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Source: Devils Lake Journal

MAYVILLE — Genevieve Ahlberg had it right in her wheelhouse. Setter Blake Nicholas put it right on a tee in the middle of the front row for Ahlberg, who timed it, leapt, swung and slammed it to the ground for her 19th and final kill of a laborious, back-breaking match at Mayville State University. Ahlberg is just a freshman. “I was so proud of how she came to play today,” said Kirstin Ahlberg, Genevieve’s mom and head coach. “I told her on the way into Cando today that no matter what the outcome is that I am so proud of her and that she should just give it everything she’s got.” Nicholas is also a freshman. So are middle hitters Nora Ahlberg and Tatum Elsperger. But the Bearcats, two years after placing seventh in the region and a year after losing in the region quarterfinals, are going to state for the first time since 2014. “It’s amazing,” Genevieve Ahlberg said. “We have gotten so much better, and I just love playing with all these girls.

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