The Crookston Pirate Volleyball team hosts the Northome/Kelliher Mustangs at the Crookston High School gymnasium tonight. The match will be on KROX Radio and KROX TV with a RiverView Health pre-game at 6:45 p.m. (or right after the JV match).
Crookston is 4-11 on the year. Northome/Kelliher is 5-13 on the year after a three-match winning streak.
FIRST SET
The match started with the Mustangs taking a 3-1 lead before Crookston’s Abi Bruley had a kill. The teams continued to battle back and forth, and the teams were tied at 8-8. The teams were tied again at 9-9 before Crookston rattled off five straight points on five Mustang attack errors, and Crookston led 14-9, forcing a Northome/Kelliher timeout. The Mustangs scored two points after the time out, but Crookston answered with four points of their own after a Mustang serve went out of bounds, Brynna Kopecky had two aces, and the Mustangs were called for a double hit, and the Pirates led 18-11. After Crookston hit in the net, Morgan Boll had two aces and Cecelia Newquist had a kill for a 21-12 lead, forcing another Mustang timeout. Crookston finished the set strong with kills from Bruley and Rilynn Aubol for a 25-14 win.
SECOND SET
Northome/Kelliher jumped out to a 5-1 lead to start the set. The Mustangs had a 12-6 lead when Crookston’s Newquist had a kill, Boll had a block for a kill, and Kopecky added the third straight kill to get within a 12-9 deficit, forcing the Mustangs to call a timeout. Crookston got within a 13-11 deficit only to have Northome/Kelliher end the set on a 12-4 run to win the set 25-17 to tie the match at 1-1.
THIRD SET
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Northome/Kelliher | 14 | 25 | 14 | |
| Crookston | 25 | 17 | 25 |
For Crookston
Kills –
Blocks –
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Assists-
Aces –
