Oregon volleyball beats Mendota 25-14, 35-33: Monday’s Sauk Valley Sports Roundup

VolleyballOregon def. Mendota 25-14, 35-33: The Hawks (2-24) finished off an exciting win and snapped a 16-game skid to open the postseason. Oregon advances to face top-seeded Winnebago in Tuesday’s Class 2A Winnebago Regional semifinal at 6 p.m.St. Bede def. Newman 25-21, 20-25, 25-22: The Comets closed the season at 17-18 after falling in the 1A regional quarterfinal matchup. Kennedi Shippert (one ace) had nine kills, Lauren McClain (eight aces) had eight digs, Bella Lanning (five kills) had six digs, Kate VonHolten had five kills, Brooklyn Smith (seven digs) had 23 assists and Amaya Gomez (one ace) had 13 digs. St. Bede advanced to face top-seeded Fulton in Wednesday’s semifinal matchup at 6 p.m.Eastland def. Scales Mound 11-25, 25-23, 25-11: Eastland (19-16) advanced to face Galena in Wednesday’s Class 1A West Carroll Regional semifinal at 6 p.m. Emerson Mlakar had six kills, Jade Hammer (eight digs) had six kills, Keara Kaus (nine digs) had 19 assists and Kiera Higley had two bloc