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Casey Miller
Coming off a rewarding victory over the Falcons, MCC was slapped back to reality at the hands of the Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Coyotes.
Behind the strong serving of Lili Nielsen and Sam Uniedt, the Coyotes ran up a score of 14-4 over the Rebels before MCC went on a small run getting to point number nine on a 4 point run behind server Morgan Winter and a few Coyote hitting errors. Sophie King finished the set at the service line ending the game for MCC, 9-25.
The second set was more of the same from the Coyotes. MCC was forced to use their first time out at a 1-6 score. It didn’t seem to make a difference, the Rebels did their best to keep the ball in play but were just not able to put it down for a score. The second and final time out came after HLO/F scored their 20th point, and the game came to its conclusion, 25-7 in favor of the visitors.
A slight change in the line up for MCC made a huge difference in game three. Fueled early off a kill and ace serve by Kate Slettum, the defensive net play by Abby Loosbrock seemed to ignite the Rebels as they went on a 7-4 lead.
The lead started to slip away as that pesky net seemed to get in the way for MCC. The Coyotes kept the game close as the teams traded blows in the form of excellent blocking and kills by Rosenbrook and Slettum.
Point for point this exciting game saw the longest rally for the 23rd point. Jaelen Barstad was at the service line while teammate Zoey Iverson repeatedly dug the ball up for Rosenbrook to attack. Emma Schuur was a blocking force against the Coyote attacks and finally threw up a solid block with Rosenbrook to claim the point, causing HLO-F to take the sets very first time out.
Barstad put the ball into play and the visitors took advantage of Rebel confusion before a hitting error by Schuur saw MCC taking their first time out after falling behind, 23-24.
Fueled by the excitement of the fans, a perfect serve-receive by Barstad set up a kill by Rosenbrook with Miller for the assist. A serve by Miller was played out by the Coyotes and a dig by Iverson led to another assist and kill from the Miller/ Rosenbrook duo. Time out number two for Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, MCC held a 25-24 lead. A blocking error on Slettum allows the Coyotes to tie the set at 25, but Rosenbrook stayed on her game serving up another kill upon the visitors to move ahead, 26-25. An attack by HLO-F moved them back to the lead before MCC ran out of steam, falling to the Coyotes, 26-28.
MCC was led at the service line by Iverson and Slettum, 8/8 and an ace a piece; Slettum also added 7 assists as did Casey Miller. Rosenbrook finished the night with 8 kills while Loosbrock added 3 of her own and had two solid blocks. Jaelen Barstad had 10 digs and Iverson added 9 on the night.
The young Rebel teams found themselves on the winning side of the match against the Coyotes. MCC’s B-squad was victorious by scores of 25-18, 25-23, and13-15. Thea Schneider had 9 points including 7 service aces along with 13 set assists. Kelli Miller added 10 assists and Taylor Larson charted 7 kills.
Rebel C-team won the match against HLO-F, 13-25, 25-7, 1513. Suttyn Schryvers led at the service line perfectly 15/15, 12 points and an ace. Reese Wajer and Schryvers added three kills each while setter Erynn Rohrer handed out 11 assists.
