(Oakland, IA) — The dogs beat the cats again on Wednesday night — top seeded Riverside beat West Central Valley in three straight sets to advance to the 2A Region 4 Semifinals on Wednesday night.
The Bulldogs dominated their way to the win 25-10, 25-9 and 25-17.
Riverside continued to get points on just about every single serve. In the 3rd set, the Bulldogs led 4-2 but the Wildcats got a sideout and Grace Bleckwehl got 4 straight points for the best serve of the night for West Central Valley and a 7-4 lead. Riverside erased the lead very quickly on Sydney Somers serve and the Bulldogs scored 9 of the next 10 points to retake control and finished off the match.
After the match, Senior Sydney Somers was honored after achieving 100 career aces and Junior Ashley Kelley was honored for setting a new single season assists record.
Riverside will play Logan Magnolia in the Regional Semifinals on Monday night; coverage on KSOM.
Riverside (37-0)
Ashley Kelley 34 Assists
Vivian Gross 13 Kills
Lilli Reed 10 Kills
Sydney Somers 9 Kills, 8 Digs
Dakota Somers 5 Kills
Mallorie Sick 9 Digs
Sophia Fenner 7 Digs, 4 Aces
West Central Valley (7-20)
Zoey Riecks 3 Kills
