Already down a set and trailing early in the second, Newman knew what it had to do.

The Comets stopped tipping as much and started spiking the ball more, and the energy picked up with each kill as they rallied to defeat Kewanee 21-25, 25-19, 25-17 in a Three Rivers West match Tuesday night.

“Our energy in the first game looked like we didn’t want it, but we pumped each other up between games and told each other we needed to get this win, and we did,” junior setter Brooklyn Smith said. “When a big hit happens, we all get excited, and that definitely helps us pump it up. That’s definitely what happened in the second and third sets: we got way more kills, and that got our energy up.”

Newman (4-9, 2-2 TRAC West) got everybody involved at the net, as eight different players recorded a kill

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