Cozad-Gothenburg won a slugfest over Minden in five sets on Monday night, 16-25, 25-14, 25-17, 24-26, 15-12 in the SWC semifinals. The Whippets jumped out early in the first set with seven aces as they dominated early. Gothenburg came back in the second and third sets behind the play of Lauren Mroczek of Zoe Beveridge.
It looked like the Swedes would finish Minden off in the fourth set up 21-5 before the Whippets came back behind the serving of Ruby Rhynalds and the play of Aly Cederburg who had five kills and a big block as the Whippets won the fourth 26-24. In the fifth set, Gothenburg grabbed an early lead and then held of the Whippets again as Beveridge’s 18th kill of the night on a roll shot won it for the Swedes.
Mroczek finished with 17 kills for the Swedes. Minden was paced by Cederburg who had 15 kills. Gothenburg will battle Ogallala in the title match which is scheduled to start around 6pm. That match can be heard on KAMI Country and krvn.com. Minden takes on Holdrege in the 3rd place match at 4:30pm.
Southwest conference tournament scores
Gothenburg 2, Broken Bow 0 (25-23, 25-21)
Holdrege 2, McCook 1 (25-12, 20-25, 25-19)
Minden 2, Cozad 1 (17-25, 25-13, 25-20)
Semis
Gothenburg 3, Minden 2 (16-25, 25-14, 25-17, 24-26, 15-12)
Ogallala 3, Holdrege 0
Consolation
Cozad 2, Broken Bow 0 (25-22, 25-7)
Schedule Tuesday
Cozad vs McCook 5th place match at 3pm
Minden vs Holdrege 3rd place match at 4:30pm
Gothenburg vs Ogallala title match at 6pm on KAMI Country
