Lady Hornets fall to Towanda in 5 sets
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 22, 2021
The Wellsboro Varsity Volleyball team had their two-game win streak snapped as they dropped a five-set game to Towanda on Tuesday, September 21.
The Lady Hornets won the first two sets, 25-16 and 25-23. Towanda then took the third set 25-7 and the fourth 25-18 to even it up at 2 sets apiece to force a 5th set. Towanda edged Wellsboro 15-13 in the 5th set for the win.
Junior Madaline Bordas had 31 assists, 7 points and an ace, senior Olivia Servatius made 29 assists and had 7 points and an ace. Freshman Paige Logsdon had 11 kills and 5 blocks, junior Emily Starkweather scored 12 points (2 aces) and had 11 digs and 8 kills, sophomore Natalie Cleveland had 10 digs, senior Emma Owlett had 6 kills, and sophomore Meredith Brownlee had 17 points and 2 aces.
Wellsboro won the JV game 2-0 (27-25 and 25-12) to stay undefeated at 6-0.
The loss drops the Lady Hornets to 3-3 overall and 2-3 in the NTL Large School Division standings. The team is back in action for a non-league game at Williamsport on Thursday, September 23.
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.
