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Mehlville Volleyball Takes Second in District Tournament
The Panthers will start the state tournament Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Kirkwood High School.
After victories over Fort Zumwalt West, Oakville and Northwest, the Panthers fell to De Smet, earning them the second-place finish in the Class 4 District 1 tournament Friday.
Mehlville will start the state tournament on Monday, playing the winner of District 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Kirkwood High School.
The team started by calmly defeating Fort Zumwalt West 25-11 and 25-18 and kept control in a two-game defeat over rival Oakville, 25-19 and 25-19.
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After beating Northwest 25-15 and 25-23, the Panthers took on No. 1-ranked De Smet.
Mehlville fell in three games, 15-25, 25-17 and 9-15.
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"We came out really flat in the first game, I think because of the layover between matches," said coach James Fischer. "We didn't do well at all."
Fischer refocused his team and won the second game after an 8-3 lead.
"The third game was pretty evenly-matched. They started really focusing on their middles and played really well," Fischer said.
De Smet will play the second-place finish in District 2 Monday at Kirkwood.
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