DUKE CENTER — It was an anticipated match between the two top teams in the Northern Tier.
To say it lived up to the hype would be a massive understatement.
After claiming the first two games (25-23, 25-20), Oswayo Valley dropped two “overtime” sets (24-26, 25-27) before escaping with a 15-13 win in the fifth set to remain perfect in league play.
Mikayla Bell had 33 assists for Oswayo Valley (10-1, 9-0), while teammate Macy West had 12 service points, 10 kills, 8 blocks and five aces.
Johanna Dickerson added eight aces, six kills and six blocks and teammate Trinity Lundy had 15 digs and 11 assists.
Oswayo Valley topped O-E in four sets when the two teams met in the beginning of the season, an improvement that Lady Terrors coach Fawn Miller is quite pleased with.
“Our girls played incredibly well,” the first-year coach said. “They really, really wanted this game but it just didn’t shake out. But I think the girls proved tonight that they are playoff material.”
Reilly Raught had 17 kills and five blocks to lead the Lady Terrors (7-3, 7-2), which also got key contributions from Jade Spinney (21 service points, 17 digs), Haley Cousins (11 kills, 5 digs), Emmalee Sheeler (35 assists) and Brianna Silvis (seven kills, five blocks).
“The way they played shows how much heart and how much they wanted the game,” Miller said. “As a coach, I am disappointed, but not discouraged with how they played.”
Cameron County 3, Northern Potter 0
EMPORIUM — Hailey Hilfiger had 11 kills, eight blocks and chipped in four aces to lead Cameron County to a sweep (25-18, 25-17, 25-18) over Northern Potter.
Mallory McKimm had five aces, six blocks and six kills for the Lady Red Raiders (7-2, 7-2) which also got 12 digs, five kills and five aces from Morgan Lorenzo and 24 assists and two kills from Reggie Goodrow.
For Northern Potter (2-7, 2-6), Courtney Martin had five kills and nine digs, Madison Hoopes had 15 digs, Rebecca Martin chipped in three aces and six digs and Savannah Herring had an all-around performance with four kills, one assist, one block and a dig.
Galeton 3, Austin 0
GALETON — Austin fell to 0-9 on the season with a three-set loss (23-25, 14-25, 9-25).
Taylor Brewer (five kills, two blocks), Kylie Welsh (five kills, one block) and Khloe Nicka (10 service points) contributed for the Lady Panthers.
Galeton improved to 6-4 on the season.
Coudersport 3, Smethport 0
SMETHPORT — Paige Watson had a team-high nine kills and Mikayla Gunn provided the defense with 33 digs to lead Coudersport past Smethport, 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-14).
Watson added three blocks, three aces and a pair of digs to her statline, and Gunn had one kill. Vanessa VanWhy logged four kills, an ace and six digs for the Lady Falcons (6-4, 6-3), and Lauren Stimaker added two kills and 23 assists for the Coudy offense.
For Smethport (1-8, 1-8), Mykayla Dayarmin had three assists, nine kills and five digs, and Alexis Shall posted three aces, five kills, 10 digs and five blocks.
D9 LAUREL
DuBois 3, Bradford 1
DUBOIS — After dropping game one, Bradford battled back to knot Thursday’s match against DuBois up at 1-1, but the Lady Owls couldn’t sustain momentum in a 3-1 (25-15, 22-25, 28-26, 25-10) loss to the Lady Beavers.
Laney Kahle powered Bradford’s (4-4, 4-4) offense with 23 assists and four kills, and added six blocks. Sarie Yohe had 10 kills, Erica Marshall had nine and Alex Asp had six.
“It was back-and-forth and phenomenal volleyball,” Bradford head coach Steven Daniels said. “We kind of ran out of gas in the fourth, but it was nice to go on the road and put on a good show.”
Bradford will take part in the Meadville Tournament this weekend, and then travels to Punxsutawney Tuesday.
Kane 3, DuBois Catholic 0
KANE — Audri Marconi had 11 kills and nine digs to lead Kane to a three-set sweep (25-10, 25-18, 25-21) over DuBois Central Catholic.
Sarri Swanson and Kalen Johnson had seven and six kills, respectively, while Kelsie Alexander had eight digs and Ronnie Constanzo added three aces.
Kane (7-1) also got 23 assists from Moira Stanisch.
