MUNSTER - The Munster girls volleyball team beat Highland 3-1 at home on Thursday, Oct. 8, for its second straight win.
The win was the Mustangs' 16th of the season, twice as many as they had during an 8-25 season a year ago. Munster (16-11, 10-4 NCC) sits third in the Northwest Crossroads Conference standings and matched its 16-win total from 2024-25, when it went 12-0 in conference play. Munster also swept Highland 3-0 on the road on Sept. 10. The Trojans fell to 13-15.
The Mustangs have won five of their last six matches. That stretch includes a sweep of Lowell on Sept. 24, five-set wins at Andrean on Sept. 29 and I Iliana Christian on Oct. 1, and a 3-1 win at Kankakee Valley on Oct. 6. The only loss in that span came at Chesterton on Oct. 3.
Munster has turned around a 3-7 start. The Mustangs are 13-4 since a 3-2 home loss to Portage on Sept. 5.
Munster will open Class 4A Sectional 1 play against Hammond Central (16-12) in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. The Mustangs beat Hammond Central in two sets at a tournament on Sept. 12.
The sectional championship is set for 6 p.m. that night. Crown Point plays the winner of Thursday's quarterfinal between Lake Central and Hammond Morton in the other semifinal. Lake Central beat Munster 3-1 on Sept. 14.
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