Volleyball 2010-09-16 vs Lake Stevens

The Wildcat volleyball team faced the Lake Stevens Vikings in a non-league match for their home opener of the 2010 season. The varsity squad has done well so far this season.

In the Field House, the Freshman team played 3 very close sets against Cavalero Mid-High, Lake Stevens' freshman campus, winning 2. In the 3rd set the Wildcats found themselves down 21-15 but battled back to tie the set at 24 before Colts took the final 2 points. Set scores were 25-23, 27-25 and 24-26.

It wasn't a pretty first set in the main gym for the JV girls who lost 6-25. There were 2 nice kills in the first set, by Hannah Salmons and by Amanda Pavey, and Adrea Thomas added a service ace. In set 2 the girls settled down and played much better, staying with the Vikings and holding a 14-13 lead halfway through the second set. In the end, errors by the Wildcats put LS on top 25-18. In the final set, Katie McClimans had a kill and service ace but it wasn't enough as the Vikings swept the Wildcat JV squad 3-0.

Varsity came out strong in the first set, building a 6-2 lead behind kills by Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley, Janine DeGuzman and Mandy Kepner, but Lake Stevens fought back, knotting the score at 15. The score went back and forth and was tied at 23, but the Vikings got two straight points to win set 1 23-25.

In the second set the girls never found any rhythm, spotting LS a 6-1 early lead. The final in set 2 was 14-25.

Set 3 also went to the Vikings. Lake Stevens led through most of the set but the Wildcats kept it close. A service ace by Terrazas-Cooley and kills by Katelyn Bristow and setter Jordan Faralan late in the set closed it to 20-23, but again the Vikings put it away, winning 25-20 and winning the match 3-0.

A video highlight clip with JV and varsity action is posted HERE.

119 photos of freshman, JV and varsity teams are posted HERE.