State Volleyball: Tigers' season ends in state consolation semifinals

ST. PAUL — The No. 8-seeded Pine River-Backus Tigers saw their state tournament run end in a 3-0 loss to the No. 5-seeded Chisholm Bluestreaks in the Class 1A State Consolation Semifinals Friday, Nov. 13, at Grand Casino Arena. The Tigers played evenly with the Bluestreaks (29-4) and were within a couple points or tied for most of the first set. Tied 18-18, Chisholm then pulled ahead and the Tigers were unable to respond. "I will say, I thought we started with really good volleyball," said Tigers coach Crysta Blake. "We ended with really good volleyball. It's a consistency between executed and … yeah, executing. "We can do everything that everybody else can, it just really is consistency.” In the second set, the Tigers fell behind quickly and couldn’t recover, losing 25-10. The third set started like the second, but then went more like the first as the Tigers stayed tight with the Bluestreaks in a comeback after being down by eight points. PR-B lost a close contest 25-21.

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