SPRING VALLEY — Perseverance doesn’t necessarily show up on the score sheet, but it’s often as important as anything that does.

Winfield persevered Thursday for a 2-1 victory over Hurricane to open a high school volleyball tri-match at Spring Valley. The Generals won 31-29, 23-25, 15-12.

Winfield rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the third set. It trailed 10-9 before Mila Herscher, daughter of coach Jennifer Herscher and former Marshall football player Gavin Herscher, tied it with a smash to the back line. She then scored on a block to put the Generals ahead 11-10. They never trailed after that.

Herscher added an ace to make it 14-11. Brooklyn Cole ended the match with a block.

Winfield won a hotly contested first set 31-29.

The Generals led 19-13, only for Hurricane to rally, taking one-

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