Seward’s once promising season is spiraling in the wrong direction here in late October. Seward has lost five straight matches after a 3-1 loss at Hutchinson Tuesday night. The Saints lost (24-26, 12-25, 25-22, 27-29). Seward loses their fifth straight match. Three of those five matches did come against a ranked team and all were away from the Green House. Seward is 20-13 overall and 9-4 in the Jayhawk West. Seward is in third place while Hutch is in fourth at 7-5 and 11-18 overall. Barton leads the conference at 11-0 while Colby is 9-3.

Seward hosts Northern Oklahoma-Enid for Sophomore Recognition Thursday night at 6:30.