High School Volleyball: Mark Morris sweeps away Aberdeen in pigtail playoff

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The Mark Morris Monarchs (right) shake hands under the net with Aberdeen after notching a sweep over the Bobcats in a pigtail playoff game, Tuesday, Nov. 4, at. Natt Court. / Photo by Jordan Nailon.for Blast Zone Media

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Prep Volleyball / Roundup

Monarchs enter Districts as ‘dangerous seed’

With a pigtail football game happening across town, Bakamus Gymnasium was less than packed for a pigtail volleyball match between Mark Morris and Aberdeen. The Monarchs made their own energy on the way to a sweep over the Bobcats to earn entry into the double elimination portion of the 2A District IV Tournament. / Photo by Jordan Nailon for Blast Zone Media

NATT COURT — The Mark Morris volleyball team may have taken the long way to the 2A District IV Tournament, but that doesn’t mean the Monarchs consider themselves underdogs going forward. After sweeping Aberdeen by scores of 25-16, 25-20 and 25-15 in a pigtail playoff game, Tuesday, at home on Natt Court, the Monarchs are as confident as they’ve been all season.

And for good reason.

“Our motto is, if we can control what happens with the touches we do, we’ll be just fine,” Mark Morris head coach Carmen Hewitt said. “Every time we’ve lost it’s been too many hitters in the negatives or too many serving errors, so we’ve just been working on consistency and keeping our side of the net clean.”

— Mark Morris celebrates after securing the final point in a sweep over Aberdeen, Tuesday, Nov. 4, in a pigtail playoff match at Natt Court. / Video by Jordan Nailon for Blast Zone Media —

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