APPLETON — The Holmen High School volleyball team won three matches and lost three matches during a seventh-place finish in the Beast of the Northeast Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
The Vikings (4-3), who began their season with an MVC victory over Sparta on Tuesday, went 2-1 on Friday and 1-2 on Saturday against some of th ebetter teams in the state.
Holmen beat Wausau Newman 25-11, 25-19 and Green Bay Notre Dame 25-18, 25-22 before losing a 25-15, 25-18 match to Mosinee on the first day.
It then beat De Pere 26-24, 25-22 and lost to Luxemburg-Casco 25-22, 25-21 and Hortonville 25-20, 21-25, 25-21 on Saturday.
Mosinee completed last season ranked No. 1 in Division 2 by the WVCA, and Luxemburg-Casco was a Division 2 state qualifier. Wausau Newman was the Division 5 state runner-up last year.
