Lady Patriots start season 3-0
The St. John Bosco Lady Patriots got off to a 3-0 start to the season. On Monday, August 29 they beat Meadows Valley at Riggins. On Tuesday, August 30 they outlasted Timberline 25-21, 23-25, 24-26, 25-22, 15-5 at Cottonwood and on Thursday, Sept. 1 they defeated Highland 25-22, 24-26, 25-23, 25-20, also at Cottonwood.
We have no details available for the Meadows Valley match.
The first home match for the Patriots was very evenly matched until the final game.
SJB opened strong with Noelle Chmelik serving them to a 5-0 lead with 3 aces plus a kill by Serinah Palmer.
Timberline answered with 4 straight points and it was close the rest of the way.
Timberline took an 8-10 lead then missed a serve. Rachel Sonnen then served 4 straight for a 13-10 SJB lead. She had an ace while Sarah Waters scored a pair of kills and Raylie Warren added another.
Timberline came back to take a 14-15 lead then the lead changed hands 3 more times before SJB took the lead for good at 19-18 on a missed Timberline serve. An ace by Makayla Rose and a kill by Waters made it 21-18.
Timberline then got within 1 at 22-21 before a tip by Waters scored a sideout. Waters then added a kill on a free ball and Sonnen finished off the game with an ace.
SJB led early in the second game until Timberline took the lead at 3-5. The Spartans held the lead the rest of the game, leading by as many as 7 at 10-17.
SJB rallied back to within 1 at 20-21 and then tied it at 23-23 after 2 aces by Rose. A net violation scored the sideout and Timberline score a kill to even the match at 1 game each.
In the third game Palmer scored a kill and Chmelik added an ace for a 2-0 lead. After trading sideouts, Sonnen served SJB to a 7-1 lead. Sonnen had an ace with Warren scoring 2 kills and a net violation adding another points.
SJB held the lead until Timberline got a big serving run late. SJB missed a serve to make it 20-15 then Timberline scored 7 straight points to take a 20-22 lead.
SJB scored on kills by Waters and Chmelik and an ace by Warren for a 23-22 lead but Timberline scored a sideout and an ace for a 23-24 lead.
Waters won a joust at the net to tie it but Timberline then scored 2 straight for the win and a 1 games to 2 lead.
In game 4 Timberline scored first but then missed a serve. Chmelik served 3 straight aces for a 4-1 lead.
Timberline came back for leads of 5-6 and 6-7. Julia Wassmuth then scored a kill and served 2 aces for a 9-7 SJB lead.
SJB was able to lead 12-9 before Timberline came back to tie it at 12-12. SJB answered with 4 straight points, 2 of them on aces by Chmelik to lead 16-12.
Timberline again came back and took the lead at 19-21.
Back to back kills by Waters tied it but a missed serve put Timberline back on top.
Waters then scored 3 straight kills and Chmelik ended the game with an ace as SJB tied the match at 2 games each.
The final game was all SJB as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never trailed. Chmelik had 2 aces in the opening 4-0 run and Palmer and Warren each added a kill.
8 of the next 9 serves were sideouts but SJB scored the only serving point on a kill by Sonnen.
After a sideout kill by Waters made it 9-4, Sonnen served 2 straight points with an ace and another kill by Waters for an 11-4 advantage.
After trading sideouts, Waters was able to finish off the match. She served 2 aces and Warren scored the match winning kill.
Waters had 23 kills, 3 assists and 3 aces in the match. Palmer had 14 kills, including a block. Warren had 11 kills and 2 aces. Wassmuth had 5 kills including a block, 23 assists and 2 aces. Chmelik had 3 kills, 25 assists and 12 aces. Sonnen had 3 kills and 7 aces. Maleah Cummings had 1 kill and Rose had 2 assists and 4 aces.
In the match against Highland Julia Wassmuth had 15 assists and six aces while Raylie Warren had 10 kills as the Patriots moved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in White Pine League play.