Once again, the Jamesville-DeWitt and Oswego girls volleyball teams engaged in a long, energetic battle, and once again the Red Rams could not topple the Buccaneers.
Last Thursday’s rematch of the Sept. 18 battle where the Buccaneers won in five sets had the exact same result, only it took a different path as, twice J-D trailed and twice it came back.
Each of the first three sets was close, but the Bucs won the first and third by 25-22 margins, with the Rams winning the third set 25-21.
Trailing again, J-D got even, 25-16, in the fourth set, but could not keep Oswego from taking the final set 25-19 as Laurin Furlong, with 44 assists, and Adeline Benjamin, with 23 kills, set the pace.
Lexie Gambacorto had 12 aces, 12 kills and 18 digs for J-D as Alexis LeClair got 25 digs. Alexandria Payne put together 24 kills and 21 digs as Amy Shen amassed 24 digs, seven kills and four blocks. Madeline Ferris had 46 assists and 11 digs. Skylar Hardt got five kills.
J-D did prevail Friday over Skaneateles in straight sets 25-16, 25-22, 25-19, with Ferris getting 24 assists and 10 digs as Payne earned 15 kills, eight digs and three aces. Gambacorto had eight kills, seven digs and five aces as Shen got seven digs.
Bishop Grimes got a big win last Wednesday over Solvay, claiming the first set 26-24 and the third set 25-20 after losing the second set by that same 25-20 margin. The Bearcats won the fourth set 25-18, but in the final set the Cobras got its own 25-18 win to take the match.
Raquel McDonald had 10 kills, with Bri Squier adding nine kills and six digs. Audrey Hathaway earned 20 assists and matched Mara Gutchess with nine digs. Becca Vinciquerra got 19 digs. Kendall Mancuso finished with 16 digs. Kenna Kelly had five kills, four aces and seven digs.
Grimes won again on Thursday, sweeping Syracuse Academy of Science 25-10, 25-7, 25-18. Vinciquerra had eight of the Cobras’ 28 aces, with Kelly and Squier each getting five aces as Squier added seven kills. McDonald had 12 kills and Hathaway earned 12 assists.
Fayetteville-Manlius had a glorious chance at a big win against Liverpool last Tuesday night, but could not complete the comeback, falling in five sets to the Warriors.
The Hornets lost the first two sets 25-18 and 25-20 and, on the brink of getting swept, pulled out the third set 25-22 before winning the fourth set 25-22. Only then did F-M wear down as Liverpool won the final set 25-13.
F-M’s Erianna Madill had 45 assists, passing it to Paige Hulbert, who had 29 kills and 10 digs, and Saara Vahtola, who got 21 kills and nine digs. Sophie Thomas added 13 digs as Madill got six digs and four kills.
Liverpool’s Leahana Keeling had 12 kills, with Toria Betelak getting nine kills and 10 blocks. Madison Lapoint had six kills as Sophie Vangelov got five kills to go with 21 assists. Sydney Caviness added 12 assists as Ashley Teixeira (15 digs) got defensive help from Makenzie Stonebarger, who had 12 digs.
