A loss to Iowa Falls-Alden 11 days earlier wasn't far from the mind of the Roland-Story volleyball team as it opened Class 3A regional play Wednesday night (10/23) at home against the Cadets.

A career school record by a sophomore was one of the highlights in Roland-Story's 4-1 performance at the Woodward-Granger volleyball tournament on Saturday (10/19).

In a match to decide third place in the final Heart of Iowa Conference volleyball standings, North Polk prevailed over Roland-Story Thursday night (10/17) in Story City.

A conference season of sweeps continued for Roland-Story Tuesday night (10/15) as the Norsemen defeated PCM 25-12, 25-10 and 25-12 in Heart of Iowa Conference volleyball at Story City.

The state's 3rd-ranked Class 1A volleyball team was Roland-Story's primary nemesis in a 1-3 showing at the Hampton-Dumont Invitational Saturday (10/12) in Hampton.

Roland-Story won all four of its matches in straight set fashion to take first place at the Perry Jayette Volleyball Tournament Thursday night (10/10) in Perry.

The sets got progressively closer, but Roland-Story still managed a road sweep of Greene County Tuesday night (10/8) in Heart of Iowa Conference volleyball at Jefferson.

It took five sets, including wins in the final two, for Roland-Story to down Bondurant-Farrar in a non-conference volleyball match at Bondurant on Tuesday (10/1).

Roland-Story overcame an injury to its top hitter to win the championship of its own eight-team tournament Monday night (9/30) in Story City.

In a Heart of Iowa Conference volleyball match that lasted less than an hour, Roland-Story swept Saydel 25-7, 25-3, 25-14 Tuesday night (9/24) in Des Moines.

After a couple of weekends off, Roland-Story returned to Saturday tournament play at Forest City (9/21) and went 4-1 on the day.

After opening Heart of Iowa Conference play against two of the conference's best teams, Roland-Story moved into a more manageable segment of its schedule with a three-set win at South Hamilton on Thursday (9/19).  The Norse won 25-15, 25-22 and 25-13.

If the Roland-Story volleyball team had its way, it would most likely rather win a conference match and lose a non-conference match than the other way around.

Roland-Story was the only team to beat Nevada in Heart of Iowa Conference volleyball a season ago, but the Cubs were determined not to let the Norsemen repeat that accomplishment in 2019.

Three wins at two losses resulted in a third-place finish for Roland-Story at the Meskwaki volleyball tournament Saturday (8/31) in Tama.