Cardington-Lincoln 3, Centerburg 0
In a battle of the KMAC unbeatens on Sept. 13, Cardington-Lincoln, 8-3 overall and 5-0 in KMAC, swept Centerburg (8-2, 4-1) by set scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-22 to take over first place in the first round of KMAC competition.
Lady Pirates volleyball coach Ryan Treese said the result and team effort were a great bounce-back match against a tough Centerburg team, following a tough five-set loss last weekend to Colonel Crawford.
“We played some clean volleyball at times, with great energy through all three sets,” Treese said. “We had a very efficient match led by Audrey Brininger with 16 kills. Alexis Crone had a great match with nine kills and three solo blocks. Jadine Mills shared the wealth of sets amazingly setting up all 41 team assists.”
In addition, Cadie Long shined with 17 digs.
“We didn't have a lot of aces [five], but our serving, at 91.5% was some of the better serving we had all year,” Treese said.
In the JV match, Centerburg gave the Pirates their first loss of the season, dropping them to 7-1.
Highland 3, River Valley 1
The third-ranked (DII) Highland volleyball team remained undefeated at 10-0 and 6-0 in MOAC play with a four-set win on the road at River Valley on Tuesday, by set scores of 25-15, 25-21, 22-25, 25-15. It was all Highland in the first set as the Lady Scots dominated with 17 kills and four aces. Five different Scots had multiple kills in the set, including Kameron Stover with six and Zoya Winkelfoos and Larsen Terrill with three each.
The second set saw the Scots fall behind early and play catch-up the rest of the way. They were down 6-4 and 14-10 before pulling even at 19-19 on their way to a 15-7 finish, which concluded with three Stover kills. It was a set filled with errors as both teams combined for 20 miscues.
In the third set, the Scots held a 22-20 lead, but the Vikings scored the last five points to extend the match. In the fourth set, the Scots pulled out to a 9-3 lead and forced two RV time outs to no avail as the Scots scored with 15 kills, five aces and a block, holding RV to only four kills in the set to win it by 10.
Stat leaders included Kameron Stover with 26 kills, Larsen Terrill with 42 assists, 10 kills and three aces, Brooke Schott with 11 kills, Zoya Winkelfoos with 10 kills and three aces, and Camryn Miller with three aces.
Mount Vernon 3, Westerville North 0
Mount Vernon improved to 5-3 with a straight-set win over Westerville North (2-11), by scores of 25-11, 25-19, 28-26. Withstanding a tough battle in a 54-game third set, the Lady Jackets amassed 37 kills in the match, led by Kaitlin Thompson’s 11, Peyja McCord’s eight and Emma Dean’s seven. Katie King served four aces, Madi Rohler had 11 digs, and Ady Beaver finished with 10. Tori Burdette had 27 assists.
The following afternoon, Mount Vernon dropped to 5-4 and 3-4 in KMAC, falling to Lexington (6-2, 5-2) by a 3-0 count with set scores of 25-15, 25-18, 25-22. Emma Dean had 11 kills for the Lady Jackets; Jenna Riley served two aces, and Madi Rohler had 19 digs.
Licking Valley 3, Utica 1
Utica won the first set, lost two close sets and battled in the fourth before dropping a 3-1 match to Licking Valley, Sept. 13, 23-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-23.
The Redskins threw down 33 kills, led by Ellie Boggs (nine) and Emilee Ellis, Abby Buchanan and Carlie Parsons with six each. The Redskins served 10 aces, led by Alexa Gosnell with three, Lexi Wiegand with two and Parsons with two. Gosnell and Ellis each had 13 assists in the match.
