ONONDAGA COUNTY – Just before September concluded, the Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse girls volleyball teams would go head-to-head for the first of two regular-season encounters.
A close opening set proved decisive, because once the Warriors won it 27-25, it went on to seize control in each of the next two sets and take them by scores of 25-20 and 25-18.
Lola Sageer and Sophia Sageer each finished with nine kills and four aces, with Lola getting 19 digs and Sophia 11 digs. Lauren Poland added five kills as Allyson Crandall got 16 digs, two aces and seven digs, with Addie Tanton getting 10 digs, Eliana Vangelov five digs and Eliana Page four digs.
C-NS entered this match having gone up against unbeaten Baldwinsville two nights earlier and taking a three-set defeat to the revenge-minded Bees.
Remembering quite well how the Northstars had knocked them out in last fall’s Section III Class AA semifinal, B’ville took each of the first two sets by 25-20 margins before racing through the third set 25-10.
No one on C-NS had more than Maddy Howell’s three kills and three blocks. Elle Blumer had two aces and two assists as Marissa Baker got six assists. B’ville was led by Madison MacKaig’s seven aces and 23 assists as Kyrah Wilbur had 13 kills and Madalyn Diep eight kills.
Liverpool met Fayetteville-Manlius last Tuesday night, and won the opening set 25-22 over the reigning sectional Class AA champion Hornets.
However, the Warriors lost the next two sets 25-17 and 25-21 and could not quite force a final set, falling 28-26 in the fourth.
Lola Sageer still had a triple-double of 11 kills, 10 blocks and 19 digs, with Allyson Crandall adding eight assists and 10 digs. Tanton got 15 assists and three blocks as Sophie Sageer had five kills and five blocks. Vangelov earned nine digs, four kills and four blocks.
F-M’s Kaylene Nobel put up a career-best 25 kills adding three aces and nine digs. Kalyna Dannenberg had 13 kills and Rebekah Beasley added eight kills. On the back line, Zoe Myint piled up 50 assists and 11 digs as Oksana Dannenberg earned 21 digs.
After beating C-NS, Liverpool would find more success Saturday in the Silver bracket of Baldwinsville’s Fall Fling Tournament, reaching the finals before knocking off Class B’s top-ranked team in the state, Westhill, for the title.
