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Volleyball Moves to Semi-Finals

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The volleyball team celebrates after beating Cedar Falls. Photo by Della Nuno
The volleyball team celebrates after beating Cedar Falls. Photo by Della Nuno

By Annika Wasson

While the Little Hawks started the match a little flat, they pulled together to come away with another win, and a trip to the state semi-finals.  The team played Cedar Falls on Wednesday afternoon at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

Serving errors and miscommunication caused the team to split the first two sets, 25-18, 16-25.

“There’s always state tournament jitters,” head coach Craig Pitcher said.  “It’s hard to get into a flow right away just because it’s a new enviroment.”

The Little Hawks picked it up in the third and fourth sets.  They controlled the Tigers in the final games to win, 25-10, 25-11.

“Once we we got in the flow, we were able to get into our system and do a lot of good things,” Pitcher said.

Michaela Nelson ’14 and Rachel Rinehart ’13 each had 11 kills on the night.  Liz Hubing ’13 had seven kills.  Erin Muir ’12 had a match-high of 36 assists.  Laura Shepherd ’12 had 17 digs and Nelson had 16 digs.

The Little Hawks will play Ankeny on Friday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena at 1:30 on court 2 in a semi-final match.

“From here, every match is going to be a barn burner so you can’t afford big hiccups like that second set we gave Cedar Falls,” Pitcher said.

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