QUILCENE — Quilcene bounced back from a loss to first-place Christian Faith with a three-set sweep of Crosspoint 25-10, 25-4, 25-8.
“We played well against Crosspoint, with some communication errors coming in the third game,” Rangers coach Joni Crowell said.
“The hitting from the outside was excellent, with both Emily Hitt and Katie Love contributing nine kills each [and] Bailey Kieffer adding another eight from the right side.”
Hitt also served 22 of 23 with two aces and added a block and a dig.
Setter Allison Jones handed out 26 assists and three digs and served 8 of 9 with two aces.
Elysah Schryver totaled six kills from her middle blocker position.
“Alex Johnsen, Megan Weller and Hitt continued to have excellent serve-receive, with only two serve-receive errors the entire match,” Crowell said.
Johnsen chipped in offensively by serving 12 of 13 with a team-high five aces. She also added four digs.
Weller served 9 of 12 with three aces, four kills, two assists and a dig.
Katie Bailey was a perfect 14 of 14 on serve with two aces.
The victory keeps the Rangers (6-1, 9-1) alone in second place in the SeaTac League.
The top four seeds earn a bye into the second round of the SeaTac League tournament.
Quilcene wraps its home schedule with a match against Auburn Adventist (0-7, 0-7) today before three straight road games to close the season.
Cascade Christian 3, Chimacum 0
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys dropped a nonleague contest to the Nisqually League Cougars 25-16, 25-20, 25-14.
Shanya Nisbet led Chimacum with five kills and 100 percent serving.
Taylor Carthum added 15 assists and was 100 percent
on serve for the Cowboys offensive attack.
Chelsey Johnson chipped in with three kills and five digs for Chimacum.
Audrey Thacker added four kills and served 100 percent.
Alina Preston had nine digs and a kill, while Ryley Eldridge added nine digs.
Sophia Thurston contributed two kills and served 100 percent.
Chimacum (1-0, 6-3) hosts Olympic League opponent Coupeville (0-1, 2-6) on Thursday.
