Ohio High School Volleyball - Gilmour Academy over Northview
September 17, 2022: Gates Mills, OH 44040 The crowd at Saturday's non-league bout between the Gilmour Academy Lancers (Gates Mills, OH) and the visiting Northview Wildcats (Sylvania, OH), saw Gilmour Academy's volleyball squad beat Northview by a tally of 3-1.
With the win, Gilmour Academy upgrades its record to 5-4 on the year. The Lancers host Magnificat (Rocky River, OH) to play the Blue Streaks in a non-league bout on Tuesday, September 20. The Blue Streaks go into the bout with a record of 8-1. Magnificat won 3-0 in their recent non-league bout against Avon (Avon, OH)
The Wildcats now own a 8-3 record. They play next when they host Perrysburg for a Northern Lakes bout on Tuesday, September 20. Northview will play a Yellow Jackets squad coming off a 3-1 league win over Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse, OH). The Yellow Jackets record now stands at 7-3.
Match Summary
GATES MILLS - Northview jumped up early winning set 1 but the Lancers of Gilmour battled back to finish the match in four sets, moving Northview to 8-3 overall, 5-1 in the NLL and suffering their first back-to-back loss of the season.
Leading for Northview was senior Kam Hunt with a double-double team high 16 kills, hitting .333, while adding 13 digs, passing a 2.31 and 2 blocks. Junior middle blocker, Claire Smith, had a career high 10 kills, hitting .409 and senior outside hitter, Sydney Hires, also provided 10 kills on the day along with 2 aces. Junior setter, Natalie Kerchevall provided 9 kills, hitting .233, while also chipping in 23 assists and 9 digs of her own and Hannah Schoen, junior setter, had 18 additional assists with 2 aces. Junior libero, Jordyn Pakulski had a team high 23 digs and passed a 2.1.
Northview returns to play on Tuesday as they host Perrysburg. This is the final non-conference road match for Northview in the 2022 season.
