“Wheaton is a strong, scrappy team,” commented Underwood Head Coach Breck Grove.  “They frustrated our hitters with their block and by digging everything we hit at them.  It caused us to play inconsistently and we made a lot of unforced errors.  It was good to see our girls persevere when things weren't going our way.  In the last sets we finally got some rhythm and things started going our way.”

Leaders for the Rockets were Ezrah Baker (16 kills, 10/10 serving, 1 ace, 18 digs), Elizabeth Lukken (11 kills, 14/14 serving, 17 digs), Alayna Evavold (10 kills, 13/15 serving, 1 ace, 2 solo blocks, 2 block assists, 7 digs), Kallyn Grove (10 kills, 39 set assists, 26/27 serving, 3 aces, 13 digs), Chloe Mark (9 kills), Brianna Evavold (17 digs) and Amber Frigaard (18/19 serving, 10 digs).

The Warriors were led by Brylie Schultz (19 kills, 2 solo blocks), Lesley Rinke (23/23 serving, 2 aces, 11 digs), Ellissa Rinke (17 kills, 5 block assists, 16/17 serving, 1 ace, 21 digs), Kyah Thomas (11/11 serving, 1 ace, 14 digs), Emily Berger (12 digs) and Avah Sykora (16/21 serving, 4 aces, 20 digs).

Underwood will play a Little Eight Conference match at Hillcrest on Tuesday night, while Wheaton/Herman-Norcross visits Ortonville.