Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
Images from an Evergreen 2A Conference volleyball match between W.F. West and Tumwater at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
The W.F. West volleyball team didn’t start Evergreen 2A Conference play on a high note, falling 3-0 to Tumwater in Chehalis on Tuesday.
The Lady Bearcats were able to battle in the opening set. After Tumwater jumped out to an early lead, W.F. West slowly battled back and earned the lead for a short period. The Thunderbirds eventually righted the ship and won the set, 25-22.
W.F. West took an early lead in the second set, but Tumwater, down 11-9, went on a 16-5 run to take the second set 25-14.
It was all Thunderbirds in the third set, leading from start to finish with a score of 25-16 to complete the sweep.
“We played like we have not been playing all season so I don’t know what to chalk it up to yet other than maybe nerves,” W.F. West coach Emily Mora said. “I know they were in for a win against Tumwater, they were hungry for it and then when they started to push on us, we made a lot of errors. I can’t genuinely say that Tumwater beat us as much as we just beat ourselves.”
Kailey Hoyt recorded a team-high six kills and Megan Pallas and Mak Moore each had four kills. Ashlyn Whalen recorded 14 digs and Moore added 11 digs while Pallas had the best night from the service line at 100 percent.
Mora noted the offensive play of Hoyt and said the team will be working on high pressure situations in practice.
“Just the pressure, the pressure starts to get off as you’re more and more in the hole, and then they start to play better,” Mora said. “We’re going to be practicing on working through pressure and still performing.”
W.F. West (4-1, 0-1) hits the road on Thursday to face Aberdeen in an EvCo match.
Aberdeen Tops Centralia
ABERDEEN — Centralia didn’t get off the start they were hoping for in Evergreen 2A Conference games, falling to Aberdeen 3-0 here on Tuesday.
Aberdeen won with set scores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25-13.
Centralia’s Danika Jensen served 7 of 7 with seven digs and four kills and Kennedy Strophy added seven kills. Kylie Sharp served 6 of 7 and tallied 12 digs.
“Ever since Thursday, we’ve had a lot of sickness going around. We weren’t playing at 100 percent health, that’s not to take anything away from Aberdeen,” Centralia coach Marti Smith said. “They trapped and had really good ball control. We had issues with ball control. We want to throw this one in the garbage and get healthy.”
Centralia (0-5, 0-1) hosts Black Hills on Thursday in an EvCo match.
