ONONDAGA COUNTY – Right before they announced the pairings for the Section III Class AA playoffs, the Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse girls volleyball teams face one another at the LHS gymnasium.
Having swept the first meeting Sept. 28, the Warriors carries confidence into the rematch, but it split two matches right before it, including last Friday’s five-set loss to Fayetteville-Manlius.
Looking to avenge a four-set defeat to the Hornets late in September, Liverpool dropped the first two sets 25-23 and 25-17, but then rallied, taking the third 25-17 and then pulling out the fourth in another 25-23 decision.
However, F-M dominated the final-set race to 15 points, winning 15-5 to negate 14 kills from both Sophia and Lola Sageer, the latter of whom added six blocks, seven digs and three assists.
Addie Tanton got 24 assists, with Madison Ames adding four kills and nine digs as Allyson Crandall earned 10 assists.Eliana Vangelov and Kyle Walker had eight digs apiece, with Lauren Ragonese and Eliana Page both getting six digs.
F-M got 55 assists from Zoe Myint, who evenly spread it around as Kalyna Dannenberg finished with 18 kills, while Rebekah Beasley and Kaylene Nobel each finished with 17 kills.
Liverpool turned around on Saturday and, in a non-league match against Jamesville-DeWitt, swept the Red Rams 25-22, 25-18, 25-12, improving its overall record to 12-4.
Before all this, Liverpool swept Henninger 25-8, 25-13, 25-14 last Tuesday night, with Mya Vallat leading the way as she picked up six of the Warriors’ 25 aces.
Vangelov, Lola Sageer and Lauren Poland had four aces apiece, Poland and Vangelov each adding three kills to match Ames, one behind Sophie Sageer’s four kills. Tanton finished with seven assists.
As for C-NS, it routed Nottingham 25-7, 25-9, 25-9 last Tuesday night, with six aces from Elle Blumer and five aces from Carly Overend. Maddy Howell got five kills, with Karley Eymer adding four kills as Marissa Baker earned eight assists and three aces.
But when the Northstars faced unbeaten Baldwinsville on Thursday night, the Bees, still remembering its loss to C-NS in the 2021 sectional semifinals, dominated to the tune of a 25-14, 25-9, 25-9 sweep.
Howell had four kills, with Eymer picking up three kills. Baker had five assists as, for B’ville, Kyrah Wilbur had nine kills, Madison MacKaig got 18 assists and Madalyn Diep earned four aces, plus six digs.
