Raiders use every ounce of energy necessary to rally past Warriors in sectional semifinals

Quincy Notre Dame's Nora Wiley, center, and her teammates react to a point late in the third set of Tuesday's victory over Athens in the Class 2A Riverton Sectional semifinals in Riverton, Ill. | Shane Hulsey photo

RIVERTON, Ill. — Eva Breckenkamp was running on fumes, but she used what little fuel she had left in the tank to send the Quincy Notre Dame volleyball team to the Class 2A Riverton Sectional title match. The Raiders trailed Athens 25-24 in the third and deciding set in Tuesday’s semifinal at the Hawk Center…

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Blistering start to regional semifinal is reminder QND volleyball team is on postseason mission

Quincy Notre Dame's Lauren Hummel, right, swings for a kill against Monmouth-Roseville in Tuesday night's semifinals of the Class 2A Warsaw Regional in Warsaw, Ill. | Shane Hulsey photo

WARSAW, Ill. — Even Quincy Notre Dame volleyball coach Danielle White’s most ambitious projections couldn’t have predicted the start the Raiders got off to on Tuesday. QND scorched Monmouth-Roseville in the first set by scoring 20 of the first 21 points on its way to a 25-6, 25-15 victory in the Class 2A Warsaw Regional…

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Nothing is going to get Raiders down as fun-loving attitude carries them to sweep of Indians

Payson Seymour's Ella Archer, left, attempts to hit over the block of Quincy Notre Dame's Lauren Hummel, center, and Madalyn Boyer during Wednesday night's match in Payson, Ill. | Shane Hulsey photo

PAYSON, Ill. — Quincy Notre Dame volleyball coach Danielle White knows the days are ticking away until the postseason begins. “Forty days is not a lot, so we have to start really performing how we are going to want to be performing come that 40-day mark,” White said. That was White’s message to her team…

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Schuckman: Raiders developing edge in middle that could be key component of postseason run

Sophomore middle blocker Eva Breckenkamp is developing into a larger force in the middle of the Quincy Notre Dame volleyball team's attack. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — It sounds different. It just does. When Eva Breckenkamp drives the volleyball straight down, it thuds. Loudly. People notice. People flinch. People ooh and ahh.  It happens when Emma Hoing powers a kill down the line or when Delaney Beard drives one crosscourt. The Quincy Notre Dame volleyball team is blessed with an…

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