Centerburg 3, Cardington-Lincoln 0
The Centerburg Trojans (11-1, 5-0) made it eight straight wins with a sweep over KMAC rival Cardington-Lincoln (5-4, 2-2) on Tuesday night.
Centerburg dominated all three sets, starting with a 25-10 win in the first set. The Trojans went up 2-0 on a Kennedi Glenn ace and never looked back. They jumped out to a 24-10 lead on a block/kill by Julia Orndorf, and then she won the set with another block/kill.
The Pirates put up more of a fight in the second set, but the Trojans were still able to walk away with a convincing 25-17 win. The set was tied 7-7 when Glenn smashed a spike for a kill to go up by one. The game was tied again at 8-8, but Glenn struck again with a kill on a spike set up by Clara Johnson. With the game tied 10-10, Stella Weisbrod made it a one-point lead for the Trojans again on a kill. Glenn secured the set win on a kill. Riley Skillman had a pair of blocks in the set, showing off her defensive skills at the net.
The third and final set was a lopsided victory for Centerburg, 25-11. Alyssa Harris had a key kill to go to set and match point, and the match was secured on a Weisbrod ace.
Weisbrod was the top offensive player for the Trojans with 12 of the team’s 32 kills. She led the team with four aces and 10 digs. Glenn and Johnson split the setting duties with 15 and 10 assists respectively. Glenn recorded six kills and four aces, while Johnson added four aces and a dig. Katelyn Johnson was solid on defense with nine digs and three aces, and Orndorf recorded five kills to go with her seven digs, two blocks, and an ace
Cardington-Lincoln was led by Lily Clark, who tallied 10 kills, two blocks and six digs. Lundyn Belvins and Rylee Donkin were both solid on defense with 14 digs and eight digs respectively. Autumn Holt had seven kills, three digs and an assist. Abby Ufferman ended the match with five digs, one block, one ace and a kill.
Fredericktown 3, Licking Valley 1
Fredericktown (9-1, 4-0) hosted Licking Valley (5-5, 3-3) last week in a non-conference matchup, and the Freddies continued their dominant play with a 3-1 win over the Panthers on Monday night.
The first set was close, with the Freddies beating Licking Valley 25-22. Fredericktown went up 10-5 when Jill Bouton blocked a shot at the net and landed for a kill. She struck again from the serving line on an ace to make it 14-7. The Panthers battled back to 20-17, but Bouton had another block/kill to go up 21-17. Lillian Rose had a kill to go up 23-17 and Mya Bryant made it 25-22 on a kill.
Set two started with a block/kill by Lillian Rose, and an ace by Taylor Bryant to go up 2-0. Mya Bryant made it 13-8 on a spike kill and Ella Bouton won the match with a kill, making the score 25-18.
Licking Valley battled for a 25-17 win in the third set, but then the Freddies completed the win with a 25-18 set four highlighted by block/kills by Ella and Jill Bouton.
Mount Vernon 3, Madison Comprehensive 0
The Mount Vernon volleyball team (10-2, 6-1) has won four straight matches after blanking Madison Comprehensive (3-7, 2-4) on Monday in Ohio Cardinal Conference action.
The Yellow Jackets took a 25-19 win in set one, and followed with wins of 25-18 and 25-22 in sets two and three. The win put Mount Vernon at second in the OCC behind undefeated Wooster.
Mount Vernon was led by Tori Burdette, who had 29 assists, five kills and 13 digs in the match. Emma Dean recorded 11 kills and one ace. Audrey Stuller delivered on defense with 21 digs to go with an ace. Kaitlyn Thompson posted nine kills and four digs, while Jurnie Gleason put up 10 digs. Ady Beaver and Avery Lasater each added nine digs apiece.
Maddie Berry had 11 assists, seven kills and 12 digs for Madison Comprehensive, while Cielo Jacobus and Addy Farris had six kills each. Jacobus had two aces, two blocks and 14 digs. Olivia Barley had 12 digs in the match.
Loudonville 3, Crestline 0
Outside hitter Maya Heffelfinger and setter Payton Vansickle were an offensive powerhouse combo for Loudonville (5-3, 3-0) against Crestline (2-8, 0-3) on Tuesday night, with the Redbirds easily sweeping the Bulldogs.
The Redbirds crushed Crestline out of the gate with a 25-12 win in set one. Crestline battled in the second set but Loudonville still walked away with a 25-18 set two win, and then the Redbirds went back to dominating in set three, 25-10.
Loudonville had a total of 42 kills in the march, led by Heffelfinger who had 18 kills and one dig. Vansickle set her up throughout the match, tallying 33 assists to go with her nine digs and two digs. Maddy Denslow put up 11 kills and Olyvia Fenton recorded 16 digs and four assists.
Licking Valley 3, Utica 1
Licking Valley went up big in the first set with a 17-8 lead, but Alexa Gosnell showed some spark on defense with a solid dig to save a point. Lexi Wiegand also had a dig in the set at 24-16.
In the second set, Licking Valley was up 10-4, but Lauren Schmitt recorded a block kill to put the Redskins down by five. Wiegand had a dig when the Redskins were down 16-10 and then made it a three-point game on a Gosnell kill to put the score at 18-15. Licking Valley cruised the rest of the way and held in for the set win.
In the third set, Hannah Shaver made it a 15-10 game on a hard spike kill. Kristen Ryan then followed with an ace to make it a four-point game. The Redskins then took a lead on an Emilee Ellis ace to go up 21-10, and Madison Yates had a kill to go up 24-22. Callie Baker finished off the set with an ace to take the win for Utica.
Licking Valley went on to dominate the fourth set 25-10 to secure the set and match.
Utica had 19 kills as a team that were spread out. Shaver had four kills, while Leigha Burnett, Ellis and Schmitt each had three kills. Wiegand led the defense with 18 digs, and Emma Kimpel added seven digs. Gosnell had seven digs and two kills. Ellis and Gosnell were the setters with nine and seven assists respectively.
