Elmwood/Plum City is on a roll, beating Prescott 3-0 Thursday to further establish confidence as Dunn-St. Croix Conference play approaches.

“Our girls played really well against Prescott. We had a lot of energy, a lot of good teamwork,” Head Coach Amanda Webb said.

Sophomore setter Polly Webb already reached a lofty milestone, picking up her 1,000th career assist. Amanda Webb said the team was taking big swings trying to get Polly to 1,000.

EPC has now beaten Ellsworth (2-1) and Prescott (3-0) in recent weeks. The Wolves are playing with full confidence as a tough conference slate approaches.

“It’s nice when you can get a win against bigger schools, and it helps us postseason for our seeding meeting, and builds confidence within the girls,” Webb said. “Those were a couple fun wins against local teams.”

After struggling at the Menomonie Sprawl early in the year a bit, one thing became clear to the Wolves: If they want to compete for a conference title, they will need more confidence and will have to learn to finish off sets. Well, one of those targets has already been reached.

“The girls have really bought into working together and creating their own positive energy on the floor no matter what’s happening,” Webb said. “When things kind of go awry a little bit, learning to just move on and get the next one.”

Prescott brought some sizable blockers to the net Thursday, which took some time for the Wolves to adapt to. They started to go over and around to collect a few points and get warmed up before they went for the big swings to win it.

Now, for conference play, they have to keep moving forward.

“Continuing to get better every day when we’re at practice. It gets daunting a little bit,” Webb said.

As for Prescott, returning just two varsity players, the season has been one of growth.

“We have been growing slow, but steady. There are definitely points of growth that I am identifying and observing as the coach in our first three nights of competition,” Prescott Head Coach Geoffrey Snyder said.

They are continuing to toy with lineups to find one that not only allows the players to shine but brings what the team needs.

“Getting that varsity mentality of growing that competitiveness from within, that grit to do whatever it takes,” Snyder said.

To build that cohesion, it’s not just about playing together. They need to make practice a high-pressure environment to replicate a postseason atmosphere.

“Trust each other, trust the coach… playing with confidence,” Snyder said. “They show a lot of confidence at practice, but that has to translate over to a competition and not be afraid to make mistakes once in a while.”

Snyder said all teams make mistakes, but what separates the great ones is that they use the mistakes to get better in the future.