It was a very good week for us,” saidIt was a very good week for us. They’re playing some really good volleyball right now. It’s pretty exciting. “They’re playing some really good volleyball right now. It’s pretty exciting”

Park head coach Amy Johnson

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Park has two games left in the regular season, the first against Irondale (0-6, 9-9) on Thursday, and then the season finale at Stillwater (4-2, 8-12) on Monday, Oct. 14.

With wins over a pair of Suburban East Conference contenders, including eighth-ranked Roseville, Park just spiked its best week of an already strong season.
The Wolfpack won at Roseville Tuesday in four games, then swept visiting Mounds View Thursday to move to 5-1 in the SEC and 16-3 on the season. With the twin wins, Park separated itself from the other conference contenders.
“It was a very good week for us,” said Park head coach Amy Johnson. “They’re playing some really good volleyball right now. It’s pretty exciting.”
Park defeated Roseville 19-25, 25-19, 25-23 and 25-21, then took care of Mounds View on Thursday, 25-16, 25-11 and 25-15.
The two wins should have the Wolfpack at least sniffing a top 10 ranking by the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association.
“Honestly I feel like this week we have had such a good team connection,” said senior hitter Carly Slusser. “I think just the chemistry on the team has really, like just the bonds have really grown. And that has caused us to play more as one on the court.”
Asked if this were the best week of the season so far, Slusser had no doubt. “100 percent. Especially with the win against Roseville.”
Senior hitter Sonja Lind agreed with her frontline teammate. “I think again our connection, communication and we just had so much fun out there. Like there was not one thing that I think we did bad. We played so well as a team, and I think that’s what brought us such a good win.”
It was close, but not quite, a perfect win,” said Freshman hitter Mesa Jameson.
“I think our blocking could have been a little better,” said Mesa Jameson. “I think we needed to press a little more, and especially rotate our shoulder when we were blocking.”
Park has two games left in the regular season, the first against Irondale (0-6, 9-9) on Thursday, and then the season finale at Stillwater (4-2, 8-12) on Monday, Oct. 14.
Park 3, Roseville 1
The Wolfpack racked up a huge volleyball win on the road Tuesday, knocking off a talented Roseville team in four sets.
“We knew they were going to be a good team and they’re ranked in the top 10 right now so that was definitely a really good win for us, to beat a ranked team,” said coach Johnson.
Park won three straight after dropping the opener, 19-25, then coming back to win 25-19, 25-23 and 25-21.
“We started off that first set not very good,” said Lind. “But we came back those last three and we showed them how good we can be.”
Park improved to 4-1 in the Suburban East Conference and to 15-3 on the season. Roseville lost for the first time in 10 games and suffered its first conference loss of the season, falling to 4-1 in the SEC and 14-4 overall. Roseville had swept four opponents in the SEC before bowing to Park.
Suburban East Conference
Conference All games
East Ridge 6-0 14-5
Park 5-1 16-3
Roseville 4-2 14-5
Mounds View 4-2 12-8
Stillwater 4-2 10-15
Cretin-Derham Hall 2-4 15-10
Forest Lake 2-4 7-13
Woodbury 2-4 4-14-2
White Bear Lake 1-5 15-10
Irondale 0-6 9-9