Beth Surowiec has experienced quite the contrast of highs and lows with Nazareth volleyball.

She was a freshman on a state runner-up in 2022, the year after the program’s first state title.

Surowiec was part of a 3-31 team last year.

So how to explain this?

“It’s definitely crazy to be back,” the Nazareth senior outside said, “but it’s amazing. Great feeling.”

Nazareth’s turnaround checked off another milestone Thursday. The fourth-seeded Roadrunners rallied from a set down to beat second-seeded Geneva 23-25, 25-21, 25-22 in the Class 3A Timothy Christian Sectional final.

Nazareth (19-18) scored four of the match’s final five points, starting with Talia Surendran’s 12th kill, after Geneva (22-17) had tied it for the sixth time in the third set at 21-21.

The Roadrunners, two nigh

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