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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Volleyball team snags nail-biter win over Sweet Home
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Lady Outlaws volley-
ball squad squeaked by in a
five-set win at Sweet Home
(SH) on Tuesday, October 10,
and two days later recorded a
three-set sweep at home over
Elmira.
Sisters is still undefeated
in league, with a 9-0 record.
Tuesday’s match against
the Huskies seemed like a
repeat of Sisters’ first match
against them the first half
of the season, where the
Outlaws were down 0-2, and
battled back to win the next
three for the victory.
Sweet Home had their
stands packed with students
and fans who kept the vol-
ume very loud. SH came out
strong with an intense desire
to hand the Outlaws their
first league loss.
Sisters started off slow
and sluggish, unable to find a
rhythm on offense, and com-
mitted 10 hitting errors. SH
was strong at the net and the
Outlaws found it difficult to
hit around their block. The
Outlaws lost the first set
20-25.
The second set started
much the same as the first.
The Outlaws struggled with
the noise level, and played
flat and without any chem-
istry on the floor. Sisters
turned it around and actu-
ally took a 14-10 lead, but
then the Huskies’ server tied
the game 14-14. Sisters went
down 17-22, and committed
three errors, which closed out
the set in a 19-25 loss. They
also had five serving errors
in the set, which never let
them gain momentum.
In the third set, Sisters
was tied 18-18 in a pivotal
game three. Sisters moved to
a 21-19 advantage, and then
Sam Silva stepped up to the
service line. Silva pushed the
Outlaws to a 24-20 lead, but
missed her game-point serve
to put the game away. Sisters
held off the Huskies and
posted a 25-20 win to force
game four.
Down 2-1, the Outlaws
needed to capitalize on the
momentum from the previ-
ous set. With Sisters up 9-8,
freshman Ellie Rush stepped
back and served the next
seven points, which gave the
Outlaws a 16-8 advantage.
SH never got closer than six
points after that crucial serv-
ing run, and Sisters got the
win 25-16.
In the fifth and final set,
Rush started at the service
line and gave the Outlaws a
4-0 lead. The Huskies were
on their heels, and commit-
ted three hitting errors in the
first four points. The Outlaws
eventually found themselves
up 10-4, and then SH player
Shelby Nichol brought the
game to within two at 10-8.
The next several servers saw
both teams trading side-out
points. Sisters pushed to
match point at 14-12, but
SH got the kill and made it
14-13, and they got the serve.
Their chance to push the
game into extra points was
taken away on a final kill by
Hawley Harrer. The Outlaws
tallied the 15-13 win to
remain undefeated in league.
Harrer led the squad
with 25 kills, three blocks,
and eight assists. Ashlynn
Cantwell posted 12 kills
and two blocks, and Sam
Silva added seven kills and
a block. Erynn Ricker was a
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force at the net and finished
with 11 blocks and four kills,
followed by Sophie Silva
who added six blocks.
Coach Rory Rush said,
“In the fifth set, we once
again saw the calm, yet com-
petitive nature of our senior
leaders. Jessie (Brigham, the
Outlaws libero), was once
again a steady, rock-solid
presence in the back.”
Two days later, the
Outlaws celebrated their
very talented seniors prior to
their match against Elmira.
Seniors included Jessie
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Brigham, Ashlynn Cantwell,
The Outlaws have been tested on the hardwood, but remain undefeated in
Hawley Harrer, Cassidy
league play.
Ling-Scott and Erynn Ricker.
“This senior class never just that!”
who had seven each. Harrer
lost a league game, and has
T h e s e n i o r s p l a y e d dished out 15 assists, and
already won two state titles,” together for two-and-a-half Cassidy Ling-Scott recorded
said Coach Rush. “Tonight sets, until they passed the 11. Harrer also recorded four
they played their last regular torch in the third set, with blocks in the match.
season home game. As tradi- the score 20-12, and left the
“It was a great night to
tion, the seniors started and court with a standing ovation. honor our seniors, and they
played all the way around.
Sisters easily defeated the once again came ready to
They all came ready to Falcons with scores of 25-6, play,” said Rush. “They were
play tonight. They wanted 25-7, and 25-12, and tallied in command of the games
to make a statement to the 19 aces as a team.
from the beginning.”
younger players sitting on
Harrer had nine kills in the
The Outlaws were to wrap
the bench. Work hard, play match, followed by Cantwell up league play with a match
hard, and always play as a who had eight, and Jessie at Junction City on Monday,
team; and tonight they did Brigham and Erynn Ricker October 16.
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