The Lions go on to win the season opener and record a straight sets win past Friendship/Thio. And/Whi, GV/Belfast Boys Meet Face to Face in First Belmont Rotary Club Title Game
Chris Brooks, Sports Editor, wellsvillesports.com
WELLSVILLE — Night 1 of the calendar’s new men’s volleyball campaign officially arrived on Friday. The night saw Cuba Rashford defend the Allegany County League crown and the league’s newest player, Allegany Limestone, on the court for the first time. Standing, the Lions of Wellsville hosted the Friendship/Sio in the season opener. .
In the early days, both Friendship/Scio and Wellsville were on the move, pushing points back and forth between each other. Each team had chances for a run along the way, but in the end the important ones were collected by the Lions, who stopped the opposition and built a lead in the second set. 25-23, 25-19, 25-22 over Sio to take his first straight sets victory of the season.
To start the match, Wellsville (1-0) started off with a huge first lead of eight points led by some excellent serve from the back line. Nonetheless, a rally continued for Friendship/Scio to close the gap to one point on the final serve, which ultimately came to nothing as the Lions longed for victory.
The Lions established a lead back and forth, scoring seven consecutive points to get all the room they needed to secure the win, and Friendship/Sio (0- 1) swept away from their opponents to put pressure on them in the closing stages. To the brink, despite being cornered.
Momentum carried into the final set of the night as the Lions scored a final dominance in Friendship/Thio as the Lions recorded a straight sets victory to start the season.
Riley Graves led the team offensively with six kills, along with three digs, an ace and an assist. Xavier Scott wasn’t far behind with 5 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks and 2 helpers. Gavan Dickerson, meanwhile, scored his 7-ace stint great on his line back, closing out the performance with 6 assists, 4 digs and 1 pair. murder.
Friendship/Cio were paced by Jordan White on offense, collecting a team-high five kills and lining up two blocks. Max Morris and Landon Arnold closed out the offense with 3 and 2 kills respectively.
While Wellsville hit the road to visit Genesee Valley/Belfast and Friendship/Thio host their home opener against Bolivar Richburg, both teams will be playing their first serve on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. Return to the floor in pairs.
Cuba – Rashford 3, Bolivar – Richburg 0
RICHBURG — The county title defense started on Friday with a right foot for the Cuban-Rashford Rebels. He continued on his way to victory. 25-14, 25-20, 25-20 win over Wolverines.
Anderson Siegel paced the attack to great success, with 8 kills, 1 ace and 1 block to propel Cuban Rashford (1-0). Preston His Vilotta recorded 3 kills, 3 aces and 1 block, while setter Allen Fuller started all of his offense in front of the net with a whopping 15 assists, plus he added 2. scored a kill and scored two goals. Ace and own block.
On the other side of the net, Bolivar vs. Richburg (0-1) was led by Hunter Wolp and Noah Little, with both Wolverines scoring 3 kills and 2 blocks, with Wolp scoring an ace along the way. Jaeger Tarlybury in front of the net he added 5 assists and had 2 kills and 2 blocks.
Both teams returned to action on Tuesday night with a 6 p.m. Hit the road to visit.
Allegany-Limestone 3, Genesee Valley/Belfast 1
Allegany — It wasn’t easy, but the County League’s newest team made its presence known on Friday in the first-ever volleyball game in school history.
With Genesee Valley/Belfast in town, the two teams went back and forth with wins in each of the first two sets. The action then tightened down the homestretch as both of the rest of the set forced extra serves. 25-21, 21-25, 26-24, 27-25 counts.
Pacing Genesee Valley/Belfast (0-1) was Kanaan Sullivan with 10 kills, the team’s most. With Jackson Stout in front of the net he scored five blocks to help the defense and Shawn Mahon back from his line he scored three of his aces.
Next up, the Wellsville Lions head to Genesee Valley/Belfast on Tuesday for a 6pm first service in the jungle.
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