Posted: 10/8/03

Volleyball beats Mounds View

Joe Drennan
Sports Editor

The Forest Lake volleyball team lost a close match to Stillwater early in the week, but they rebounded to beat Mounds View.

The Rangers began their week of play when they traveled to Stillwater last Tuesday. The Rangers beat the Ponies 25-23 in the first set, but the Ponies came back and won the next two sets 22-25, 14-25. The Rangers battled back to win the fourth set 25-23. The Ponies were the first to 15 in the final set as they beat the Rangers 8-15.

Casey Liptak led the Rangers in serving against Stillwater going 17-17. Pam Nora was near perfect in serving as she went 16-17, while Cortney Marr had 13 kills and 20 digs in the match.

Two days later, the Rangers beat the Mustangs from Mounds View. The Rangers won the game in three straight sets 25-23, 25-13, and 25-19.

Liptak was again 17-17 serving, with 11 points and two aces. Marr lead the team with 11 kills. Nora had 11 digs against the Mustangs, and Marr had 15. Megan McKenzie leads the team in setting assists with 369.
ìWe still have three tough teams to play,î head Forest Lake volleyball coach Sherri Alm said. ìThen we will be seeded against some more tough teams in sectionals.î

The volleyball team travels to the Alexandria Tournament this weekend where they will face some tough competition. The following weekend they will face some of the top teams in the state when they compete in the Chaska Invite.

ìThis gives us an opportunity to see some of the top notch teams,î Alm said. ìThe team has improved and we donít have a lot of varsity experience so their eyes have been opened to what we have to do.î

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