunig had 11 assists, four kills, two aces and a block, while Hartwig had three kills and three blocks. Paukner had three kills, one block and one ace, while Schlimgen had 22 digs, an ace and an assist. Pistono had nine assists, Braund had three kills and two blocks, and Brickl had seven digs and an ace. Sauk Prairie then bested Lake Mills, 25-12, 21-25, 18-16. Shadewald led the Eagles with 12 kills, seven digs and one ace, while Breunig had 11 assists, six kills and six aces. Paukner had four kills, two aces and a block, while Hartwig added two kills. Pistono had 10 assists, three aces and 13 digs, while Schlimgen had 17 digs, four assists, and did a stellar job returning serves. Brickl had eight digs, two assists, and eight good serves with no errors, Klemm had three kills, and Braund had two kills and one block. Now, the Eagles head to the postseason hoping to keep their terrific season going as long as possible. Sauk Prairie, the No. 4 seed, hosted fifth-seeded Watertown Tuesday in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal. The winner travels to top-seeded Oconomowoc for a regional final Thursday at 7 p.m. “It’s a tough week,” Schlimgen said.