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Maine West honors seniors against Highland Park

The Maine West girls volleyball team celebrated senior night when Highland Park visited on Wednesday for the Warriors' final regular-season match.

The Giants (10-21, 4-6) won each team's final match of the Central Suburban North season 25-15, 25-6 in Des Plaines.

Prior to the contest, seniors Bridget Burger, Ariel Valles, Georgia Petersen, Tara Nykiel, Maddie Plantz and Ashley Collins were honored.

Valles put down 3 kills to lead Warriors (7-27, 1-9) while junior Brittany Collins had 2.

“We have to get our energy up,” Brittany Collins said. “When we do that, we play better.”

The Warriors were coming off a three-set loss (25-10, 19-25, 25-21) at Glenbrook North on Monday in a match Warriors coach Randy Tiller called his team's best effort in the Spartans' gym since 2008.

Junior setter Kassidy Riportella helped turn the match around 21 assists and 2 kills in the final two sets.

No. 11 seed Maine West West moves on to the Loyola Class AA regional and opens Monday in a play-in match against No. 21 Steinmetz at 7 p.m.

“If we play like we did against Glenbrook North on Monday, we can do well in the regional.” Tiller said.

  Maine West Tara Nykiel, left, and Brittany Collins try to block this spike but the ball slips over the net for a Highland Park point at Maine West on Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Maine West’s Abbi Donovan blocks a spike by Highland Park at Maine West on Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Maine West’s Ariel Valles comes up with a dig with encouragement from teammate Georgia Petersen, right, against Highland Park at Maine West on Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
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