Hungry again after a semifinal defeat to Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake in the top Gold division of its own Fall Swing Tournament, the Baldwinsville girls volleyball team set out to dominate SCAC Metro division foes.
A long-time rival, Liverpool, was in the way last Tuesday night, but the Bees went to Liverpool Middle School, where the Warriors are hosting matches this fall while its high school gym is getting rebuilt, and quickly prevailed.
Repeating what it did back on Sept. 4, B’ville took the first set 25-17 and kept improving from there, wiping out Liverpool 25-12 in the second set and 25-9 in the third.
All the while, Rileigh Kimball was impossible to contain, putting away 17 kills and getting help from Summer McClintic and Alexandra Molini, each of whom had eight kills and eight assists, McClintic adding three aces.
Madelyn Shuler and Sophia Kordas both earned five kills, all part of an effort anchored by Jenna Garvey, who recorded 30 assists to go with three kills and two digs.
A tougher match appeared to loom Thursday against Fayetteville-Manlius, since the Hornets had pushed B’ville to four sets when they first met on Sept. 9.
Their second encounter was not as close, though, as the Bees dominated from the outset in all phases of the game with one of its most complete efforts of the season, eventually putting away F-M 25-12, 25-16, 25-9.
Garvey had 17 assists, three kills and three digs, with McClintic earning 12 assists, plus five kills and three blocks, while Clute produced 14 digs and three aces to cement the back line.
Kimball put together 12 kills, six digs and three blocks, while Kyrah Wilbur gained six kills. Sophia Kordas finished with four kills and a team-best four aces.
The Baldwinsville boys volleyball team was back on the court last Wednesday night, facing Syracuse, who kept things close in the first two sets, though the Bees won them 25-22 and 25-23.
Syracuse did win the third set 25-15 and almost pushed it to a fifth set before the Bees held on to win the fourth 25-23, having seen Curtiss Hey get 11 kills and Aidan Priest six kills. Dylan Bramble earned 17 assists and Carter Healey had eight assists.
Following road matches against West Genesee and Henninger, B’ville travels to Lakeland next weekend for the Walter Panas Tournament as the boys Bees host Oswego Monday and then challenge Cicero-North Syracuse Wednesday night.
