RIMERSBURG, Pa. — Behind a monster night from Frankee Remmick, Union swept past visiting Moniteau, 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-23) to most likely secure a District 9 1A playoff spot.
(Photo of Frankee Remmick of Union, who had 20 kills in the Golden Damsels win over Moniteau Tuesday. Photo by Shelly Atezeni. Check out more of Atzeni’s work here.)
The win puts the Golden Damsels a game over .500 (8-7). The D9 playoffs is an open-system playoff (meaning anyone can go regardless of record) but most schools have a .500 rule.
Remmick had 20 kills to lead the victory while adding six digs.
Also for Union, Bryn Davis chipped in six kills, and Hannah Atzeni had 31 set assists and three aces.
REDBANK VALLEY 3, PUNXSUTAWNEY 1
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Behind 10 kills, seven blocks and two aces from Heather Traister, visiting Redbank Valley overcame a first-set loss to beat Punxsutawney, 3-1 (16-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-21).
Macy King added eight kills for the Lady Bulldogs, while Emily Gourley had four kills and four blocks. Hannah Adams chipped in 21 digs and three aces, and Carissa Rearick added 28 set assists and was key in serving in the fourth set.
A-C VALLEY 3, KEYSTONE 0
KNOX, Pa. — Josey Terwilliger 14 kills and eight digs helped visiting A-C Valley to a 3-0 (25-15, 25-5, 25-19) win at Keystone.
Olivia Boocks added nine kills, eight digs and four aces for the Lady Falcons who also got six kills from Cassie Schwalm and Kylee Eaton. Eaton also had 11 digs, while Sydney Rankin had 16 set assists.
On Senior Night for Keystone, senior Kaci Weaver had four kills.
COUDERSPORT 3, AUSTIN 0
AUSTIN, Pa. — Ally Easton and EmmaRae Easton both had eight kills to pace visiting Coudersport to a 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-7) win at Austin.
Joplin Osgood paced the Lady Falcons defense with 14 digs and also served well with seven aces, Macy Gleason chipped in 13 digs, Ady Page had eight digs, three aces and two kills and Skyler Vanwagenen added three kills.
BRADFORD 3, ST. MARYS 2
ST. MARYS, Pa. — Morgan Roggenbaum had 46 set assists, three digs, six kills, two blocks and two aces to lead visiting Bradford to a 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 19-25, 25-13, 15-11) win at St. Marys.
Kam Piscitelli led the offense with 29 kills while adding four aces, four digs and two blocks for the Owls, while Josie Kelly chipped in seven kills, a block and a dig. Bryn Manion chipped in eight digs, four assists and two kills, and Tori Moonan had four kills.
DUBOIS 3, BROCKWAY 0
DUBOIS, Pa. — Thanks to 10 kills and five aces from Danessa Allison, DuBois swept visiting Brockway, 3-0 (25-17, 25-9, 25-23).
Ashley McCluskey ran the offense for the Lady Beavers with 26 set assists while adding five aces, and Erin Crawford led the defense with 15 digs.
ALTOONA 3, CLARION 0
CLARION, Pa. — Despite 21 kills and 11 digs from Olivia Burns, shorthanded Clarion dropped a 3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-15) decision to visiting Altoona.
The loss, the Lady Cats first of the year, cost Clarion a shot at the top seed in the District 9 1A playoffs, which will now go to unbeaten Elk County Catholic.
Freshman Kate Constantino added four kills and eight digs for Clarion, which was playing its first match without Maya Thornton, who was hurt in the Lady Cats win over Erie McDowell Thursday.
Gloria Kroh also had 29 set assists and 10 digs for Clarion.
