VB 2011-10-20 vs Glacier Peak

Last Thursday, October 20th, there was a massively important volleyball match in the OHHS gym, with Glacier Peak coming to town and home-court advantage in the upcoming playoffs on the line.

Starting over in the dome, the Freshman had a bad first game, losing 11-25. They recovered well, and posted 25-18, 25-22 in the final two games to win the match 2-1.

The JV won their first game easily, 25-16, struggled a bit in the second before pulling away to win 25-20. With the match won, Coach Swankie used the 3rd game to experiment with his lineup and while the girls played hard, fell 16-25.

In varsity action, Oak Harbor looked like a championship team, destroying the Grizzlies 25-9 in game one. The Wildcats came otu a bit flat in game two, falling behind 3-6 early, but quickly regained the lead and led 20-12 at one point. Kayleigh Harper served up an ace to end game two in favor of OH, 25-27. The Wildcats now led the match 2-0.

Game three was back and forth throughout until late, when 3 straight kills and a service ace put Glacier Peak up 24-22. A hitting error by the Wildcats ended the game 25-22 for GP, but the Wildcats still led 2-1.

Not ready to go home , Glacier Peak grabbed an early lead in game four, but never commanded the game, until late, with the score 21-17 in favor of GP. From there, an overpass kill, an ace and an error by the Wildcats led to game point for the Grizzlies. A kill by Glacier Peak ended the game 25-18 and tied the match at 2 games apiece.

In the decisive game five, Oak Harbor built a 7-3 lead on a big kill of an overpass by Kelsey Rankin, but GP fought back to tie the game at 7. A Roshel Muzzall tip put OH back on top 8-7 but a kill by GP tied it back up at 8. Another Muzzall tip gave the lead back to OH 9-8, and after a GP error and a Muzzall service ace, OH led 11-8. A big kill by DeGuzman coupled with a block by Rankin put our girls up 13-8. Harper put the game and match away with a dink just over the GP blockers. OH won game five 15-10 and the match 3-2.

The Wildcats travel to always noisy Everett Monday for their final regular season match, then return home on October 31st for the district playoffs.

Video highlights are HERE. They include Freshman, JV and varsity action.

Photos from all 3 teams are HERE.