CPHS Volleyball: Sandites beat Choctaw and Enid, headed to Gold Bracket at Mustang Tourney

Mustang, OK - The Class 6A No. 12 ranked Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (15-9) went 2-1 in Mustang Tournament pool play to earn their way into the Gold Bracket Saturday afternoon at the Mustang Event Center. The Sandites fell 2-1 to the host team, but beat Choctaw 2-1 and Enid 2-0 to place second in their pool.

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No. 16 Choctaw (8-7) stole the second set 25-22 from Sand Springs, but fell 25-18 in game one and 15-12 in the tie-breaker. The vertically gifted Yellowjackets were tough at the net with 8 blocks to the Sandites’ 3, but the Sand Springs serving game was remarkable with 12 aces that proved to be the deciding factor in an otherwise well-balanced match.

Choctaw only led for the first two rallies of the first set. Oklahoma Baptist University-commit Devree Youngblood put the Sandites out front with a kill and three aces for a single-handed four-point run, and her team never trailed again. The Yellowjackets only tied it twice, at 4-4 and 6-6, and the Sandites handily coasted ahead to the win.

In game two the Sandites took a 7-4 lead thanks to a six-point run with two kills each from McKenzie Harris and Cloe Campfield, and two more aces from Youngblood. They held their lead till a five-point Choctaw streak at 17-17, and soon fell behind. They trailed 23-20 till Madison Blaylock and Youngblood knocked down kills to make it a one-point match, but Kenzie Stover notched a kill for the Yellowjackets and Youngblood’s next attack traveled OB to end the set.

Game three was closely fought, but the Sandites never once trailed, and the only tie was 0-0. Youngblood ended the match with her fourth double-double of the season, scoring 12 kills with 10 digs and 6 aces. Madison Burris had a team-high 9 assists, and Blaylock had a team-high 14 digs. Tana Bateson and Eliya Jennings led the Yellowjackets with 7 kills apiece.

No. 20 Enid (8-11) caught the Sandites off guard in the next match. After beating the Pacers 25-12, 25-6, and 25-13 just two weeks ago, Sand Springs wasn’t expecting to have such difficulty this time around. They still got the 2-0 sweep, but by much closer scores of 26-24 and 25-19.

Enid led for much of the first set after a five-point run and Gabi Cotarelo ace gave them a 7-4 advantage. The Sandites couldn’t get out of their own way with errors, and didn’t reclaim the lead till the second-to-last rally of the game. Campfield tied it at 21-21 with an ace, but followed it with a service error, then D’Sani Levy aced for the Pacers. A kill from Hanna Brinley left the Pacers needing only one more point for the win, but Youngblood and Payton Robbins scored kills to tie it and a couple of Enid errors secured the Sandite victory.

The Pacers took an early lead in set two as well, but this time the Sandites tied it much earlier after a three-score run from Youngblood at 11-11. Cotarelo hit back-to-back kills for Enid, but Harris and Youngblood scored for the 15-13 lead. The set tied at 15-15 and 16-16 before Sand Springs won eight of the final eleven rallies.

Youngblood had yet another double-double, once again with 12 kills and 10 digs. Raylynn Mong had a team-high 13 assists. Levy and Cotarelo led the Pacers with 3 kills apiece.

Sand Springs will play Class 5A No. 6 Carl Albert (19-5) in the first round of the Gold Bracket while No. 6 Mustang (19-4) will take on 4A No. 2 Oklahoma Christian (17-2).

Pool A Results
Carl Albert 2-0 Oklahoma Christian
Carl Albert 2-0 Putnam City
Carl Albert 2-1 Moore
Oklahoma Christian 2-1 Moore
Oklahoma Christian 2-0 Putnam City
Moore Putnam City

Pool B Results
Mustang 2-0 Choctaw
Mustang 2-0 Enid
Mustang 2-1 Sand Springs
Sand Springs 2-0 Enid
Sand Springs 2-1 Choctaw
Choctaw Enid

CPHS 2 CHS 1 (25-18, 22-25, 15-12)
Kills: CPHS 25, CHS 24.
Blocks: CPHS 3, CHS 8.
Aces: CPHS 12, CHS 2.
Service Errors: CPHS 7, CHS 6.
Total Errors: CPHS 21, CHS 22.
Sand Springs Stats
Kills: Youngblood 12, Harris 5, Campfield 4, Burris 2, Blaylock 1, Robbins 1.
Assists: Burris 9, Mong 7, Blaylock 5, Harris 1, Youngblood 1.
Assisted Blocks: Youngblood 3, Robbins 2, Burris 1.
Digs: Blaylock 14, Youngblood 10, Robbins 8, Burris 7, Campfield 5, Wicker 5, Mong 2.
Aces: Youngblood 6, Mong 5, Blaylock 1, Burris 1.
Choctaw Partial Stats
Kills: Bateson 7, Jennings 7, Stover 4, Waxenfelter 3, Butler 2, Thomas 1.
Aces: Butler 1, Thomas 1.
Solo Blocks: Bateson 2, Waxenfelter 1.
Assisted Blocks: Waxenfelter 3, Stover 2, Butler 2, Bateson 1, Jennings 1, Thomas 1.

CPHS 2 EHS 0 (26-24, 25-19)
Kills: CPHS 28, EHS 11.
Blocks: CPHS 3, EHS 4.
Aces: CPHS 6, EHS 4.
Service Errors: CPHS 7, EHS 5.
Total Errors: CPHS 24, EHS 14.
Sand Springs Stats
Kills: Youngblood 12, Burris 5, Campfield 5, Harris 3, Robbins 3.
Assists: Mong 13, Burris 7, Youngblood 1.
Solo Blocks: Youngblood 1.
Assisted Blocks: Campfield 1, Harris 1, Youngblood 1, Smith 1.
Digs: Youngblood 10, Blaylock 9, Campfield 7, Burris 4, Mong 2, Wicker 1, Smith 1.
Aces: Campfield 3, Youngblood 2, Mong 1.
Enid Partial Stats
Kills: Levy 3, Cotarelo 3, Cunningham 2, Brinley 2, Whitehead 1.
Aces: Levy 1, Cotarelo 1, Wilson 1, Lofton 1.
Solo Blocks: Brinley 2, Levy 1.
Assisted Blocks: Levy 1, Cotarelo 1.