Snohomish avenges loss to Kamiak

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, September 22, 2005

SNOHOMISH – The Snohomish Panthers and Kamiak Knights were in mid-season form as Snohomish earned a hard-fought, non-league victory over Kamiak 25-21, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23 Thursday night.

“This was a fun game,” Snohomish coach Kris Little said. “Both teams were equally psyched for a rematch (Snohomish avenged last year’s loss to Kamiak). Their experience shows. There were only a few unforced errors the whole game.”

As league play begins next week, this was a good test for the North/South rivals to feel each other out. With the victory, Snohomish improved to 5-0, while Kamiak fell to 3-1.

Missing from action was co-captain Katrina Alonso, who Little called her “insane digger.” Alonso provided moral support from the bench after breaking her hand in the Kentridge tournament last week.

“We’ve got a great group of kids”, added Little, who is in her first year as Panther coach after four years with Cascade. “After losing to Kamiak last year, they told me that they really wanted this one.”

In a nip and tuck battle, no set was won by more than four points and Little pointed out that the lead was between 2-3 points for almost the entire match.

Mac Stout and Stephanie Heard had 17 and 11 kills, respectively, for the Panthers.

Kamiak’s Lauren Poole led the Knights with an impressive 41 digs, while setter Elisabeth Smith pitched in with 40 assists.

Oak Harbor 3, Shorecrest 1: At Oak Harbor, Ashley Kingma’s seven aces and Miranda Thiel’s 19 digs spurred the Wildcats (3-2 overall) to a 25-16, 25-19, 17-25, 25-17 victory over the Scots (2-2) in non-league action. Mary Tseng provided the offensive punch for Shorecrest with 10 kills.

Monroe 3, Everett 1: At Monroe, the 3-2 Bearcats handed the 3-1 Seagulls their first loss of the season in a non-league game. For Monroe, Jordan Birch had 11 kills, Kelsey Brennan 12 kills and Sarah Mueller 31 assists, three aces and four blocks. Manon Senegas had 13 kills and Maureen Frauenholtz three aces and 19 assists for Everett.

Meadowdale 3. Cascade 0: At Everett, in non-league play, the Mavericks earned their first win of the season at the Bruins’ expense. Meadowdale (1-3 overall) standouts were Caitlyn Rohrbach (14 kills, seven digs), Maggie Brewe (12 kills, eight digs) and Katie Cowan (33 assists). Cascade (1-3) was led by Meghan Dickenson, who tallied eight kills and three blocks.

Edmonds-Woodway 3, Lake Stevens 2: At Lake Stevens, Sharon Kelley had 42 assists and Camille Colombana served up three aces and had 22 digs to help Edmonds-Woodway (2-4 overall) win the non-league game against Lake Stevens (3-2) in five sets (23-25, 25-19, 26-28, 24-14, 15-13). For Lake Stevens, Kaitlyn Jones had 25 assists, Kristin Long had 11 blocks and Lauren Nissen and Karissa Tri combined for 16 kills.

Mount Vernon 3, Shorewood 0: At Mount Vernon, the Bulldogs won the non-league match in three games. Mount Vernon (2-2 overall) was led by Amber Johnson with 10 kills and five blocks, Molly Taylor with nine kills and four blocks, Kiela Bopnford with three aces and Alicia Guildner with 14 assists. Ari McInnes had 13 assists and Anyka Ozog four kills for the 0-5 Thunderbirds.

Stanwood 3, Mountlake Terrace 0: At Stanwood, Tarin Nicholas (25 assists) and Megan Amundson (11 kills) led the Spartans (4-1 overall) to a three-set sweep (27-25, 25-8, 25-19) of the Hawks (0-4) in non-league play.

Jackson 3, Arlington 0: At Arlington, Jackson’s Brittany Cain served up three aces and Brittany Shaw had 12 kills to give Jackson (3-1 overall) the 25-22, 25-15, 25-10 win over Arlington in the non-league match. Arlington (3-2) setter Keesha Carpenter nabbed 18 assists for the Eagles before leaving the game with an ankle injury.

Marysville-Pilchuck 3, Lynnwood 0: At Marysville, Nancy Couls posted six kills and two stuff blocks and Ashley Kehler contributed 13 assists and a pair of service aces to lead M-P (1-3 overall) to the 25-19, 25-16, 25-21 non-conference victory. Lynnwood (1-3) was led by Heather McCartney (18 assists) and Alexa Briedenbach (seven kills).

King’s 3, Granite Falls 0: At Granite Falls, despite the Tigers’ Michaela Dudder’s six kills and 10-for-10 serving, the Knights (4-0 league and overall) swept Granite Falls (0-3, 0-5) in Cascade Conference play, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20. For King’s, Sarah Mosiman had six kills, six aces and 11 assists, Kim Mayhle had six kills and Jamie Hartman had 10 digs.

Cedarcrest 3, South Whidbey 1: At Duvall, Britney Carlson (42 assists), Jessica Gunderson (13 kills) and Whitney Oviatt (four aces) led the Wolves (4-0 league, 6-0 overall) to a four-set victory (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 25-16) over the Falcons (2-2, 3-3) in Cascade Conference action. Jessie Eaton (24 assists) and Caitie Newman (eight kills) provided South Whidbey’s highlights.

Archbishop Murphy 3, Lakewood 0: At Everett, the Wildcats came out strong with Allie Gotz grabbing 10 digs, Alyssa Smith hitting nine kills, Rachel Shober adding seven kills and Patti Reeves helping out with 27 assists. Archbishop Murphy (2-2 in league, 4-2 overall) went on to win the Cascade Conference game 25-17, 25-11, 25-15 over Lakewood (1-2, 2-2).

Shoreline Christian 3, Darrington 2: At Darrington, Shoreline Christian won the Northwest A/B League opener for both schools in five sets, 25-21, 20-25, 21-25, 28-26, 15-11. Darrington (0-1 in league, 2-2 overall) was ahead 2-1 and was leading 25-24 in the fourth set before Shoreline Christian (1-0, 2-2) rallied to win the set and even the score. The Crusaders then took the fifth set for the victory. Winter Hayden had 31 digs and Mandy Powell 25 assists for the Loggers.

Skykomish 3, Lummi 0: At Skykomish, Skykomish’s Charlotte Brown was 28 of 29 on serve, including 15 aces to lead the Rockets (2-1 in league, 3-3 overall) to the Northwest B win over Lummi (1-1,1-3). Kelsey Wahl and Amanda Zerger each had eight assists for the Rockets.