Tiffin 3, Parkside 2 | 25-22, 14-25, 26-24, 24-26, 15-8
After back-to-back 26-24 sets, the Parkside volleyball team ran out of gas and fell to Tiffin 3-2 to open the 2021 Midwest Region Crossover Tournament in Hammond, Ind., at the Hammond Sportsplex.
 
SET 1: Parkside had control of the first set, holding on to a 19-11 lead midway through, but the Dragons used runs of 3-0, 3-0 and 6-0 down the stretch to come back and take set one.
 
SET 2: The Rangers pulled away in set two thanks to a 9-1 run that put them up 21-12. A kill by senior Jazmine Neal ended the set and tied the match 1-1.
 
SET 3: The Dragons led the Rangers 23-17 and had them against the ropes, but a 6-0 run that included two kills by sophomore Jessica Pappas tied it up at 23-23. Unfortunately for Parkside, Tiffin scored three of the final four points and went up 2-1 in the match.
 
SET 4: The Rangers had control of this set as well, but this time they were able to come away with the win. Parkside saw Tiffin tie up at 24-24 late after being up handily earlier, and Neal used a kill followed by an attack error tied the match 2-2.
 
SET 5: The teams went back-and-forth early on, but Tiffin pulled away with a 9-2 run in the middle of the set.
 
STATWORTHY
Neal and Pappas tied for the team-high with 14 kills while the reigning Kenosha.com Ranger of the Week, Lexi Packard, finished with 12. Junior Reese Rossnagel had 10 and freshman Lindsay Krznarich added seven. Junior Alysha Brickl led the way with 42 assists and 19 digs. Packard and Rossnagel each had 4.0 blocks.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Green & White will finish out the 2021 Midwest Region Crossover with matches against Drury (9:30 a.m.) and Maryville (4 p.m.) on Saturday, Oct. 16.