CPHS Volleyball: Sandites fall 3-1 to No. 14 Union on the road, Campfield scores 15

/ Union High School/

The Class 6A No. 14 ranked Union High School volleyball team (9-19, 5-2) beat No. 12 Sand Springs (16-11, 4-3) in a crucial Frontier Valley Conference match Tuesday evening. The Redskins won 3-1 in sets of 25-14, 17-25, 25-21, and 25-18.

The home team rolled to a handy 25-14 win the first set of the night. Sand Springs’s only lead came on a Madison Burris kill for the first point of the match. Ashlynn Cunningham gave Union the lead once and for all. Things stayed fairly close till a 6-1 Union run made it 15-9. Burris and Madison Blaylock scored kills, Union won six more, Cloe Campfield and Payton Robbins scored kills, then Union closed out on a four-point run capped by a Maddi LaPointe block for the win.

The Sandites came back in set two for a 25-17 win. Devree Youngblood and Campfield scored four kills apiece in the set. Union led by as much as 13-9 after a six-point run, but McKenzie Harris, Campfield, Jacelyn Smith, and Burris scored kills and Raylynn Mong served an ace in a seven-point run for the 21-16 Sandite advantage. Mia Martin broke up the run, but Burris kicked off a four-point streak for the Sandite victory.

Sophomore standout Tierney Jackson scored four-straight kills to start the third set with a 5-1 Union advantage. Campfield broke up the Redskin run with a kill, but Jackson kicked off a 9-1 run for a ten-point lead. Sand Springs tried to rally, cutting it to 24-21 after a Campfield ace and Burris kill, but Martin knocked down a kill for the win. Campfield scored five kills in the set, but Jackson had six for the home team.

Union trailed 13-12 in set four after a block from Payton Robbins and Vanessa Wyrick, but won nine-straight rallies and coasted to the win.

Jackson led all scorers with 19 kills, followed by Campfield with 15. Burris had a double-double for the Sandites with 16 assists and 16 digs. Blaylock led in digs with 22, and tied Campfield with 3 aces.

The loss knocked Sand Springs to fifth in Conference standings, while Union moved up to fourth. The two teams each have two conference matches remaining.

Both teams will host non-conference rematches Thursday with teams they lost to at the Union Invitational last month. Sand Springs will play 5A No. 4 Bishop Kelley (14-10) at 6:00 p.m. They fell 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16) in their last meeting with the Comets. Union will host No. 10 Stillwater (13-13) at 6:30 p.m. The Pioneers beat the Redskins 3-1 (26-24, 24-26, 25-15, 25-21) last month.

UHS 3 CPHS 1 (25-14, 17-25, 25-21, 25-18)
Kills: UHS 51, CPHS 42.
Blocks: UHS 6, CPHS 7.
Aces: UHS 6, CPHS 9.
Service Errors: UHS 6, CPHS 5.
Total Errors: UHS 20, CPHS 29.
(Sand Springs stats)
Kills: Campfield 15, Burris 8, Youngblood 7, Wyrick 5, Smith 3, Harris 2, Blaylock 1, Robbins 1.
Assists: Burris 16, Mong 13, Blaylock 1.
Assisted Blocks: Wyricks 5, Singleton 3, Robbins 2, Burris 2, Youngblood 1, Smith 1.
Digs: Blaylock 22, Youngblood 17, Burris 16, Campfield 8, Mong 3, Robbins 3, Wicker 2, Harris 1, Wyrick 1, Singleton 1, Smith 1.
Aces: Blaylock 3, Campfield 3, Wyrick 2, Mong 1.
(Union partial stats)
Kills: Jackson 19, LaPointe 9, Thompson 7, Borgelt 5, Martin 5, Blackwell 4, Ludwig 1, Norwood 1.
Aces: Cunningham 3, Thompson 1, Norwood 1, Fanelli 1.
Solo Blocks: Jackson 1, LaPoint 1.
Assisted Blocks: Ludwig 4, Blackwell 3, Jackson 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
6-0 No. 1 Broken Arrow (21-2)
4-1 No. 8 Jenks (13-9)
4-1 No. 9 Owasso (13-11)
5-2 No. 14 Union (9-19)
4-3 No. 12 Sand Springs (16-11)
2-4 Bixby (4-21)
2-4 Muskogee (9-8)
2-5 No. 18 Bartlesville (9-16)
1-5 Booker T. Washington (8-13)
1-6 Sapulpa (7-16)

Upcoming FVC Matches
9/26 Broken Arrow @ Owasso.
10/1 Bartlesville @ Broken Arrow.
10/1 Jenks @ Sapulpa.
10/1 Owasso @ Sand Springs.
10/1 Muskogee @ Bixby.
10/1 Union @ Booker T. Washington.