The Mauston Golden Eagles girls volleyball team traveled to Wautoma Thursday night to take on the Hornets in their South Central Conference opener. It was a hard fought contest as the varsity girls dropped the match three sets to one. Mauston took the first set (25-23), but then dropped the next three sets (17-25, 22-25, 24-26) for their first conference loss of the season. The JV team won their match two sets to one (19-25, 25-23, 25-21), and the JV Reserve lost in three sets (10-25, 25-22, 7-25). JV will be in action Saturday at Reedsburg while the JV Reserve travels to New Lisbon. The girls will continue their conference schedule next Thursday night on the road at Westfield.