FORT BRAGG — The Kelseyville Knights had a productive night from the service line Tuesday while breezing past Fort Bragg 25-8, 25-15, 25-14 in a North Central League I North varsity volleyball match at Fort Bragg.
Kelseyville (3-1) is tied with Willits (3-1) for the North lead and the two teams square off for the final time in league play Thursday night in Willits.
“Our serving was very good,” Kelseyville coach Donelle McCallister said of the five aces by Ty Van Housen and another four from Sarah Johnson.
Kendra Schwegerl led the Knights with 10 kills and setter Chelsea DeJohn had 26 assists.
Amanda Ray replaced starter Jennifer Green, who is out with the flu, and had two kills.
Skyler Olsen”s passing also helped the Knights beat the Timberwolves in the minimum three games.
In other volleyball action Tuesday:
Willits def. Middletown
At Middletown, Willits kept pace with Kelseyville atop the NCL I North standings by beating Middletown 25-18, 25-21, 25-11. Willits improved to 3-1 with its win while Middletown (2-2) fell into a third-place tie with Lower Lake (2-2) at the midway point of the league race.
“We just didn”t do a lot of hitting,” Middletown coach Jennifer Breiner said. “We didn”t have a lot of kills like we usually do.”
Kayla Robinson”s six kills led the Mustangs while Morgan D”Amico added five kills, three blocks and two aces. Jenny McGee had four kills.
“She played really well at middle,” Breiner said of D”Amico.
Like the rest of the county”s teams, the Mustangs are battling the flu bug and were missing a starter. Other players were at less than 100 percent, according to Breiner.
The Mustangs are home tonight to play NCL I South leader St. Helena in an interlock match.
Lower Lake def. Clear Lake
At Lakeport, the Lower Lake Trojans defeated the Clear Lake Cardinals 25-17, 25-15, 25-22 in NCL I interlock action.
“We can”t get healthy,” Clear Lake coach Marci Psalmonds said of the flu bug which has hit the school hard in recent weeks. “It”s horrible, everybody”s sick.”
Even so, Psalmonds said the Trojans outplayed the Cardinals.
“They deserved to win,” Psalmonds said. “They dug up some balls I couldn”t believe they got to. They”re a scrappy team.”
For Clear Lake, Vanessa Tullos led the way with 13 kills and eight digs. Riley Gabehart added seven kills and setter Katie Reynolds had 19 assists.
The Cardinals host undefeated NCL I South leader St. Helena on Thursday.
Tashee Denson”s 10 kills powered a Lower Lake attack that also received seven kills from Amber Daniels and six from Veronica Wilder. April White had three blocks.
“We were a halfway decent passing team tonight,” Lower Lake coach Vanessa Udy said. “Once we get the ball to the setter we”re a pretty good hitting team.”
The Trojans open the second half of their NCL I North schedule at home Thursday against Fort Bragg.
