Mahomet-Seymour 7th-grade volleyball on 13 match win streak
By FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
The seventh-grade Bulldogs raised their volleyball winning streak to 13 matches with Thursday’s 25-18, 25-18 victory at Champaign St. Matthew, which built a 6-1 lead in the opening set.
The Bulldogs forced a tie at 14-14 and the teams were still even at 17-17 before Addi Eisenmann’s six-point service run sparked the first-set M-S win.
The Bulldogs had to come from behind in the second set. The team completed the mission thanks to service runs by Ellie Barker – who dropped in four consecutive aces – and Elana Religioso helped M-S secure the sweep, the team’s 18th two-set sweep this season.
On Monday, M-S won at Tolono Unity, 25-10, 25-8.
An eight-point run, with Emma Frazier at the service line, helped M-S break from a 7-7 tie and move into a 16-7 lead. Talia Francom’s kill capped off the first set triumph.
In the second set, the Bulldogs zipped into an 11-1 lead and built their margin from there.
On Saturday, M-S won all three of its matches and captured team honors in the Charleston Invitational.
The Bulldogs started off by outlasting Champaign Jefferson 25-21, 20-25, 25-9 and then swept Teutopolis 25-15, 25-6 and Charleston 25-10, 25-8.
M-S (19-3) returns to action on Tuesday at St. Joseph Middle School as it tries to reach the 20-win mark.
Mahomet-Seymour Eighth-Grade Volleyball
The eighth-grade Bulldogs had a three-match volleyball winning streak stopped on Thursday at Champaign St. Matthew as the Raiders upended M-S 25-18, 25-23.
The first set was deadlocked 18-18 before the home team reeled off the final seven points.
M-S regrouped in the second set and forged ahead 22-20 before St. Matthew landed five of the next six points to gain the win.
On Monday, M-S registered a convincing win at Tolono Unity 25-9, 25-15.
Tolono started strong in the opening set and held an early 4-3 lead before M-S got untracked.
Gabby Dawson’s kill accounted for the final point of the first set.
Shelby Raver and Dawson teamed up for 11 service points to start the second set and, although the Rockets closed to within 20-15, the Bulldogs completed the sweep.
Marin Minick delivered a kill on set point to end the match.
M-S (10-9) returns to action on Tuesday at St. Joseph Middle School.
