After having two matches earlier this week canceled, the top-ranked Madison College volleyball team fit one in against UW-Marathon County Thursday, and against the Huskies the WolfPack impressed. Led by Allie Lehner's 12 kills and three blocks, along with a beautiful late service attack by Brooke Gilbertson, Madison College emerged from the match with a 3-0 victory.

The first two sets were pretty routine, with the WolfPack taking care of business 25-10 and 25-17. However, come the third, Madison College was put on the proverbial ropes by the Huskies. At one point, Marathon County led the third set 23-17, but then Brooke Gilbertson served up eight straight for the 'Pack.

"Brooke is an aggressive server," said head coach Toby Parker. "What you saw from Brooke at the end of that set, to win it, is just a player getting hot and comfortable, and extremely confident. That's a 50-something mile per hour service ace, and about five of 'em in a row. Yeah, fun."

"It kind of gets to be a mental head game," said Gilbertson, when asked about her mindset during the service run. "You kind of just have to say, 'You know what? Go down swinging.' It felt amazing."

As amazing as helping her team to the victory was for Gilbertson, the sophomore outside hitter had almost as much fun watching the previously mentioned Allie Lehner put on a show throughout the match. "I'm so excited for people to see her play, because she is extremely good," said Gilbertson. "She is going to be a very dynamic player, and I hope she stays healthy at this point, because she's gonna help carry us to nationals."

Gilbertson led the team with five service aces on the night. Meanwhile Hannah Grahn finished with 30 assists, and Sydney Clarson came through with 13 digs.

With the win, Madison College improve to 19-2 overall on the season, including an 8-0 mark in North Central Community College Conference (N4C) play. Now, with the season slowly winding down, Coach Parker is just hoping for one thing.

"I just want us to be healthy," said Parker. "I would say we're at full strength now, and it's been awhile."

"We can be very dangerous at 100 percent," added Gilbertson.