Fontainebleau coach Kacie Mulé gave her team a simple message.

Locked in a battle during Pope John Paul II’s Pink Game on Oct. 1, the long-time head coach told her players that going five sets “would not be in their best interest.”

And yet, the Jaguars were within a single point of forcing that fifth set before senior Marley Lange came up with several big plays, including the match-clinching block as the Bulldogs ground out a 25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 27-25 nondistrict victory.

“We really just had to focus and minimize our mistakes,” said Lange, who finished with a match-high 18 kills and three aces. “The whole first part of the match, we were really lackadaisical. We just had to really lock in and focus. We have to work on our connections as hitters, as defenders and passing well.”

It was

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