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Newark volleyball outlasts Orion in Class 1A sectional semifinal three-set win · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Newark volleyball outlasts Orion in Class 1 Insectional semi-final three-set win. Written
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  by Brian Hoxy This article is being read by an automated voice
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  brought to you by Everlet. Throughout Tuesday's Class 1A Weathersfield sectional semifinal
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  match in K1E, the Newark and Orion volleyball squads battled back and
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  forth both on the scoreboard in attempts to hold momentum. In the
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  end, the Norsemen made more plays down the stretch and secured a
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  thrilling 25-23, 27-29, 25-21, victory over the Chargers.
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  This was a true battle of many runs throughout the entire match,
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  Newark coach PJ McKinney said. Neither team would let the other get
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  a comfortable lead. It was back and forth, and just when you
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  thought you had a good hold on momentum, it would get taken
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  away. Orion is a very good team we beat here tonight. They're
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  really a tough matchup. Newark 34-5, winners of seven in a row,
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  advances to Thursday's 6 p.m. Championship match against Fulton, 32-5, which defeated
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  Brimfield in straight sets in The second semifinal of the night, and
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  will enter Thursday's final on a 22-match win streak. Orion, twenty seven
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  and ten, had defeated Newark in two sets on september eleventh in
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  the Williamsville Tournament. The Norsemen had fallen in four consecutive sectional semi-finals
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  and will look to earn the title for the first time since
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  2021. Losing they second set and how it played out really gave
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  Orion a ton of momentum going to the
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  third set McKinney said. Then we struggled a little bit in those
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  first ten points or so, but these girls, like the have all
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  season, responded. Our defense was really good all night, but especially in
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  the final 15 points or so. Newark trailed in
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  the third set 1715, but a sideout kill by junior Riley Carlson
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  was followed by an ace from senior Ella Bromland, and the Norsemen
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  never looked back. Sophomore Zoe Carlson smashed down three kills over the
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  final few points. And provided a block on match point to secure
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  the win. We all have all the trust in the world in
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  each other, Zoe Carlson said. We know that if someone makes a
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  mistake, someone is going to pick them up on the next point.
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  I really thought we had the second set, but Orion played just
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  a little bit better in those final few points. We talked in
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  the huddle before the third set about how we just needed to
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  keep playing the way we were, and if we did that, we'd
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  be okay. Newark was led on the stat sheet by fine efforts
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  from Zoe Carlson, 17 kills, 4 blocks, 7 digs, 4 aces. Riley
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  Carlson, 18 kills, 10 digs, Senior Taylor Jeffers, 17 assists, 7 digs,
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  Ella Bromland, 16 assists, Junior Libero, Kayla Pottinger, 22 digs, and freshman
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  Sarah Monsess, 2 kills, 5 blocks. Our team likes playing well.
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  Defensively, Riley Carlson said. We are all competitive as far as wanting
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  to not let anything hit the floor, and I feel like we
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  showed that tonight. We also really want to do the best we
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  can to make it tough for the other team's hitters to have
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  to really work for their kills. I really think this was one
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  of our best matches of the season as far as playing all
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  around well. Newark held a 23-19 led in the opening set before
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  Orion cut the disadvantage to 1, a kill by Ellie Mielkey making
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  it 23-22. Riley Carlson followed with a side-out kill, then after another
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  Milkey kill, Zoe Carlson winning a swing off the block gave Newark
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  a one-set lead. In the second set, Orion fought off a trio
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  of match points before a Newark hitting error and a kill by
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  Lila Johnstone sent the match to a third set. Ellie Knupp led
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  Orion with eleven kills, while Johnstone added eight. We knew coming into
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  this season we were pretty solid hitting and setting, so we really
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  worked on our blocking and defense, McKinney said. I thought we were
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  very strong at the net, and our defense made some amazing plays
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  to keep points alive. If we can be strong on the block
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  and play sound defense, I'll always like our chances.