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Sweat dripped off of foreheads, hearts beat rapidly, and muscles
u just got clenched as the final seconds of the MN vs. Papillion La Vista varsity voll

ball game ticked away. You could feel the intensity flowing from both sidE
of the court as both teams battled for the title of winner. The girls held no
served ing back, diving for every possible ball, keeping their focus on the highes

level in ord er to pull out the win .
"Papio was our toughest game, but it was also the most fun and
Volleyball girls bumped, set, and memorable. We competed in all five games; it was super intense the
spiked all the way to vic tory. whole time , and everyone was playing their hardest," freshman Isa-

bv Jess/@ Jones bella Siciunas said .
Th e Mustangs ended up losing by two points in the final
minutes of the 5th game. But the players held their heads high as
they lett the gym that day, knowing that they could take pride in
the tact that they hadn't gone down without a tight.

The scene at the JV game versus Marian was similar
in the amount of intensity, which was practically rolling ott of
the player's shoulders; however their match had a different
outcome.

"We won the first set, then lost the second, but the
score was something high past 25, so we didn't give up on
that one easily. We ended up coming back and winning in the

third set. It was definitely our best game, and everyone was all
hyped up and excited," junior Jess Rands said.
bump. This year's volleyball team carried on the Mustang tra-
dives for a returning hit
offense. "Being one of only two fresh- dition of fighting until the end, never giving up , and never think-
a varsity team was really intimidating at
getting to know everyone it was reall y ing the game was over, until it was.
Peters said. photo by Amber Baesler

the one-woman fingertips.
Junior Megan Elsasser sets the ball to the
WOIT pacK outside hitter. "Playing Burke was really exciting
because we ended up playing five sets and
Senior Ky/ie Scheetz was the one worked our hardest, but ended up losing by two,"
and only senior on the team. Elsasser said. Amber Baesler
great heights.
Junior Makayla Maxwell serves
'' It was rough being the the ball against Millard South.
tiiiiJIIJII with such a This year as tallest on the team ,
young team, Maxwell played middle blocker.
Amber Baesler
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but I just dragged the
juniors up to help me.
It was fun to interact with
the underclassmen and
make them better.

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pour out over them
to make them ''
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