Volleyball

Medford had early leads of 2-0 and 5-3 and tied it 8-8 in the third set, but a couple of Placek kills and aces from Jessica Mauer sparked a 14-5 run that sealed the deal in another 25-17 set.

Miller had eight kills to lead Medford, while Ruesch added four. Paulson had seven assists and Lybert added six. Krug led Medford with 13 digs with Klapatauskas adding 11. While Ruesch got credit for Medford’s only solo block, she had three assists, Paulson added two and Fredrikson had one.

“We’ve really been working hard with our blockers with their footwork and their hand position,” Schreiner said. “A lot of them like to block with their hands straight up and down versus thumbs to the ceiling and pinkies to the floor. So we’ve been really focusing on fine-tuning their blocking. If we can fine tune that blocking, we have the size and we can jump. If we fine-tune that blocking we should be able to shut down a few teams. It’s there.”

Selenske’s nine kills led four Indians who had at least seven in the match.

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