LINCOLN — Greeley-Wolbach made things a little tougher on superintendent Lee Sayer, who shares duties at Clay Center Public Schools and Greeley-Wolbach Public Schools, with its exciting come-from-behind 17-15 victory in the fifth set.

Clay Center had already won Friday morning to advance to the finals at 11:30 a.m. at the NU Coliseum, and Greeley-Wolbach (32-1) was trying to do the same against top-seeded Wallace.

“We told him he was going to have to decide what shirt he was going to wear tomorrow because we were going to be there,” senior Emily Majerus said.

Her prediction almost was a little premature, especially when Wallace (23-2) took a 14-8 lead in the fifth on a kill by Jena Aylward.

That's when Majerus went to work, hammering six kills and one block to account for seven of her team's final eight points.

“I am going to keep this tape for teams in the future to see (that you don't give up),” Greeley-Wolbach coach Todd Beck said. “I learned from Grand Island coach Bill Root that you play like each ball is a game. You have to play one rally at a time. If you can continue to do that, you will be successful.”

Wallace, which last made State in 1997, was trying to make its first ever finals appearance. The Wildcats won the first set 25-17, dropped the second set 25-13, won the third 25-20, lost the fourth 25-17.

In the fifth, Wallace sprinted out to a 5-0 lead on two kills by Katie West and continued to lead 7-2. Darian Erickson served all the way to 14-14 for Greeley-Wolbach, hitting the net twice during that string.

“We should have had that one,” Wallace head coach Kory Rohde said. “We got tight. We saw how close we were and could almost taste it. They caught momentum. They easily are the best defensive team in the state. They picked up everything. They live to play another day. We are obviously disappointed. We want to play well tomorrow.”

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G-W: (kills-aces-blocks): Darian Erickson 6-5-0, Jami Nekoliczak 3-1-0, Emily Majerus 23-2-1, Krista Kolar 6-1-0, Skyler Erickson 19-0-1, Shelby Rother 4-1-1 Ashley Dugan 0-0-0.

W: Katie West 16-1-2, Jena Aylward 10-0-2,Whitney Smith 7-0-2, Katelynn Hild 0-0-0, Laura O'Brien 1-0-0, Shanice Harris 10-0-1.