UPPER LAKE — Using the momentum from their five-game win over St. Vincent on Tuesday, the Upper Lake Cougars rolled past the Willits Wolverines 25-11, 25-23, 25-21 in a North Central League I interlock varsity volleyball match on Thursday night in Upper Lake.
“It”s good to get two in a row, hopefully we can keep it going,” Upper Lake coach Sandy Coatney said.
“They made a lot more errors than St. Vincent,” Coatney said. “It”s not that we didn”t play well, but they helped us out a lot.”
Hannah Johnson”s five kills and seven aces propelled the Cougars, who close out their season next week with NCL I South matches against Clear Lake (Tuesday in Lakeport) and Cloverdale (Thursday in Upper Lake). Sam Bullard added six aces and 13 assists.
Willits did win the junior varsity match 25-16, 13-25, 15-13. For Upper Lake, Brandy Claunch had nine assists and four aces, and Jenna Scull picked up six kills on only seven arm swings.
In other action Thursday:
St. Vincent def. Clear Lake in three games
At Petaluma, the first-place St. Vincent Mustangs (6-1) made quick work of the Clear Lake Cardinals, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18, in NCL I South action.
“It just wasn”t a very good night,” Clear Lake Marci Psalmonds said.
Jesse Sondag led the Cardinals (2-4) with 10 kills, Briana Butcher added four kills and six service points, and Katie Reynolds had 17 assists.
JV volleyball
n Lower Lake def. Kelseyville in two games
At Lower Lake, Mirella Valencia”s four kills, six service points and three aces powered the Lower Lake Trojans in a 25-21, 17-25, 15-10 victory over the Kelseyville Knights in NCL I North junior varsity action.
Lower Lake is 6-0 in league play with two matches remaining.
Amber Daniels had three kills, six points and three aces for the Trojans and Veronica Wilder contributed a team-best seven points.
