Wahoo ‘Serves’ First Loss to Yutan
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WAHOO – As communities, Yutan and Wahoo are separated by a 14-mile stretch of Highway 92. As volleyball teams, what separated the two on Thursday night was Wahoo’s aggressive serving.
Class C-1 #9 Wahoo used strong serving to keep Class C-2 #5 Yutan seemingly out of system most of the night in taking a 25-13, 25-21, 25-20 victory. The win improved the Warriors to 6-1 while the loss dropped Yutan to 6-1.
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That serving helped Wahoo take control in the first set. After Maddie Egr tied the score at 5-5 with a kill for Yutan, the Warriors went on a 6-0 run behind two ace serves from Gabby Shannon and a pair of kills from Taylor Homes to take a lead of 11-5.
A block by Egr got Yutan within 15-10, but Wahoo would end the set on a 10-3 run to get out to the early 1-0 lead.
Yutan responded well in the second set, getting out to a quick 6-2 lead on another kill by Egr – who finished the night with a match-high 12 – and increased the lead to 15-9 on an ace serve from Brooke Kelly.
Wahoo, however, rallied and tied the set at 21-21 on a kill by Katie Reeves and then rattled off the next four points, with the set-winner coming on an ace serve from Lauren Crockett.
The third set was a back-and-forth affair most of the way, with Yutan taking an 11-9 lead on a Wahoo rotation error, but the Warriors came back and took the lead at 13-12 on a Kinsley Tingelhoff ace serve. Wahoo never trailed again after that. Yutan made a couple late pushes and got within 15-14, 18-16 and 23-20 late in the set but could never get back in front.
Wahoo def. Yutan 25-13, 25-21, 25-20.
Yutan (kills-ace serves-blocks)
Maddie Davis 1-3-0, Brooke Kelly 3-1-0, Bailey Josoff 1-1-0, Jill Edwards 2-0-1, Daleigha Ford 3-0-0, Maddie Egr 12-1-1.
Wahoo (kills-ace serves-blocks)
Kinsley Tingelhoff 1-3-0, Gabby Shannon 9-3-0, Taylor Homes 4-0-2, Katie Reeves 10-0-1, Lauren Crockett 9-0-0, Mallory Lindstrom 3-0-0, Maddie Larson 0-3-0.
Assists: Yutan 19 ( Kelly 10, Davis 9). Wahoo 25 (Tingelhoff 25). Digs: Yutan N/A. Wahoo 53 (Bailey Brigham 15).