 The story at the Friday morning state semifinal was the veterans
from Mount Pulaski versus the rookies from Valmeyer. Mount Pulaski
featured a starting lineup with a lot previous experience at Redbird
Arena, while Valmeyer was making its first-ever appearance there.
A very calm Mount Pulaski team took advantage of some errors from
Valmeyer and easily took the first set 25-8. Valmeyer came out
playing much more confidently in the second match but still fell to
the rarely rattled Lady Toppers 25-16.
The win advances Mount Pulaski to the championship game Saturday
at 10:30 a.m. at Redbird Arena in Bloomington. Mount Pulaski's
opponent will be Rockford Keith Country Day (32-7). (See
school information.)
Meanwhile, Mount Pulaski improves to 33-8. And by the way, this
was victory 975 in coach Donna Dulle's 32-year career.
A veteran team plus a veteran coach has Mount Pulaski eyeing its
third state volleyball championship in school history come Saturday
morning.
(See
box score stats.)
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LOWERY]
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Rockford Keith Country Day School
(31-7)
Name: Keith Country Day
School
City: Rockford
County: Winnebago
Classification
enrollment: 146.85
Nickname: Lady Cougars
Colors: Blue, red,
white
Conference:
Northeastern Athletic
Superintendent: Dr. Deb
Dimke
Principal: Dr. Ron Lee
Athletic director:
Robert Nunez
Head coach: Lynn
Cesario
Assistant coaches: Tim
Keating, Tammi Haverly
Captains: Alex Nunez,
Marisa Morgan, Samie Newman
Last year's advancement: Lost to Dakota
25-18, 25-19 in regional final
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