(Oakland, IA) — Riverside’s Volleyball team advanced to the Regional Finals with a 3-1 win over conference rival Logan Magnolia on Monday night.
The Bulldogs won over Lo-Ma 25-11, 13-25, 25-17, and 25-19.
Riverside dominated the first set — leading 11-7, they scored 9 of the next 10 points to take control and scored the final 5 straight points to go up 1-0.
The Panthers turned things around in the 2nd set as the Bulldogs lost just their third set of the season. Leading 8-7, Whitney Hawkins ripped off six straight points to lead 14-7. The Panthers did a great job with digs and won the last four points to even the match at 1-1.
In set three, Riverside trailed 4-6 but got a sideout and Lilli Reed earned two aces and four points. The Bulldogs pushed their lead to 12-8 but the Panthers closed it to 13-12. Riverside got a sideout and Sophia Fenner scored 6 straight points on serve to lead 20-12. Logan Magnolia got it down to 21-17 but Reed served out the set with another ace to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
Riverside took a 5-1 lead in set four but the Panthers came back and led 7-6. After a sideout, the Bulldogs got back-to-back blocks from Dakota Somers and Vivian Gross and with Reed serving, put together 5 points on serve to lead 12-7. Lo-Ma came back and actually tied it 17-17 but after back to back sideouts, Kyier Corum served out the set and Riverside scored 6 straight points to win it with a Gross block ending the match.
Riverside (38-0)
Lilli Reed 18 Kills, 4 Aces, 6 Digs, 1 Block
Sydney Somers 14 Kills, 9 Digs, 2 Aces
Vivian Gross 5 Kills, 4 Blocks
Dakota Somers 4 Kills, 5 Digs, 2 Blocks
Ashley Kelley 36 Assists, 13 Digs
Sophia Fenner 23 Digs, 1 Ace
Mallorie Sick 8 Digs
Kyeir Corum 2 Aces
Logan Magnolia (23-12)
Hadley Fetter 10 Kills
Lindsay Kastner 6 Kills
Morgan Van Iten 6 Kills
