Liberty sweeps Horseheads, Wellsboro edges Central Mountain
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 19, 2017
North Penn-Liberty and Wellsboro each improved to 6-0 with Athens picked up their first win of the year in NTL volleyball action on Monday, September 18.
North Penn-Liberty 3, Horseheads 0
Liberty won in straight sets against Horseheads (NY) on Monday; 25-19, 25-18, and 25-18.
Mariah Kshir with 2 aces, 12 pts, 3 kills, 3 blocks, 15 assists and 5 digs; Brooke Harvey added 7 pts, 6 kills, 10 service receptions and 5 digs; Charisma Grega scored 7 pts, 9 kills, 6 receptions, 1 block and 12 digs; Savannah Doney had 5 pts, 14 receptions, and 12 digs; JoAnne McNamara added 3 aces, 8 pts, 18 assists and 3 digs; Maddison Minyo had 1 ace, 3 pts, 10 kills and 2 digs; Ellianna Fry added 4 kills and 2 blocks; and Allison Koval had 6 receptions and 6 digs.
Wellsboro 3, Central Mountain 2
The Lady Hornets won took the first set in the back and forth game 25-18. Central Mountain won the next two sets 25-16 and 25-23 before the Lady Hornets won the fourth 25-19 to force a fifth set. Wellsboro edged Central Mountain 15-13 in the final set to win the game.
Senior Brianne Keane led the team with 30 assists and 3 blocks, senior Cheyenne Sherman had 13 digs and 11 kills, sophomore Caitlyn Callahan had 8 kills, senior Jillian Graver had 6 kills and 9 points with 2 aces, and sophomore Megan Starkweather had 14 points, 2 aces, 6 kills, and 5 blocks.
Sophomore Ryann Adams also had 8 points and 13 digs in the win.
Athens 3, Canton 1
The Lady Wildcats won their first game of the year by beating Canton on Monday. Canton won the first set 25-20 then Athens won the next three: 25-21, 25-12, and 25-19.
Jocelyn Burns had 3 points, 12 digs, and 2 kills; Megan McDuffee recorded 3 points, 8 digs, and 4 kills; Sydney Liecty finished with 1 point, 1 dig, 1 block, and 4 kills; Amelia Martin scored 12 points, had 15 digs, 1 kill, and 12 assists; and Ashtyn Allen notched 1 point, 11 digs, and 1 kill.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
