ONONDAGA COUNTY – It hasn’t taken long for the Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool girls volleyball teams to sense the opportunity forming in front of them.
Amid a smaller group of Class AAA sides, the Northstars and Warriors had to both notice that long-time favorite Baldwinsville lost in five sets to West Genesee last Tuesday night.
This happened as C-NS, taking on reigning sectional Class A champion Jamesville-DeWitt, split the first two sets, but then took over late to beat the Red Rams.
Having claimed the opener 25-17, the Northstars absorbed J-D’s 25-16 win in the second set and then pulled away to win the third by that same margin before routing the Rams 25-11 in the fourth to end it.
Kendall Rumble, with her seven aces and 18 assists, anchored the effort, adding six digs and three kills as Allison Navarra led the defense with 12 digs.
Grace Murray had a team-best nine kills plus eight digs, while Ellie Blumer, Grace Turrell and Sarah Dobbins each finished with six kills.
Far from all this, Liverpool had its own impressive effort against Oswego last Tuesday, taking the first set 25-15 from the Buccaneers and each of the next two sets by equal 25-16 margins for the sweep.
Nya Pedrosa had 14 assists and five digs, helped on the back line by Allyson Crandall, who gained nine assists and eight digs. Sophie Sageer and Lauren Poland had eight kills apiece, Sageer contributing six digs and three aces. Elliana Vangelov managed seven kills and 10 digs
Sweeping PSLA-Fowler two nights later, Liverpool got eight aces from Kylie Walker, with Lauren Ragonese adding five aces and Addie Tanton four aces. Sageer and Vangelov earned five kills apiece as Crandall got 10 assists.
After C-NS played Saturday in the Hornet Pride Tournament at Fayetteville-Manlius, it would turn toward a match with Liverpool on Wednesday night in between contests against Central Square and J-D. The Warriors also face Henninger and Fulton this week.
