The Wildcat volleyball team was in action again Tuesday night against Shorewood after spending the weekend in Yakima, playing in a large tournament there.
Since the field house is not yet open, the freshman team had to play at one of the middle schools. The 3 games were close, but the frosh team pulled out a 2-1 victory. Individual game scores were 21-25, 25-22 and 25-23.
The Shorewood JV team played very good volleyball on a night where the Oak Harbor JV team was having an off night. There were numerous communication errors that gave the Thunderbirds unearned points.
The first two JV games were all Shorewood. In game 1 the Thunderbirds raced to a 10-4 lead and never looked back, winning 25-13, and in the 2nd game won 25-16.
The JV ‘Cats made things exciting in game 3. Starting off down 8-2, our girls fought back, until a service ace by Rayan Russell brought Oak Harbor to within 2 points, 7-9, and a Shorewood hitting error made it 8-9. Shorewood regrouped and went on to win 25-15.
Early in game 1 of the varsity match, the Wildcat women found themselves down 7-1, but a nice block by Amanda Blau and another block and kill by Marisa Sutherland made the score 8-9. Shorewood pulled back ahead by 4 points, 14-10, and kept a similar lead until late, when a hitting error by Shorewood gave OH the tying point, 20-20. Sutherland notched another kill, and a pair of errors by Shorewood gave Oak Harbor a 3-point advantage, 23-20. A lift call on OH and a Shorewood block helped tie the game again at 23. After a short rally, Sutherland put a nice touch on the ball which landed just inside the end line, giving game point to Oak Harbor. With the point, Marisa also won the serve, and her serve was mishandled by Shorewood and the Wildcats won game 1, 25-23.
Game two also saw Shorewood get ahead early, at one point holding a 10-5 lead, but a flurry of Oak Harbor scores, including 3 straight kills, two by 5-3 junior Janessa Ramos made the score 17-13 in favor of Oak Harbor. The Oak Harbor scoring continued until OH had their own 5-point lead. Shorewood closed to within a single point, 22-21, but a kill and two consecutive hitting errors by Shorewood gave game two to the Wildcats, 25-21.
In game 3, Shorewood didn’t give up their early lead, and held the ‘Cats off for a 25-20 win. Oak Harbor made it close late on a kill and subsequent service ace by Kristine Bouchard, recently returned from an injury.
Game 4 was very close early, with only 2-3 point differentials, and the lead changed hands 7 times and the score was tied 7 times. Late in the game Oak Harbor built a 24-19 lead and were looking to finish the match off, but Shorewood wasn’t ready to go home yet. A pair of Wildcat hitting errors and a Shorewood block helped tie the game at 24, but a nice dump by setter Melany Cone and a Katelyn Bristow kill ended the game in favor of Oak Harbor, 26-24, and end the match 3-1. Libero Kelsey Terrrazas-Cooley was injured in a collision with another player with the score tied at 24 and had to be helped off the court, and everyone hopes she will be ready to play in the next match.
62 photos of both JV and varsity are posted HERE.
6 Video clips from the matches can be found by clicking HERE.
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