Lady Tornado Avenge Early Season Loss To Yellowjackets With Sweep; UV Captures 3rd In MAC Tournament
Published: October 19th, 2018
By: Meagan Schulz

ONEONTA – In their first meeting of the season, the Purple Tornado and the Yellowjackets of Oneonta went the distance of five games with Norwich on the losing end. Thursday, the Tornado squad traveled to the Yellowjackets nest looking for revenge.

The Norwich Volleyball team accomplished their goal, sweeping the host team in three games, 25-14, 25-18, 27-25 in the regular season finale.

Once again, the Purple Tornado had a high serve-in percentage, completing the contest with a 92.1-percent.

The hitters of Norwich, Lexi Taylor and Gabby Eddy, controlled the net game as the two combined for a total of 32 kills in the match.

Taylor finished with 18 of the 32 to go along with an ace and a block. Kylie Marvin hustled eight digs and two kills while Sam Binelli led with nine digs.

Oneonta’s Reilly Catan ended the night with 13 digs while teammate Clarissa Shaw recorded 13 assists. Liz Serafin tallied eight kills and one block at the net, and Shapri Krone served up three aces.

Story Continues Below Adverts

The junior varsity Tornado completed a perfect regular season with their win over the Yellowjackets in the earlier match of the evening. Both teams will move on to the Southern Tier Athletic Conference tournament, which is set to take place next week.

Norwich JV will face Horseheads while the varsity team’s opponent it yet to be determined.

Norwich 3, Oneonta 0

TO READ THE FULL STORY

The Evening Sun

Continue reading your article with a Premium Evesun Membership

View Membership Options




Comments