Westcott then displayed her prowess at the service area in Set 3, reeling off four unanswered points – with Tschumperlin and Arens supplying the kills – to double the Cardinals’ lead to 14-7.

Mosloski and Kummerfeldt exchanged front-row blasts before Tschumperlin iced the hard-fought Set 2 victory with a kill off of Westcott’s timely backset. Williams, however, smacked down a Bluejays’ errant overpass for a sideout spike-winner before Tahnisha Jimenez served up an ace for the Cardinals. Waseca middle hitter Kaitlyn Kummerfeldt registered a clutch block before converting a Beth Stankiewicz set for a kill to whittle Fairmont’s lead to 21-20.

Trailing 12-9, Arens connected on a cross-court angled winner off one of setter Alyssa Westcott’s match-best 21 assists for a crucial sideout.Īrens transformed a two-point deficit into a two-point edge from the line before Mosloski and Swanson ignited the frontline firepower with their hard-hit spikes.Ĭourtney Williams later drilled one of her six kills on the match for a key sideout before Cardinal teammate Haley Harder served back-to-back aces to extend the red-and-white’s Set 2 lead to 19-16. “We got off to another good start early (in Set 2) but lost a little of the momentum before Tieryn’s serving brought us back,” said Loerts. Mosloski rotated to the backline to deliver the serve before Katelynn Noah hit a cut shot off one of setter Maddi Hennager’s 12 assists to seal the Set 1 victory for Fairmont.

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