More years than not, Woodland’s annual Volley for a Cure event seems to give the Warriors girls volleyball team a little extra oomph.

An honest, self-evaluating team meeting and some resulting rotational changes didn’t seem to hurt either, as Woodland got off to a quick start Wednesday and survived a thrilling late rally from the visiting Leland Panthers to prevail in two sets in Volley for a Cure night at the Warrior Dome, 25-17, 28-26.

“Before we played tonight, we came here and switched some things around,” said Warriors senior libero Jaylei Leininger, who contributed a team-high 13 digs to the nonconference victory. “We’ve kind of been struggling ... but I think after our talk, it just took that to realize how badly we all want it.

“We all need to play as a team. We all want thi

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