The Ar-We-Va Rockets volleyball team built early leads in each set on their way to a 3-0 sweep of Audubon on Tuesday night. The Rockets won the Class 1A Region 3 First Round Playoff match 25-20, 25-16, 25-20. Recent Northwestern College basketball commit Emilee Danner lead the way for the Rockets with some strong play at the net to go along with a good chunk of the passing for her squad.

The Rockets didn’t go on any huge scoring runs but they were able to string together a few points at a time early in each set to build leads that the Wheelers couldn’t overcome. After the match Audubon Head Coach Liz Riessen said that has been a huge Achilles heel for the team all season long is getting down early and having to try to claw back. The Wheelers fought back hard at the end of the second set but had dug a 12 point hole at 19-7 that was too much to overcome. The Rockets maintained a small lead throughout the third and got the final kill from Danner to send the team to the Quarterfinals.

Ar-We-Va improved to 15-10 on the season and will meet up with Coon Rapids-Bayard back at Audubon on Monday at 7:00pm. The Crusaders moved on with a 3-0 sweep of Exira-EHK on Tuesday.

Audubon sees their season end with a record of 11-21.