Lady Hornets top NEB, 3-0 on volleyball court

By: Ed Weaver  /  September 14, 2016

The Wellsboro Varsity Volleyball team rebounded from their loss to Coudersport to sweep Northeast Bradford 3-0 on Tuesday, September 13.

The Lady Hornets won the first set 25-8, the second 25-14, and the third 25-6 to improve to 3-1 on the year. Seniors Kirsten Florio and Olivia Kurtz and junior Jillian Graver all had 5 kills, junior Brianne Keane made 11 assists, junior Hannah Burnett had 14 points, 4 aces, and 8 assists, and Keane also had 8 points and 3 aces.

Junior Cheyenne Sherman had 7 points, 3 aces, and 5 digs, and junior Sydney Tremper recorded 12 digs.

In the JV game, Wellsboro won 2-0 (25-5, 25-19) to improve to 4-0 on the year. The win was also JV coach Michelle McNett's 60th career win.

The Varsity and JV teams will be back in action on Thursday, September 15 against Athens.

In the Middle School's game from Saturday, September 10 the young Lady Hornets beat Canton 2-1 (25-17, 24-26, 15-3) in the A-game to improve to 3-0. Brei Kemp served 11 straight serves in the third set, with 4 of them being aces. Bailey Minks also served well for the team, having 13 good serves, with 6 aces.

"There was a lot of volleying, which made the girls communicate and be ready to play the ball," said head coach Jen Outman. "The team made some great decisions in out of system play and in system play. I am pleased with their progress."

The Middle School team is back in action this afternoon at North Penn-Liberty.

In the B-game, Wellsboro lost 2-1 (23-25, 25-17, 14-16).