CUMBERLAND: In a thrilling five-game match on Monday, No. 2 Fort Hill defeated No. 4 Mountain Ridge.After losing the first two games, 25-17 and 25-16, the Sentinels (6-1 overall, 3-1 Western Maryland Athletic Conference) won the next three, 25-17, 25-14, and 15-13, to win the match.
Mountain Ridge lost to WestMAC 4-3.Addison Furstenberg, Kamryn Rice, and Jovie Breitfeller led Fort Hill with double-doubles. Breitfeller had 21 digs, 10 kills, and three aces; Furstenberg had 17 kills and 10 blocks; and Rice had 39 assists, 12 service points, and eight digs.Tatum Bishop concluded with 16 digs, MaeLeigh Plummer scored 16 kills and nine points, while Ava McFarland completed 11 digs 3 aces.
With a triple-double that included 15 service points, 18 digs, 11 kills, and three aces, Kealana Pua’auli led Mountain Ridge. With 25 kills and 14 digs, Ryan Whitehead earned a double-double. Makayla Ziler contributed 12 service points, two aces, and three digs. Aubreigh Wilson finished with five points, three digs, two kills, and two bocks.
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To increase their record to 8-0, Fort Hill won the junior varsity game 2-0.This season, the Sentinels JVs have not dropped a game.For the Sentinels, Summer Welsh finished with 13 assists and 3 digs; Caiti Willison recorded eight digs; Caniyah Plummer finished with 4 kills and 3 aces; and Corrine Spriggs finished with 5 kills and 4 aces.Addyson Haines, Jaylin Johnson, Lainey Clark, and Nadia Plackq each had two service points for mountain ridge.
Tuesday night, Fort Hill hosted No. 2 Northern (5-1 overall, 4-1 WestMAC), and on Monday at 6:30 p.m., the team will travel to Allegany (2-6 overall, 1-3 WestMACO).Mountain Ridge will play home to Bishop Walsh on Monday at 6 p.m. and Southern (3-5 overall, 0-3 WestMAC) on Tuesday.
Hampshire 3, Allegany 0 CUMBERLAND — Hampshire swept Allegany Monday winning by game scores of 25-22, 25-11 and 25-22. Ava Strother (10 assists, 7 digs, and an ace), Mackenzie Monahan (10 digs and 6 kills), and Chloe DeBlock (6 kills, 4 digs, and an ace) led Allegany.Hampshire’s statistics were not given.The JV match was won 2-1 by Hampshire. For Allegany, Rylee Shaffer finished with eight digs, five aces, and two kills.
“They are a very big and physical team.” The Eagles defeated Cumberland Valley 25-15, 25-14, and 25-10.Ganoe recorded another double-double with 19 kills and 10 digs. Robinette had nine kills, seven digs, and fifteen assists.With three aces and four digs, Maust contributed ten assists.
Reagan Getz completed with three assists, two kills, and ten dios.Heritage was at Calvary on Tuesday.”I’m still impressed by our little team,” Wall remarked. “We play much larger teams every week, and we push them to the very end of a tiebreaker.”