The Ray Jays rallied from a 2-1 deficit to fly past Tioga 3-2 on Thursday night at Wildrose-Alamo High School in Wildrose.
Ray won 25-19, 18-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-7 in the District 16 matchup.
The Jays (1-1 in District) and Pirates (1-1) each brought big hitting attacks into the match, but Ray's shots found the floor just a bit more often.
"We weren't hesitating, we were just going for it," said Ray coach Michelle Dolan. Each team had two players with double-digit kills. Senior Samantha Heier had 20 kills for the Jays and freshman Olivia Corcoran had 19. Tioga countered with Jordan Larson and Andriana Uchany with 14 each.
"They went really well," said Tioga coach Amanda Zerr. "They played really hard. I think there's a lot of pressure when these towns separate, it's really competitive."
Ray put both the fourth and fifth games away quickly, jumping out to a 19-10 lead in the fourth and 7-2 in the rubber game. After a few timeouts, Tioga tried to come back but could only hold the deficit at five before a quick run ended the game with Ray's Kayla Thompson recording the final point with an ace.
Ray 3, Tioga 2
Tioga 19 25 25 14 7
Ray 25 18 22 25 15
Ray stats
Kills - Samantha Heier 20, Olivia Corcoran 19, Kendra Heier 4, Tricia Liesener 3, LeAndra Reinholdt 2; Blocks - Samantha Heier 1, Liesener 1; Digs - Liesener 25, Samantha Heier 20, Kendra Heier 20, Reinholdt 18, Chantel Tracey 13, Kayla Thompson 11, Corcoran 3, Mariah Olson 2; Aces - Kendra Heier 3, Liesener 2, Thompson 1, Reinholdt 1, Samantha Heier 1; Assists - Liesener 19, Reinholdt 18
Tioga stats
Digs - Andriana Puchany 30, Shelby Carlson 27, Katrina Kutter 27, Karli Olson 26, Jordan Larson 22, Paige Gohrick 10, Karen Cushing 2; Kills - Puchany 14, Larson 14, Kutter 6, Carlson 4, Gohrick 3, Olson 1; Blocks - Larson 4, Olson 1, Puchany 1; Aces - Puchany 3, Olrson 2, Larson 1, Kutter 1, Carlson 1
Divide County 3
Powers Lake 0
Divide County ran their record to 3-1 in District 16 play with a 3-0 victory against Powers Lake (0-3) on Thursday night.
The Maroons got 19 assists from Morgan Renner, and Ellie Gillund had 11 kills, four aces, two blocks and eight digs. Kayla Casteel led the team with 10 digs.
Divide County 3, Powers Lake 0
DC 25 25 25
PL 7 14 15
Divide County stats
Kills - Ellie Gillund 11, Mariah Jacobs 9, Trish Sem 6, Morgan Renner 2, Amanda Johnson 2, Allie Dhuyvetter 1; Blocks - Jacobs 2, Gillund 2; Assists - Renner 19, Andrea Olson 3, Hanna Gillund 1; Digs - Kayla Casteel 10, Ellie Gillund 8, Dhuyvetter 5, Sem 5, Renner 2, Trina Bogrett 2, Olson 2; Aces - Ellie Gillund 4, Sem 3, Casteel 2.
Trinity Christian 3, Trenton 0
The Trinity Christian Crusaders rolled to a 3-0 win over Trenton on Thursday night at Trinity Christian School.
The Crusaders won by scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-11.
Megan Herr paced Trinity Christian with 10 assists and three aces. Whitney Kitzan had six aces and six kills.
Ciara Walker also added three aces, three kills and eight digs.
Trinity Christian 3, Trenton 0
Trenton 20 20 11
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