Not even the full effort of the Christian Brothers Academy girls volleyball team could keep South Jefferson from its first-ever trip to the Section III championship round.
In Wednesday night’s Class B semifinal at Sandy Creek High School, the no. 4 seed Brothers fought hard, but lost in three games to the top-seeded Spartans, who improved to 20-0.
Each of the games had similar patterns. CBA would string together points, but not enough of them to withstand South Jefferson’s power and precision. The Spartans won the first and third game by equal 25-19 margins, with a 25-17 second game in between.
Up front, Sophie Racciati led CBA with seven kills, while Ivanka Temnycky and Marisa Hamel both produced four kills. Kelly Bewley had nine assists and Claire Gollegly added six assists.
South Jefferson, who advances to face Marcellus in Saturday’s Class B final at Jamesville-DeWitt, had Emily Pfeil post 20 assists and five aces, with many of the passes going to Sam Snyder as she got 14 kills. Lauren Gilligan added five kills for the victorious Spartans.
