BISMARCK — In the fifth set of Saturday afternoon's North Dakota Division B state championship at the Bismarck Event Center, Hilary Haaven brought down a kill that set top-seeded Langdon Area-Munich's players and fans ablaze.

The star freshman calmly trotted to her roaring teammates and offered encouragement, no clear emotion on her face.

Never mind the fact that it was her third consecutive kill, and had forced second-seeded Medina-Pingree-Buchanan to take a timeout.

Or that the Cardinals, once down 2-0, had stormed back with two straight set wins and were now in firm control of momentum in the fifth.

Haaven has been there, done that. As has Langdon Area-Munich.

The Cardinals closed out the fifth set to defeat the Thunder 3-2 (17-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 15-12), winning their second-

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