Fillies earn sweep at Oroville
Published 6:49 pm Wednesday, October 3, 2012
OROVILLE – Oroville’s volleyball team fell in its first home Central Washington League match of the season on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 25-15, 25-18, 25-19.
“The girls just couldn’t get their groove started in this game,” said Oroville coach Stacey Hinze.
The Hornets stayed close in the opening set, but after tying it at 11-11 saw the Fillies finish with a 15-4 run. Oroville came back from a 23-11 deficit in the second set to pull within 24-18 before going down, and in the third set were within one before the Fillies finished on a 7-1 run to win it.
“This was not our best game,” Hinze said. “But it was definitely a learning experience and it has helped us step up our game.”
The Hornets (0-8, 0-2 CWL) travel to Entiat for a non-league contest on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Stats: Whitney Rounds 16 digs, Rachelle Nutt 12 digs.
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- Brent Baker/staff photo Oroville’s Rachelle Nutt rescues a wayward hit during the Hornets’ CWL volleyball match with Bridgeport.
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- Brent Baker/staff photo The Hornets’ Whitney Rounds gets under a Bridgeport hit during Oroville’s loss to the Fillies on Oct. 2.
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- Brent Baker/staff photo Brittany Jewett tries to get a tip over Bridgeport’s Anita Velazquez.
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- Brent Baker/staff photo Debrah Bettelyoun gets a hit in against Oroville last week.
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- Brent Baker/staff photo Nadia Maldonado receives a serve during the Hornets’ volleyball contest with Bridgeport.
About Brent Baker
Brent, is a former reporter/photographer for the Gazette-Tribune and sometimes works as a freelance sports reporter for the G-T. Prior to working at the G-T, he was the sports editor for Sunrise Publishing from 2000-2005 in Michigan. He subsequently owned and operated Buckland Media, a high school sports website, in Michigan until 2010. He and his wife Kim, who have an adult son, moved to Tonasket in 2010. Brent worked as a full time reporter/photographer at the G-T from 2011 - 2014).
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