State Champions!
The Minneota Vikings did something few teams get a chance to do. They repeated as Minnesota Class A State Volleyball Champions.
The Minneota Vikings did something few teams get a chance to do. They repeated as Minnesota Class A State Volleyball Champions.
The Minneota Vikings girls volleyball team took down Adrian easily Saturday night, 3-0 to win the Section 3A title and return to the Minnesota State Class A Tournament for the third year in a row.
The Vikings beat Windom Tuesday night, 25-16; 25-8; 25-13. Natalee Rolbiecki knocked down 13 kills and had nine digs to lead the team in both categories.
Minneota topped Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 3-0 last night in volleyball with scores of: 25-15, 25-21, 25-16
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“Win or lose, we’ll get better today,” said Viking Coach Hayley Fruin before Minneota kicked off the season at Edina Saturday in the Breakdown Classic.
The Minneota volleyball program has been as solid as a giant oak tree for many years. Now it's success is branching off to other programs in the state.
Minneota had four players make the All-State Tournament team.
They are: Lydia Sussner, Abby Hennen, Morgan Kockelman and Natalee Rolbiecki.
On Thursday night, the Minneota Viking Volleyball team defeated Wabasso in four sets, (25-13, 13-25, 25-15, 25-16), to advance to the Section 3A Volleyball Championship.
Morgan Kockelman notched the 2,000th assist of her career Monday night as Minneota swept MACCRAY 25-10, 25-7, 25-14 to capture the Camden Conference championship crown in Clara City.
Minneota continues to show why it's among the elite teams in the state, sweeping five opponents en route to capturing the Eastview Volleyball Invitational title this past weekend.