After trading punches all match long, Dixon eventually threw the final jab to pick up a hard-fought win over Rock Falls .

The Duchesses rallied from three-point deficits five different times in the decisive third set to steal the momentum the Rockets had seized late in the first set and pull out a 25-22, 21-25, 25-22 win in a Big Northern Conference rivalry match at Lancaster Gym.

“Volleyball is all about energy, a game of runs, but definitely just trying to focus on all the little things was the key,” Dixon senior hitter Morgan Hargrave said. “We always talk about being simple, just doing the simple things – passing and putting the ball down – that’s all we wanted to do.

“Really, it was just focusing on that.”

Dixon (9-2, 1-0 BNC) led 19-9 in the opening set before Rock Falls (9-8

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