UPPER LAKE — The less-than-full-strength Kelseyville Knights improved to 14-0 on the season with a 25-17, 25-23, 25-15 win over the Upper Lake Cougars in a North Central League I interlock varsity volleyball match on Thursday night in Upper Lake.
Kelseyville was missing Katie King (out sick) and Jaime Stockman, who played part of game one but had to leave the match with a hip injury.
“We went in with 40 percent of our offense missing,” Kelseyville coach Larry Bresso said.
Casey Bowlin stepped up for Kelseyville, pounding out a team-best 12 kills. Lauren Nixon added 10 kills and setter Jill Bailey had 15 assists, five kills and three aces.
Upper Lake coach Sandy Coatney said the Cougars gave a good account of themselves and weren”t intimidated by the Knights, the defending NCL I North champions.
“Everybody knows Kelseyville”s the big dog,” Coatney said. “But when I was talking to my girls after the match I asked them if they wanted to play these guys again and they did … they wanted to play right now,” Coatney said. “They”re not afraid of Kelseyville.”
Caity Falge”s 16 digs, five kills and five blocks led the Cougars. Sierra Higgins added eight assists and Hannah Johnson had four kills and six blocks.
Upper Lake won the junior varsity match 25-18, 25-22 behind five kills from Jackie Lovrin and 10 assists from Courtney Havrilla.
