It was several minutes after the match.

Mother McAuley had just dusted Marist in two games and the crowd ... well, the McAuley crowd, anyway ... just didn’t want to leave.

Sophomore outside hitter Ellie White certainly couldn’t get enough of it.

“I loved the atmosphere,” White said. “I loved everyone in the stands cheering. I loved the pressure.

“Last spring was nothing, with nobody in the stands, compared to this.”

It was definitely wild. And White had them going the wildest in McAuley’s 25-15, 25-11 victory.

White led Mighty Macs (15-3) with 14 kills and eight digs. Peyton Brokemond added four kills, while Caroline Macander chalked up 22 assists and eight digs, Gigi Navarrete contributed 17 digs and Sam Falk had 10.

Mary Clare Brusek had five kills and two blocks for Marist (14-4). Bella Bullington added two kills and two aces, while Elise Ward had three kills.

The 5-foot-11 White was effective throughout the match. But she was a human highlight reel during an amazing stretch in Game 2.

McAuley led 12-8 when White, curling from the left side to the middle, lunged in for a kill she put straight down.

At 14-8, she went on a wild streak of points in which she had five kills, a block and an ace.

After her kill from the back row made it 21-9, White stumbled a few steps into the arms of a teammate.

“I pretty much was amazed at what happened,” White said. “I was just like, ‘OK, let’s keep going. We’ve got this match.’ ”

It was a performance that has to rank among the best in the long McAuley-Marist rivalry.

Macander did dish the ball to others. Brokemond, in particular, provided some big kills while

White was in the back row.

But Macander knew where the ball was going on most occasions.

“Ellie is an amazing hitter,” Macander said. “You can always count on her to put a ball away.”

The game plan couldn’t have been executed much better.

“We’ve been preparing all week, watching film,” Macander said. “We wanted to come up with some things we could do different to kind of get them out of system.

“We were hoping to catch them off-guard. We went out there, followed the game plan step-by-step, and we were just able to execute and dominate.”

Navarrete, the Northwestern recruit, led a Mighty Macs defense that held usually potent Marist to just 12 total kills.

“Defense is really, really key for us this season,” Navarrete said. “We have super good defensive players back there.

“Marist is tall, and all of the teams we play are really, really tall and have big hitters. But we’ve been practicing a lot and it’s been super awesome. I love how we fight, and even though we aren’t as big, we’ve got big hearts.”

And they have Ellie White.

“Ha-ha, right,” Navarrete said. “She makes a huge difference in our team. I’ve known her my whole entire life. We’ve got a great bond, and it really shows on the court.”

The loss brought an end to an impressive string of victories by Marist that included winning the championship at the Wheaton Classic and beating Joliet Catholic in two games Tuesday.

The RedHawks have youth at some key positions, but Marist coach Jordan Vidovic didn’t see an intimidation factor with the packed gym.

“I don’t think it was nerves,” Vidovic said. “It was kind of us not being able to adjust on the fly yet. It was a little bit of that. We just needed the game. We just needed to ride it out and get a feel for it and push forward.”