New London-Spicer rallied from two games down to beat Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 14-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-13 Thursday to advance to the Section 6AA-South volleyball semifinals.
The Wildcats (9-20) will now face top-seeded Rocori at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Dassel-Cokato High School. Annandale and St. Cloud Cathedral square off in the other semifinal match.
New London-Spicer 3, Hwrd Lk-Wvrly-Wnstd 2
The Wildcats (9-20) gutted out a five-game win despite missing three players, including starters Karsee Knutson and Alanna Dietz.
Marin Setterberg picked up the slack with 16 kills, followed by Lauren Dietz and Taylor Thunstedt with 10 each. Jessica Johnson had 26 assists, Hannah Stehn recorded 19 digs and Thunstedt had 15.
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HLWW (5-17) 25 25 22 22 13
NL-Spicer (9-20) 14 22 25 25 15
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Statistics not available
New London-Spicer
Serving: Allison Vanzuilen 10-11-1, Jena Gales 6-8-1, Lauren Dietz 2-4-0, Jessica Johnson 18-20-2, Hannah Stehn 15-15-1, Mikayla Jacobson 9-10-1, Taylor Thunstedt 17-21-3 ... Setting: Marin Setterberg 2-2-1, Vanzuilen 52-5-212, Dietz 13-14-1, Johnson 97-102-26, Petra Lothert 6-6-1, Olivia Setterberg 9-9-2 ... Hitting: M.Setterberg 34-40-16, Vanzuilen 5-6-0, Gales 20-23-2, Dietz 23-32-10, Johnson 6-6-1, Stehn 4-4-0, Lothert 4-5-2, Jacobson 2-2-0, O.Setterberg 27-29-4, Thunstedt 27-30-10, Sydney Stone 2-6-0 ... Blocking (aces): M.Setterberg 1, Gales 1, Dietz 1, Lothert 1, O.Setterberg 1, Thunstedt 2 ... Digs: M.Setterberg 3, Vanzuilen 5, Gales 1, Johnson 11, Stehn 19, Jacobson 9, Thunstedt 15
St. Cloud Cathedral 3, Litchfield 1
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Bailey Koch led the Dragons (5-23) with 13 kills and 27 digs. Ashley Wittrock added 11 kills and 21 digs. Justina Shaffer served two aces and had 20 digs. Jordan Schilling had 15 assists, followed by Laura Wood with 12.
Litchfield (5-23) 15 25 22 22
SC Cathedral (17-10) 25 17 25 25
(Key: good-attempts-aces)
Litchfield
Serving: Laura Wood 15-16-1, Ashley Wittrock 12-12-1, Bailey Koch 7-8-1, Lexi Besser 10-11-0, Jordan Schilling 13-14-1, Anna Papke 2-2-0, Justina Shaffer 16-16-2 ... Setting: Wood 49-52-12, Schilling 49-50-15 ... Hitting: Wood 1-2-0, Wittrock 39-43-11, Koch 44-47-13, Michaella Nelson 15-16-5, Schilling 1-1-0, Papke 17-19-7, Shaffer 3-3-0, Kelsey Fisher 13-14-3 ... Blocking (aces): Papke 1, Fisher 2 ... Digs: Wood 6, Wittrock 21, Koch 27, Nelson 4, Besser 2, Schilling 4, Papke 3, Shaffer 20, Fisher 1
St. Cloud Cathedral
Statistics not reported
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Rocori 3, Paynesville 0
Kelsey Stommes un-leashed 16 kills for the top-seeded Spartans (21-5) in the sweep. Jess Heinen had 31 assists and Brianna Traut had seven kills.
Caitlyn Gottwald led Paynesville (4-18) with five kills and Jessica Jimenez added three.
