Wednesday, March 24, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Outlaws remain undefeated
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Sisters9 volleyball
squad matched up against
Sweet Home in Sisters on
Wednesday, March 17. Both
teams entered the contest
undefeated. The Outlaws
played their best match of
the season to post the win
with scores of 25-19, 25-19,
21-23, and 25-20, and stay at
the top of the heap.
The first set was marked
by long rallies, hard, power-
ful kills, strong blocks in the
middle, and tenacious digs
from the back row.
At the start the score
went back-and-forth with
only a one point spread and
then Sweet Home went on
a run to gain a 12-7 advan-
tage. Sisters fought back
with a kill from Natalie Sitz,
Anessa Stotts served five in
a row, ending with a power-
ful kill from Greta Davis to
tie it up 12-12. The Outlaws
pushed to a 21-15 lead, but
the Huskies narrowed the gap
to 21-18. Gracie Vohs, who
plays middle, slammed the
ball straight down a few plays
later to extend the Outlaws
lead to 24-18. The Huskies
managed one more point, but
then Greta Davis powered the
ball down the sideline for the
25-19 win.
Sisters had the momentum
entering the second set, and
was <in system,= with precise
pass-set-hit sequences. With
the score at 6-6, the game had
already been tied four times.
From there, Sisters pulled
away and never looked back.
Davis again slammed the ball
down for the kill and the final
point for the win.
The Outlaws lost their
focus in the third set. They
missed serves, hit the ball
out, and had lots of unforced
errors. The Huskies took con-
trol and after the first few
points they took the lead and
kept it to the end to force a
fourth set.
In the fourth, the game
was tied 10 different times.
The score stayed within a
couple points spread until
Ellie Rush stepped to the ser-
vice line midway through the
set. The momentum shifted
and the Outlaws got their
spark back. Rush served with
the Outlaws down by one,
11-12. After a very long rally,
Sophie Silva smacked a bul-
let to the ground and tied it up
12-12. Rush served to a 15-12
Outlaws lead. The score again
was back-and-forth. Davis
and Silva put up an incredible
block to tie it again 16-16.
Davis and Sydney Myhre
put up another timely block
to give the Outlaws a 17-16
edge. At 19-19 the Outlaws
pulled ahead and held on for
the win.
Coach Rory Rush said, <In
every rotation we were able
to step up and pass the ball.
The girls did an incredible
job. And Anessa (Stotts) was
just phenomenal. She had
some great digs, saves, and
serves. She was an anchor for
us in the back row.=
Davis led the team with 24
kills. Silva recorded 12 kills
and eight blocks and Vohs
added five kills and seven
blocks. Sitz had five kills in
the match and Rush dished
out 109 assists.
Sweet Home has always
been a big rival and several
of the Outlaws players were
excited to talk about the win.
Davis shared, <We wanted
to play as hard as we could.
We played as a team and not
as individuals. They had a
big block, but we decided to
run a quick offense, and that
worked well and frustrated
them.=
Silva added, <Everybody
showed up tonight and that
made it easy to play together.
This was a big game for us
because almost every time
we9ve played them it9s gone
five sets ever since I was a
freshman.=
When asked about
her outstanding blocking
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Greta Davis goes up for the kill shot in Outlaws action.
performance, Silva said, <I
just focused on the ball when
they were quick sets and I put
up a wall.=
Defen siv e sp ecialist
Stotts, who did a stellar job in
the back row, said, <I trust my
blockers to take away specific
angles because then it helps
me to know where to line up
to get the dig and make the
good passes.
Setter Ellie Rush said,
<I think we came out really
strong in the first two sets,
and then in the third we were
too confident, and relaxed
too much. Once we lost and
had to go to a fourth set, we
knew what we had to do and
weren9t going to let them take
it to five. Our back row just
did a phenomenal job, and a
lot of the credit needs to go
to the passers, because with-
out them we wouldn9t have
got the great hits. But, I don9t
want to undermine the hitters
because they really put the
ball down when we needed
them to.=
On the road a day later,
the Outlaws cruised to a win
over Woodburn. Davis had 11
kills in the match, and Silva
recorded seven.
Sisters was to play
Cascade at home on Monday,
March 22, followed by a
match against Summit. They
will play Philomath at home
on Thursday, March 25.
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