Final Four Section 7aa Volleyball Action Set

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Oct 30

Kerry Rodd-NSO

The Section 7AA girls volleyball team has now moved into the semi final round after Friday night’s set of games. Moving on to final four action are; Cloquet, Hermantown, Esko and Hibbing, all of whom were the highest seeds in their respective quarter final games.

Esko led the charge into the next round with an easy 25-10, 25-8 and 25-14 stomping of the Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers in a match played in Hermantown.
Lydia Pelletier led the Eskomos with 9 kills.
Keely Deadrick added 24 set assists in the 3-0 win.

The other match in Hermantown saw Hibbing dispatch Greenway 25-21, 25-23 and 25-18.

Over in Esko the Cloquet Lumberjacks needed four games, but eventually defeated Crosby-Ironton 25-15, 21-25, 25-17 and 25-23.
Leading the Lumberjacks was Katie Schulz with 13 kills and 9 digs while Alex Oakes contributed 14 digs to go with her 28 set assists.

The toughest match of the night was a tight win by Hermantown over International Falls 3-2. Hermantown lost the first two games of the match before soaring back to take the win. The Hawks won by scores of 23-25, 16-25, 25-19, 25-22 and 16-14.

Semi-final action will take place on Wednesday at UMD. Volleyball
fans should be in for some great action
with Hibbing taking on Esko and Cloquet facing Hermantown.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at kerry@northlandsportsonline.com