Rock Falls just kept fighting, scratching, clawing and scrambling to keep points alive and string them together for key surges.

The scrappy Rockets never quit, even when in a nine-point hole to open the third set, and were rewarded with a 20-25, 25-16, 25-22 victory over Rockford Christian in their penultimate Big Northern Conference match Wednesday at Tabor Gym.

Rock Falls (17-11, 5-3 BNC) notched its fourth straight win – seventh in its last eight matches – by rallying from deficits of 11-2 and 20-15 in the decisive third set.

“I feel like we just know what we need to do as individuals to try and help the team, and I think that just started to click with everyone,” junior libero Isela Valdivia said. “We said, ‘OK, let’s go, next-ball mentality, doesn’t matter what the score is, what w

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