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2A: Maple Lake rolls past Kasson-Mantorville

By Heather Rule, special to the Star Tribune, 11/11/16, 11:00PM CST

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The Irish defeated the KoMets in four sets to advance to the state championship on Saturday.

Maple Lake storms the court after defeating Kasson-Mantorville in the 2A semi-finals at the Xcel Energy Center. Maple Lake will advance to the state championship game. Photo by Chris Juhn

Maple Lake storms the court after defeating Kasson-Mantorville in the 2A semi-finals at the Xcel Energy Center. Maple Lake will advance to the state championship game. Photo by Chris Juhn

Second-seeded Maple Lake rolled to a 23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-15 victory over the third-seeded Kasson-Mantorville.

The Irish (29-3) were up 22-18 in the first set before the KoMets (22-12) went on a 7-1 run to grab the first set 25-23. After that first set, the Irish talked about some of the errors they had, according to Maple Lake coach Marty Kiebel. They also kept their heads up, Maple Lake senior Olivia Marquette said.

“It’s not over after one match,” Marquette said. “You still have to race to 25 for each game. You have to fight for the win.”

Then the Irish took the second set and didn’t surrender much from there. They used a late 8-0 run to give them the momentum for the third set.

Lindsey Rachel led the Irish with 20 kills. Peyton Suess had 17 kills for the KoMets.

Kaleigh Beehler (8) of Maple Lake hit the ball over the heads of Madie Bigelow (4) and Abbey Bigelow (6) of Kasson-Mantorville during the 2A semi-finals game at the Xcel Energy Center. Maple Lake defeated Kasson-Mantroville in the 4th set and will advance

Kaleigh Beehler (8) of Maple Lake hit the ball over the heads of Madie Bigelow (4) and Abbey Bigelow (6) of Kasson-Mantorville during the 2A semi-finals game at the Xcel Energy Center. Maple Lake defeated Kasson-Mantroville in the 4th set and will advance

Abbey Bigelow (6) and Emilee Terry (11) of Kasson-Mantroville blocked a ball hit by Mollie Scheiber (7) of Maple Lake during the 2A semi-finals game at the Xcel Energy Center. Maple Lake defeated Kasson-Mantorville in the 4th set and will advance to the s

Abbey Bigelow (6) and Emilee Terry (11) of Kasson-Mantroville blocked a ball hit by Mollie Scheiber (7) of Maple Lake during the 2A semi-finals game at the Xcel Energy Center. Maple Lake defeated Kasson-Mantorville in the 4th set and will advance to the s

Elle Schultz (18) of Kasson-Mantorville dives to try to save the ball during the 2A semi-finals game at the Xcel Energy Center. Kasson was defeated in the 4th set and will advance to the state championship game. Photo by Chris Juhn

Elle Schultz (18) of Kasson-Mantorville dives to try to save the ball during the 2A semi-finals game at the Xcel Energy Center. Kasson was defeated in the 4th set and will advance to the state championship game. Photo by Chris Juhn

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