CPHS Volleyball: Sandites finish season 5th in FVC with 3-1 win at Booker T. Washington

(Tulsa) - The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (7-17) got off to a rough start in their final match of the regular season Monday, but ultimately prevailed 3-1 against Booker T. Washington (5-12).

The first set was a sloppy mess for both teams as the two combined for only thirteen kills against thirty errors. Sand Springs started 3-0 before giving up five straight. They trailed till 12-11 when Devree Youngblood capped a four-point run with a kill.

The Hornets quickly reclaimed their advantage and didn’t relinquish it again till another four-point run at 20-19. Jackie Patton gave her team the 22-20 lead, the Sandites tied it, then Patton scored a kill and a block en route to the 25-22 victory.

Game two was much cleaner for both teams and the visitors prevailed 25-19 despite committing eleven total errors with five on the serve. The set started with a rocky exchange but the Hornets took their only lead at 3-2 before Sand Springs surged ahead to a 13-5 advantage.

The teams exchanged kills till 16-8, then the Hornets rattled off four straight, capped by Kaya Neal to make it 16-12. It was a tight back-and-forth from there with neither team winning more than two rallies in row, and Youngblood sealed the win with an assist from Madison Burris. Vanessa Wyrick led all scorers with four kills.

The Sandites played their smoothest game in set three, winning 25-11 despite only scoring eight kills. Youngblood, Gillian Wicker, and Cheyenne Henry scored aces, Youngblood had a block, and the team committed only three errors.

Booker T rallied from a 4-2 deficit to a 7-4 lead in game four and held the frontline till a block from Henry and Burris made it 17-16. Henry and Cloe Campfield notched kills to cap a five point run with a 19-16 lead before the teams traded service errors.

Four-straight Sandite errors let the Hornets back into the game with a 21-20 home lead, Wyrick tied it, then the Hornets got their last point on a Sandite error before their visitors rattled off four points for the win. Burris iced the cake on a tipped ball.

The Sandites will either end their season or punch their ticket to State tomorrow at Owasso in a single elimination Regional Tournament. The No. 8 ranked Rams (23-9) will take on Muskogee (17-13) at 4:00 p.m. Sand Springs will play No. 9 Broken Arrow (19-12) at 6:00 p.m. The Championship round will be played at 7:30 p.m.

Sand Springs is 0-2 against the Tigerettes, falling 3-1 at the Broken Arrow Invitational in August and 3-0 last Tuesday. The Sandites averaged 15.3 points per set against Broken Arrow, who went 8-0 for an undefeated Frontier Valley Conference Championship this season. Sand Springs finished fifth of ten teams in conference standings.

Owasso won their lone meeting with Sand Springs 3-0, giving up an average of 14 points per set, and finished third in conference. Muskogee lost 3-0 to Owasso, Broken Arrow, and Sand Springs and placed seventh in the conference.

CPHS 3 BTW 1
(22-25, 25-19, 25-11, 25-22)
Kills: CPHS 37, BTW 31.
Blocks: CPHS 4, BTW 2.
Aces: BTW 5, CPHS 4.
Service Errors: BTW 8, CPHS 11.
Total Errors: CPHS 39, BTW 52.
(Sand Springs Stats)
Kills: Wyrick 7, Henry 6, Harris 5, Burris 5, Youngblood 5, Campfield 4, Hines 4, Rice 1.
Assists: Burris 18, Mong 9, Wicker 1, Youngblood 1, Hines 1.
Solo Blocks: Youngblood 1.
Assisted Blocks: Henry 3, Burris 2, Campfield 1.
Digs: Campfield 9, Blaylock 6, Burris 1, Youngblood 1, Mong 1, Rice 1.
Aces: Wicker 1, Youngblood 1, Wyrick 1, Hines 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Final Results
8-0 Broken Arrow (19-12)
7-1 Jenks (19-15)
7-2 Owasso (23-9)
6-3 Bixby (16-14)
5-4 Sand Springs (6-17)
5-5 Union (13-19)
3-6 Bartlesville (6-26)
2-7 Muskogee (17-13)
0-7 Booker T. Washington (5-11)
0-8 Sapulpa (3-15)