Kearney Catholic waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the North Platte Bulldogs as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Stars have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.
Kearney Catholic never let North Platte on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 29-27, 25-18.
Payton Dzingle paced Kearney Catholic's offense, picking up 13 kills. Dzingle got some help from
Liv Mandernach and her 33 assists.
Hazel Haarberg and
Roslyn Krohn kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with three aces apiece.
When it comes to explaining why North Platte lost, don't look at Trinity Vak. Despite the final result, she had nine digs and two aces.
Kearney Catholic pushed their record up to 22-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for North Platte, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-22 record this season.
Kearney Catholic will look to defend their home court on Monday against Grand Island Central Catholic at 7:30 p.m. North Platte does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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