Wellsboro Volleyball sweeps Athens
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 17, 2017
The Wellsboro Varsity Volleyball team won their fifth consecutive game by sweeping Athens on Saturday, September 16.
Wellsboro remained perfect against Athens (10-0) under head coach Sharon Zuchowski by winning the first set 25-22 and taking sets two and three 25-17.
Senior Hannah Burnett led the Lady Hornets with 27 digs, senior Brianne Keane scored 17 points, had 9 aces, and made 19 assists; senior Cheyenne Sherman registered 5 kills, scored 10 points (3 aces), and made 18 digs, sophomore Caitlyn Callahan had 9 kills, and sophomore Megan Starkweather scored 5 points (3 aces) and had 2 kills.
Senior Jillian Graver also recorded 2 kills on the night.
Wellsboro's JV team also won on the night, defeating Athens 2-1 (25-15, 23-25, 15-3) to also improve to 5-0 this season.
The Lady Hornets (5-0, 4-0 NTL) host Central Mountain on Monday, September 18.
Middle School: Williamson 2, Wellsboro 1
The young Lady Hornets dropped their second straight game on Saturday to fall to 2-2 on the year. Williamson won the first set 25-21 and Wellsboro won set 2 25-16 to force a third set. Williamson won the third 18-16.
Emma Pietropola and Olivia Servatius both had spikes.
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.
