PREP ROUNDUP: Edmonds-Woodway rallies for volleyball win over Scots

Published 9:37 am Thursday, October 8, 2009

EDMONDS — Edmonds-Woodway came out a little too excited for it’s Wesco South volleyball showdown with Shorecrest Wednesday night, but senior setter Leigh Fishback helped settle the Warriors as E-W beat the Scots 3-1 at Edmonds-Woodway High School.

The Warriors (2-1 league, 6-2 overall) dropped the first game, but rallied for a 22-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-14 win behind Fishback’s 45 assists and nine digs and freshman outside hitter Miah Diirell’s second consecutive strong match.

“We came out a little bit too pumped up and we had five service errors and seven hitting errors in that first game,” E-W head coach Mike Pittis said. “We had to back down a little and get a comfortable level of intensity.”

E-W did just that as Diirell tallied 16 kills and 17 digs, senior Hannah Lauber added eight kills, six blocks and 10 digs and junior Ashley Kelly-Norling recorded 10 kills and 10 digs.

Diirell added to an impressive performance Monday night versus Shorewood when she led the Warriors with 17 kills and 10 digs — the freshman has 33 kills and 27 digs over the last two contests.

“She’s had two real good ones back-to-back,” Pittis said. “She’s probably hitting .350 or .360 in the last two games.”

After the rocky start, Fishback helped maintain a good tempo with strong passing from the middle, creating what Pittis said was one of his squad’s better matches of the season.

“(E-W) came back (following the first game) and probably played our steadiest match so far,” Pittis said. “(Fishback) was really doing a nice job tonight, we’ve been trying to get our middles more involved and she was doing a nice job of distributing the ball.”

Elisa Ahern had nine kills and two blocks for Shorecrest (1-2, 3-5) and Lauren Schilperoort added seven kills and 16 digs. Casey Axelson also had 26 assists and eight digs for the Scots.

Jackson 3, Mariner 0: At Everett, Jackson’s Kristin Stoffel had three aces and four kills, Christy Cain had eight kills and two blocks and Haley MacDonald had 26 assists and five kills in Jackson’s Wesco South win. Set scores were not reported. Jackson is now 2-1 in league, 7-2 overall. Mariner’s Katelyn Kelly had 25 digs. Mariner is now 0-3, 0-8.

Kamiak 3, Shorewood 0: At Shoreline, Bryce Larson had 24 kills, Ally Bowles had 33 assists, Goli Soleimanpour had 13 digs and Jazmyne Dodd had seven kills in the Knights’ (3-0 league, 7-1 overall) 25-15, 25-16, 25-23 Wesco South win. Shorewood (1-2, 3-5) was led by Hannah Stoeve’s 11 kills, Carolyn Stransky’s 11 assists, Dana Brindle’s 13 digs and Laura Postor’s 12 digs.

Mountlake Terrace 3, Glacier Peak 0: At Snohomish, Mountlake Terrace swept Glacier Peak in the Wesco South contest 25-18, 25-20, 25-18, improving the Hawks’ record to a perfect 3-0 in league, 4-4 overall. Chrysandra Dresser had 14 assists and five aces, Christine Jenson had 14 assits, Liana Samuelson had 10 kills and Stephanie McGee had 21 digs for Terrace. Glacier Peak (0-3, 1-7) was led by Miranda Farrell’s six kills, Sydney Fullerton’s nine assists and two aces and Taylor Rasmussen 21 digs.

Boys tennis

Arlington 5, Snohomish 2

At Arlington H.S.

Singles—Mitchell Scott (S) def. Ari Fernando 7-5, 6-3; Austin Taylor (A) def. Dominik Schrock 6-3, 6-4; Marty Thordarson (A) def. Garat Grant 6-3, 6-0; Eric McElroy (A) def. Carlos Videla-Pousa 6-1, 6-3. Doubles—Chase Anderson-Jared Anderson (S) def. Tucker DeGraffenreid-Taylor Hartsell 6-3, 6-2; Josiah Aylesworth-David Taft-Farren (A) def. Luke Martinson-Zach Martinson 6-4, 6-4; Matt Peiffle-Brent Thompson (A) def. Zach Martin-Josiah Perron 6-2, 7-5. Records—Snohomish 8-4 league and overall. Arlington 9-4, 9-4.

Lake Stevens 4, Monroe 3

At Lake Stevens H.S.

Singles—Trevor Amsberry (M) def. Andrew Carlson 6-3, 6-2; Howard Chen (M) def. Kramer Hansen 6-1, 6-0; Adam Nelson (M) def. Cole Knowlden 7-6 (3), 7-5; Ivan Simkovic (LS) def. Robbie Swanson 6-1, 7-5. Doubles—Scott Jerde and Tyler Storz (LS) def. AJ Robertson and Cody Bruton 6-4, 6-2; Alex Iverson and Chris Sison (LS) def. Drew Hooper and Keenan Vye 6-4, 6-2; Nathan Crouch and Matt Main (LS) def. Chevy Rood and Max McGoff 6-4, 6-2. Monroe 1-11 league, 1-11 overall. Lake Stevens 6-7, 6-7.

Everett 6, Oak Harbor 1

At Oak Harbor H.S.

Singles—Brendan Soelling (E) def. Derek Thomas 6-1, 6-1; Dan Snydee (E) def. Josh Evans 6-2, 6-0; Ben Cardinal (OH) def. Santosh Samuel 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Lucas Henry (E) def. Max O’Dell 6-1, 6-1. Doubles—Stephen Bellrichard and Craig Plendl (E) def. David De Guzman and Brandon Vagt 6-4, 6-2; Evan Ebert and Nguyen Tong (E) def. Chase Edwards and Geoff Worley 7-5, 6-1; Mark Iringan and Alex Searle (E) def. Kevin Gagen and Chris Holbrook 6-1, 6-0. Records—Everett 12-0 league and overall. Oak Harbor 2-11, 2-11.

Stanwood 5, Cascade 2

At Cascade H.S.

Singles—Garrett Johnson (C) def. Teague Nelson 6-1, 6-1; Chris Gilmore (S) def. Johnny Mills 6-4, 6-4; Juan Ceja (C) def. Jacob Hamiter 7-6 (5), 7-5; Frank Medlicott (S) def. Traeson Brandenburg 6-2, 6-4. Doubles—Drew Pollock and Zach Meyer (S) def. Richard Nguyen and Eddie Bayya 7-5, 6-4; Joey Zingarelli and James McCune (S) def. Russelle Yap and Sean Dau 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Sean Dolan and Joel Shroyer (S) def. Mike Gleave and Tanner Hoidal 6-2, 6-2. Stanwood 8-4 league and overall. Cascade 4-9, 4-9.