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Hall girls volleyball closes strong, puts away Serena for first win · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Hall Girls Volleyball closes strong, puts away Serena for first win.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Clark Toysha. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Using a
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  Speaker 1: dominant third set effort to close out its first victory
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  Speaker 1: of the 2026 campaign, the Hall Girls Volleyball team enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: a spirited, energetic effort Thursday. as the Red Devils prevailed
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  Speaker 1: over Serena 25-23, 19-25, 25-16 in Spring Valley. Hall, 1-1,
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  Speaker 1: scored the first seven points of the deciding set, including
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  Speaker 1: two service aces from Leah Burkhart, and never led by
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  Speaker 1: less than five the rest of the way. Tonight, everything
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  Speaker 1: just came together, said Red Devils coach Carolyn Foster. On Monday,
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  Speaker 1: we played well, but we just couldn't finish. I think
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  Speaker 1: the biggest part was the energy and them having fun.
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  Speaker 1: They were excited and they were pushing each other. Middle
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  Speaker 1: hitter Caroline Morris registered kills for the Red Devils' first
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  Speaker 1: two points and spearheaded Hall's efforts the entire evening, finishing
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  Speaker 1: with seven kills and a service ace in the opening set.
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  Speaker 1: I think my adrenaline was through the roof, Morris said.
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  Speaker 1: We were so ready to play that first set. We've
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  Speaker 1: been ready since Monday's loss to Seneca. We wanted to
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  Speaker 1: prove ourselves. The Red Devils' abundance of energy carried over
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  Speaker 1: into their serving in the form of five service errors
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  Speaker 1: in the opening set, which Foster cited as an area
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  Speaker 1: of improvement during play Thursday. We had a lot of
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  Speaker 1: service errors early, but they made up for it with
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  Speaker 1: their passing, she said. We were giving them points, so
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  Speaker 1: our goal going forward was not to miss any serves
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  Speaker 1: after that. And I'm proud of them, because we didn't
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  Speaker 1: hit one ball in the net. We practice aggressive serving
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  Speaker 1: and trying to serve girls off the court and make
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  Speaker 1: them second guess themselves. Neither team led by more than
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  Speaker 1: two points until a kill by Morris gave Hall a
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  Speaker 1: 15-12 edge. The Huskers rallied to tie it at 15-15,
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  Speaker 1: but two kills and a service ace by Morris nudged
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  Speaker 1: the Red Devils in front once again. A five-point Serena
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  Speaker 1: run left Hall with a 21-19 deficit, but kills from Burkhart,
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  Speaker 1: Nina Zamora, and Ava Delphi erased it before DeFi and
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  Speaker 1: Morris combined for Hall's first block of the match to
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  Speaker 1: close out the set. The Red Devils owned a 10-6
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  Speaker 1: advantage in the second set before Serena, 2-1, embarked on
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  Speaker 1: an 8-2 scoring run that gave the Huskers a 14-12 advantage.
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  Speaker 1: Kaitlyn Coote's kill tied the score at 14-14, but the
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  Speaker 1: visitors scored the next three points to pull back in front.
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  Speaker 1: With Madeline Sturchey delivering four kills and a service ace
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  Speaker 1: down the stretch, The Huskers claimed a 25-19 win to
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  Speaker 1: force a third set. Hall extended its lead in the
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  Speaker 1: final frame to 13-3 before the Huskers began to narrow
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  Speaker 1: the gap. The Red Devils never led by fewer than
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  Speaker 1: five points the rest of the way. In terms of
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  Speaker 1: energy and being ready to play from top to bottom,
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  Speaker 1: it was so different, Morris said. We've been stressing for
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  Speaker 1: years about how our bench has such an impact on
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  Speaker 1: our team, and those girls, they showed all their energy
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  Speaker 1: on the bench. Morris finished with a match-high 18 kills,
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  Speaker 1: while Kutz finished with 8 and a team-best 18 digs.
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  Speaker 1: Mia Wenzel finished with 29 aces, and Delphi totaled 2 blocks.
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  Speaker 1: Sturchey led Serena with 7 kills, while Maddie Young totaled
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  Speaker 1: 13 assists. Brinley Glade finished with 17 digs. The Red
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  Speaker 1: Devils host the Hall Early Bird on Saturday.