CPHS Volleyball: To the Ship! Sandites upset No. 6 Carl Albert 2-0 in tournament semifinals

Mustang, OK - In ancient Greek mythology the Titans were the supreme race. That is, until they were overthrown by a supposedly lesser set of deities. It’s fitting then that the lesser ranked Sandites pulled off a 2-0 upset against a team of Titans at the Mustang Volleyball Tournament Saturday afternoon.

The Class 6A No. 12 ranked Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (16-9) defeated 5A No. 6 Carl Albert (19-6) 25-15 and 25-19 in the Gold Bracket semifinals to advance to their second Tournament Championship this year. The Sandites will play the winner of 6A No. 6 Mustang (19-4) vs. 4A No. 2 Oklahoma Christian (17-2) in the championship round as they look for their second tournament title of the season.

The Carl Albert Titans won their pool earlier that day and were riding a four-match win streak before falling to the Sandites. Senior Cloe Campfield scored 8 kills in the win and sophomore standout Jacelyn Smith had a team-high 4 blocks. Madison Burris led in assists with 10 and Devree Youngblood had a team-high 7 digs.

Sand Springs only trailed once in either set, both times after the opening point. Izzy Brown struck first for the Titans, Sand Springs took the lead, then Abby Boyer tied it at 2-2. That was the closest they would come. McKenzie Harris kicked off a seven-point run for the Sandites and Carl Albert never recovered. The Titans rattled off four straight wins to cut their deficit to 17-12, but Sand Springs won eight of the final eleven rallies to secure the win, capped by an ace from Youngblood.

Boyer scored the first point of set two for the Titans, but Youngblood scored a kill and an ace in a five-point run for the lead. Kaylee Goggans tied it at 6-6 but Sand Springs won four more and led for the remainder of the match. Carl Albert committed only one more error than the Sandites, but trailed in kills, blocks, and aces.

CPHS 2 CAHS 0 (25-15, 25-19)
Kills: CPHS 23, CAHS 15.
Blocks: CPHS 4, CAHS 2.
Aces: CPHS 6, CAHS 3.
Service Errors: CPHS 3, CAHS 4.
Total Errors: CPHS 15, CAHS 16.
(Sand Springs stats)
Kills: Campfield 8, Youngblood 6, Burris 3, Harris 3, Robbins 2, Smith 1.
Assists: Burris 10, Mong 9, Blaylock 2.
Solo Blocks: Smith 1.
Assisted Blocks: Burris 3, Smith 3.
Digs: Youngblood 7, Blaylock 5, Burris 5, Campfield 3, Harris 2, Mong 1, Wicker 1.
Aces: Mong 2, Youngblood 2, Blaylock 1, Robbins 1.
Carl Albert partial stats)
Kills: Boyer 5, Jones 3, Goggans 3, Smith 2, Brown 1, Heater 1.
Aces: Roe 2, LaValley 1.
Assisted Blocks: Goggans 2, Boyer 1, Jones 1.