Lady Hornets Edge South Williamsport For Senior Night Win
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | October 3, 2023 | Photo courtesy Ed Weaver
The Wellsboro Volleyball team needed 5 sets to defeat South Williamsport 3-2 on Monday, October 2 during Senior Night.
South Williamsport won the first set 28-26 after taking an early lead over the Lady Hornets. Wellsboro battled back to tie it at 20 before South edged them for the early win. Both teams split the next three sets with Wellsboro winning set two 25-20, South winning the third set 25-17, and Wellsboro claiming the 4th set victory 25-13 to force the 5th and final set.
Wellsboro won the final set 15-10 to close out the match and claim their third straight win.
"It was definitely not what we were expecting but the girls came back from a tough start, came together as a team and worked hard," first year head coach Darci Warriner said. "This was the group I started volunteering with so to be there for them all four years and finally end with them on their senior night is a good feeling."
Senior Natalie Cleveland led the Lady Hornets with 22 digs while senior Meredith Brownlee scored 15 points (4 aces) and recorded 10 kills and 7 digs.
Junior Lexi Urena had 20 kills, 14 points (4 aces) and 5 digs, freshman Blake Eckart had 7 kills and a block, sophomore Taylor Main had 17 points and 12 points, and freshman Ellie Largey had 5 assists.
Wellsboro won the JV game 2-0 to improve to 9-3 on the year. They won the first set 25-12 and shut out the Lady Mounties in the second set behind 25 points from freshman Madison Cruttenden.
The Lady Hornets improve to 8-5 overall. They return home later this evening to take on rival North Penn-Liberty.
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.
