NORWICH – The Purple Tornado and long-time rival Yellowjackets of Oneonta went the distance of five games to determine a winner of the STAC divisional match Tuesday night. Oneonta prevailed in the fifth game, winning 25-16 to take the match over host Norwich.
The Tornado opened the game with an opening set victory of 25-21 as they were able to hold on to a back and forth match between the two teams.
The Yellowjackets came back in the second game, which again came down to the wire. Passing the usual 25 points needed for the set victory, Norwich and Oneonta battled until one team had the two point advantage.
Norwich had the lead at 27-26 but a miscue led to the Yellowjackets taking the serve back and tying the score at 27. Two points later, Oneonta put away the Tornado for the second game, forcing a fourth game.
In the third game, Norwich pulled it together and finished with a 25-14 win to take the 2-1 lead and needing just one more to close out the match.
Oneonta put a hold on the match win for the home team, displaying strong play to take the fourth set 25-12 to require a fifth tie breaker game.
The final set was once again a battle like games two and three until the Yellowjackets got on a roll and the Tornado couldn’t recover. Oneonta won the final game 25-26 to secure the match victory.
The Yellowjackets were led by Lizzy Serafin’s 11 kills and five blocks, Clarissa Shaw’s 12 assists and seven aces, and Grace Lyall’s 14 digs.
Norwich saw strong play from Lexi Taylor with 29 kills, three aces and one dig. Ripley Strong finished the night with 10 assists and sister Riley ended with 25 assists.
Kylie Marvin was the hustler of the match for the Purple Tornado as she tallied 17 digs while teammate Sam Binelli recorded nine.
The Tornado junior varsity team held for the win during the match earlier in the evening, defeating Oneonta 2-1. All three games ended with close scores with Norwich taking the first of three. The Yellowjackets applied pressure to the Tornado’s perfect record by winning the second game but Norwich held on by winning the third to keep their undefeated season intact.
Both the junior varsity and varsity teams for the Purple Tornado will be home again on Thursday against powerhouse Windsor. JV will start at 5:30 p.m. and the varsity group will follow.
Oneonta 3, Norwich 2
21-25, 29-27, 14-25, 25-12, 25-16
Norwich: Kylie Marvin 4 aces, 1 assist, 17 digs; Ripley Strong 10 assists; Riley Strong 25 assists, 1 kill, 2 digs; Alexis Whaley 1 ace; Alexis Taylor 3 aces, 29 kills, 1 dig; Mia Maiurano 2 kills, 2 digs; Sam Binelli 2 kills, 1 block, 9 digs; Virgina Maiurano 2 kills, 5 digs; Gabby Eddy 4 aces, 7 kills, 1 dig.
Oneonta: Lizzy Serafin 11 kills, 5 blocks; Grace Lyall 14 digs, Clarissa Shaw 21 assists, 7 aces.
Unadilla Valley 3, Walton 1
WALTON – Unadilla Valley brought home a win on the road Tuesday evening after the Storm took down the Walton Warriors in four games.
Taking set one by a score of 25-20, UV was defeated in the second came by the host Warriors to at least force a fourth game to decide the outcome of the contest.
The Storm battled back, winning the next two games 25-17 and 25-19 to take the match.
Sierra Schrag led Unadilla Valley her strong play, recording 10 aces and 10 assists. Her teammate Erin Kelly tallied 10 aces, nine assists and eight digs, falling just shy of picking up a triple-double in the stats column.
The Storm also received 12 kills from Desiree Furgeson, Tatiana Lupo and Erin Brooks combined while Rebecca Ruffino prevented Walton points from being scored with 16 digs.
The Lady Warriors’ Jamie Klein paced the attack with three aces and seven assists. Teammate Emma Walley finished the night with five aces and Hailey Gardener added four kills and seven assists.
Unadilla Valley travels to Oxford on Wednesday for the second game of their back-to-back. Match between the Storm and the Blackhawks will start at 6:30 p.m.
Unadilla Valley 3, Walton 1
25-20, 22-25, 25-17, 25-19
Unadilla Valley: Sierra Schrag 10 aces, 10 assists; Erin Kelly 10 aces, 9 assists, 8 digs; Desiree Furgeson 1 block, 4 kills; Tatiana Lupo 4 kills; Erin Brooks 4 kills; Rebecca Ruffino 16 digs; Caitlyn Reynolds 10 digs.
Walton: Emma Walley 5 aces; Jamie Klein 3 aces, 7 kills; Hailey Gardener 4 kills, 7 assists; Molly McClenon 4 kills.
Bainbridge-Guilford 3, Delhi 0
DELHI – Bainbridge-Guilford shut out Delhi on the road Tuesday night, winning in straight sets. The Lady Bobcats did not allow the Bulldogs to score over eight points in any games, defeating the host in convincing fashion.
B-G won the games 25-6, 25-8, and 25-8 while displaying a team effort, something head coach Tami Selfridge has been pushing since the preseason.
Makenzie Drown tallied two aces, five kills and a block at the net for the Bobcats and teammate Alexis Carr recorded three aces, four kills and two digs.
Erica Selfridge served up 10 aces, four kills and 13 assists while Abi Selfridge ended the night with eight aces, five kills and 12 assists.
Jessica Davis had five digs, Sarah Roberts made one block, and Hannah Baxter added one kill and a block in the loss for Delhi.
