Lodi senior Taylor Ripp sends a kill past a Poynette blocker during a Capitol Conference game on March 17. Ripp and the Blue Devils’ season was brought to end this past week due to the team going into a COVID-19 induced quarantine.
The pain of having a season end isn’t foreign to sports.
An added wrinkle this year has been the aspect of COVID-19 playing a hand in cutting teams’ respective campaigns to an abrupt halt, rather than the outcome of an actual game.
The Lodi prep volleyball team joined the ranks of those closing out their season without an added tally in the loss column. According to Lodi athletic director Sue Meffert, the Blue Devils have been forced to shut down for the rest of the season due to a COVID-19 induced quarantine.
The Blue Devils last played on March 23 against Columbus, suffering a 25-23, 25-17, 25-20 sweep at the hands of the Cardinals. Lodi, whose final games of the season against New Glarus, Wisconsin Heights and Poynette, ends the season with a 4-4 record, including 4-3 in Capitol Conference play.
Along with the regular season, the Blue Devils will be unable to compete in the WIAA’s alternate fall postseason. Lodi, which slotted into a Division 1 regional with DeForest, Middleton and Waunakee, will not have enough practices in to be able to compete before the regional tournament on April 10, according to Meffert.
Columbus’ Alise Hayes
Columbus’ Mikenna Boettcher
Columbus senior libero Hannah Fox notched her 1,000th career kill during Tuesday’s road win over Lodi.
Columbus gives senior libero Hannah Fox (left) a hand after she notched her 1,000th career kill during the first set of Tuesday’s win at Lodi.
Lodi’s Hope Hesselberg sets up Samantha Klann during Tuesday’s home match against Columbus.
Lodi’s Hope Hesselberg
Lodi’s Hope Hesselberg
Lodi’s Holly Jelinek
Columbus’ Jordan Link hits toward the block of Lodi’s Samantha Klann (15) and Hope Hesselberg during Tuesday’s match at Lodi High School.
Columbus’ Molly Kahl
Lodi’s Samantha Klann
Columbus’ Jordan Link
The Lodi volleyball team celebrates a point during Tuesday’s home loss to Columbus.
Columbus’ Sydney Maxwell
Columbus’ Alise Hayes and Lodi’s Hope Hesselberg
Columbus’ Peyton Priem
Columbus’ Taylor Raley
Lodi’s Taylor Ripp
Lodi’s Taylor Ripp
Columbus’ Taylor Raley
Columbus’ Taylor Raley
Columbus’ Jordan Link hits toward the block of Lodi’s Samantha Klann (15) and Paige Walzer during Tuesday’s match at Lodi High School.
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