Middleton’s girls volleyball team wasn’t ready for its season to end in the regional finals.
There’s a good chance the Cardinals won’t experience such an early exit in upcoming seasons.
Middleton, which fielded a young and inexperienced team this season, reached the WIAA Division 1 regional finals last Saturday. But host and fourth-seeded DeForest edged the fifth-seeded Cardinals, 33-31, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23.
Middleton had defeated 12th-seeded La Crosse Central, 25-23, 25-16, 25-19 in the regional semifinals last Thursday.
With the overwhelming majority of the roster returning, Middleton head coach Franco Marcos believes bigger and better things await his team.
“Next season looks really good in Cardinal country,” Marcos said. “We will have returning players that experienced long matches.”
Middleton’s win over La Crosse Central in the regional semis certainly didn’t take long.