BEXLEY, Ohio – The Centre volleyball team improved to 5-2 on the year after winning their third straight, completing a doubleheader sweep of Hanover and Capital and winning both matches in straight sets.
Game 1: Centre 3, Hanover 0
- The opening set was a wild and close one with multiple momentum swings and 11 lead changes. With the score tied at 23-23,
Delia Long pushed the set to the brink with a kill and
Rylee Barnes sent it home with an ace to give Centre a 25-23 winner.
- In the second set, both teams kept it close with Centre holding a small lead throughout. Hanover could never get over the hump as Centre held onto the lead and withstood a late charge to win 25-21.
- Centre trailed 18-17 in the third set before rallying for six straight points, including two via
Lauren Uffman aces. After that rally the Panthers were never the same as the Colonels pulled away to a 25-19 win.
Game 2: Centre 3, Capital 0
- The Colonels gradually pulled away in the opening set about midway through, eventually cruising to a 25-13 victory with another ace from Barnes providing the clinching point.
- Centre scored the first five points of the second set and later used a 10-1 run to put it away, winning by a score of 25-15 to push the match to the brink.
- In the third set, Centre again broke it open near the midway point with a 5-0 run that included two more aces from Barnes.
Ella Cox came off the bench for the clinching kill as Centre completed the sweep with a 25-17 victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORES
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Syd Bietz was the only Colonel with double digit kills against Hanover, leading all players with 13, and then equaled that amount against Capital for another game high.
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Madi Winfield posted a game high 36 assists against the Panthers and 32 against the Comets.
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Emersyn Pannell led everybody with 16 digs in game 1, with Winfield and Barnes also finishing in double figures. Pannell's ten digs in game 2 were a team high.
- Centre hit .318 as a team against Capital, including .440 in the third set.
NEXT UP
Centre will look to keep the streak going as they battle Transylvania in an in-state matchup on Sept. 10.
