EVERETT – The King’s and Archbishop Murphy girls volleyball teams played a marathon five-setter Thursday evening at Archbishop Murphy, but it was Sarah Mosiman and the Knights who came away with the Cascade Conference victory.
“She’s an outstanding player,” Archbishop Murphy assistant coach Jim Hardy said of Mosiman. “She sees the court so well, she’s tough to stop.”
In the decisive fifth set, Mosiman’s play – and her jump-serve – proved to be the difference as King’s (2-0 in league, 2-0 overall) erased an early 5-2 Archbishop Murphy lead to go up 9-5 and then finish 15-11 for the victory.
Mosiman had five kills in the fifth set, but Hardy wasn’t keeping statistics on her.
“I’d run out of ink,” he said with a laugh.
For the record, Mosiman finished with 31 kills, including nine in the fourth set to help even the score at two sets each, three aces and 10 digs.
Archbishop Murphy (1-1, 2-1) and King’s fought a see-saw battle through the first four sets, with the Knights dropping the first set 19-25, winning the second 25-20, losing the third 19-25 and taking the fourth 25-18.
Archbishop Murphy focused on taking away King’s power game, but the Knights adjusted, switching to a finesse attack by shooting at the corners and probing for weaknesses.
“The game ran in streaks,” Hardy said. “One team would get hot, the other would respond. Back and forth, with lots of good net play.”
Archbishop Murphy’s Kaitlin Hoban had five blocks, four kills and served three of her team’s five aces and sophomore setter Patti Reeves finished with 31 assists.
Cedarcrest 3, Sultan 0: At Sultan, the Red Wolves (2-0 in league, 4-0 overall) won the match in three sets, 25-11, 25-14, 25-5. Twins Bethany and Britney Carlson led the Wolves. Bethany had three aces, three digs and 13 kills. Britney had five aces, two kills and 21 assists. The Wolves’ Amber Shields added three assists and seven kills. Sultan is 0-2, 2-3.
South Whidbey 3, Granite Falls 0: At Granite Falls, Jessi Eaton had 24 assists and Caitie Newman had 12 kills to lead the Falcons (2-0 in league, 3-1 overall) to the 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 Cascade Conference victory. Micheala Dudder had six kills and three blocks for the Tigers (0-2, 0-3).
Lake Stevens 3, Shorewood 0; At Lake Stevens, sophomore Kaitlyn Jones earned 25 assists in her first varsity appearance to help Lake Stevens defeat Shorewood 25-21, 25-18, 25-18 in the non-conference match. Karissa Tri had nine kills for the Vikings and Sandy Crammel had eight digs.
Edmonds-Woodway 3, Meridian 1: At Belligham, Sharon Kelley had 22 assists, leading the 2-2 Warriors to the non league victory (17-25, 25-15, 25-18, 25-20). Linsdsey Bordeaux had 10 kills, Melissa Albrecht 15 digs and Mari Hegyi five blocks for E-W.
Kamiak 3, Cascade 0: At Everett, Kamiak’s Nicole Bozek was 12-for-12 serving and had eight kills and Elizabeth Smith had 22 assists as the Knights (2-0 overall) swept Cascade (0-2) 25-5, 25-14, 25-12.
Oak Harbor 3, Mountlake Terrace 0: At Oak Harbor, Krystal Rousselle and Miranda Thiel combined for 23 kills to lead the Wildcats (1-2 overall) to the non-league victory. Erin Thorlakson had seven kills for Terrace (0-2).
Snohomish 3, Mariner 0: At Snohomish, Mac Stout scored 13 kills and Stephanie Heard had 11 as the Panthers (3-0 overall) won the non-conference match over Mariner, 25-9, 25-20, 25-14. Shannon Peterson earned 11 assists and three aces for the Marauders (0-3).
Everett 3, Mount Vernon 1: At Mount Vernon, Manon Senegas had 12 kills and Maureen Frauenholtz had 24 assists and eight aces to lead Everett (2-0 overall) to the 25-14, 21-25, 25-18, 26-24 non-league victory. Amber Johnson and Molly Taylor combined for 18 blocks for the Bulldogs (1-3).
Stanwood 3, Shorecrest 1: At Stanwood, junior Megan Amundsom earned the triple-double with 14 kills, 14 digs and 11 aces in Stanwood’s 15-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-23 victory over Shorecrest in the non-conference game. Anna Herold earned 25 assists, 13 digs and five kills for the Scots (2-1 overall). Whitney Appleby earned 25 assists for the Spartans (3-0).
Lynnwood 3, Monroe 1: At Monroe, Alexa Breidenbach and Jamie Desimone each had 18 kills to lead Lynnwood (1-1 overall) to a 25-12, 26-24, 13-25, 25-21 non-league victory over Monroe. Kelsey Brennan had eight kills and three blocks and Kiley Simmons was 19-for-21 serving with four aces for the Bearcats (1-2).
Arlington 3, Meadowdale 1: At Arlington, Shayan Prause had 12 kills and Keesha Carpenter had 32 assists to lead Arlington (3-0 overall) to the 25-22, 18-25, 25-19, 25-22 non-league victory. Caitlyn Rhorbach had 14 kills, 12 digs and five aces for Meadowdale (0-3).
Darrington 3, Chief Leschi 0: At Tacoma, Ashley Armstrong was 11-for-11 serving with five aces to power Darrington to a 25-8 25-17 25-7 non-league victory over Chief Leschi (0-2 overall). Mandy Powell contributed 24 assists, Jill Frable had 11 kills and Chelsea Rounds had eight kills for the Loggers (2-1 overall).
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