Counting down the top 10 sports stories of the year for Simpson College with #6. With no offseason and just a few months during the pandemic to communicate with his squad, new Simpson head volleyball coach KK Palea and the team had their work cut out for them to start their season this past spring, on the road at conference favorites Dubuque. The Storm absorbed a first set loss to the Spartans 19-25, but then fired back in the second and third sets to win 25-16 and 25-21 to set up match point. The Storm fell in set four 15-25, but came through in the clutch with a fifth set win 15-13 to claim the upset. Junior outside hitter Lexie Parks earned a season high 16 kills in the match.