SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019 | 3B
Siuslaw
from 1B
After handily beating
Marist two Thursdays
ago, the Vikings faced
tough competition on
Tuesday night from
Marshfield, who played
on Siuslaw’s home court.
In a tense game that
lasted nearly two hours,
the scores hovered at
near ties throughout the
first two sets, with
Siuslaw edging out the
Pirates 23-25 in the first
set, and Marshfield get-
ting the win in the sec-
ond, 25-22.
“We played super well
in the first set, and we
played hard the second
set. The ball just didn’t
land our way in the sec-
ond, but we battled,”
Hornung said.
By the third set, the
Vikings seemed to find
their stride, “playing
scrappy” and bagging a
ton of kills for a 25-17
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“Then the fourth set,
I don’t know if it’s they
came out stronger or we
came out flatter, but we
hit a weird point when
we just spiraled. They
built confidence and we
just lost ours. Once that
happened, it was almost
impossible to come
back,” Hornung said.
The Viks lost the set
25-17.
The lack of confi-
dence seemed to stick in
the fifth set as the
Pirates came out strong,
beating back a mid-set
push by the Viks to fin-
ish out 15-11.
Thursday saw a com-
pletely different story as
the Viks traveled to
Elmira, playing on their
senior night, “which is
always really awkward,”
Hornung said.
Generally, after warm
up, the visiting team is
forced to sit as the
schools talk about their
seniors for 15 minutes,
but a gracious gesture
by the Falcons coach to
allow the Viks to warm
up in the adjacent gym
kept Siuslaw warmed
up. Siuslaw came out
battling.
“We just took it to
them,” Hornung said.
“We just beat them
down, serving hard and
swinging hard. They
came out excited and
punched,
but
we
punched back,” winning
the set 25-11.
The second and third
sets were wins for the
Viks as well (25-17,
25-19, respectively),
though “I don’t think
the final scores reflected
how much we were in
control. That was frus-
trating from a coaching
perspective, but ulti-
mately going on the
road on a senior night
and getting a win is big.
That really helped
cement things for us.”
As of Friday press
time, the Viks are
ranked 16th going into
Saturday’s tournament,
which we be held at
Marshfield.
“Right now, looking
strong, as long as we
take care of business
tomorrow
at
Marshfield’s tourna-
ment, if we get a win or
two, that would be great
and ensure we get a
playoff game,” Hornung
said.
Who the Viks will
play on Saturday is still
up in the air, but it’s
possible they could end
up facing Marshfield for
a rematch.
“It would be awesome
if we go to their tourna-
ment and beat them,”
Hornung said, pointing
out that many of the
team’s seniors, such as
Mia Collins and Elissa
Hurley, started off win-
ning against Marshfield
in their freshman year,
but have lost ever since.
“We’re old rivals, the
kids know each other.
It’s always a tough
match, but if we win, it
would be really awe-
some for them,” he said.
Following Saturday,
the Viks will play their
last game of the season
against Junction City on
Tuesday, which will be
Siuslaw’s senior night
honoring
Collins,
Hurley and Lindsey
Long.
Junction City is one
of the top-ranked
schools in the league,
and if the Viks can ride
the home crowd senior
night wave and grab a
win, “that would be a
cherry on top,” Hornung
said. “If we can win that,
we could not only get a
playoff game, but maybe
even a home playoff
game.”
Tuesday’s game begins
at 6:30 p.m.
Sailors
back better and stron-
ger.”
Of the 13 players, the
lone graduating senior is
Daleena Bender, who
was honored before the
game for senior night.
Bender’s favorite vol-
leyball memory was
practicing together with
the team “because they
all have fun and laugh a
lot,” and her greatest
accomplishment was
how well the team played
together.
Her advice to the rest
of the team: Be dedicat-
ed, play hard and most
importantly, communi-
cate.
“She played a great
night,” Dooley said, stat-
ing that the returning
team, which will have a
healthy dose of juniors,
as well as some new
freshman blood, will be
“a strong returning
team.”
It’s a returning team
that will have battled
through one of the
toughest
years
in
Mapleton volleyball his-
tory, kept their head held
high and fought through
to the very end.
“I’m proud of them,
coming in, and working
their hardest,” said
Dooley. “Nobody’s going
to find a losing season
easy. It’s going to have
some hard moments, but
they’re working through
those with grace. I’m just
very proud of them.”
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At its heart, 2019 was a
learning season for the
Sailors, but the lessons
were not lost on the play-
ers.
“We just kept getting
better and better every
week,” Dooley said. “I
think that, honestly, the
only way to go is up. A
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Siuslaw’s Color-a-Thon just around the corner
Siuslaw School District Fun Run on Saturday,
is putting on the third Nov. 2.
annual
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“These ‘extras’ that
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and physical education
for students in an ef-
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and engaged through all
grades,” said Osburn.
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