CPHS Volleyball: Sandites fall 3-0 to Owasso

The Class 6A No. 18 ranked Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (8-9, 1-3) traveled to No. 9 Owasso (7-2, 3-1) Thursday and lost 3-0 in Frontier Valley Conference action. The Sandites nearly stole set two against the Rams, but were handily defeated in the first and third games.

Olivia Dewitt scored the opening kill for Sand Springs, but the visitors quickly fell behind after giving Owasso six of their first seven points on errors. Then the Rams got hot on offense and surged to a 14-4 lead behind a trio of kills from Madi Mercer, two from Sabrina Green, and an ace from Stella Franklin.

The Sandites scored four in a row with a pair of hard-hit kills from Jacelyn Smith, a tipped ball from Jentry Hughes, and another kill from Madison Blaylock. Rylee Martin broke up the run, but Payton Robbins and Sophie Singleton responded with kills. Sand Springs cut it as close as 20-14 but Owasso closed on another hot streak for the 25-15 win.

In game two the Sandites surged back from a 7-5 deficit to a 21-14 lead before Owasso scored six in a row. Layla Lenex and Kasidy Holland combined on a block at 23-20, but the Rams rattled off five more points and Gabby Guerrero served an ace for the come-from-behind win.

Game three was the most lopsided defeat of the season for the Sandites, who initially took a 5-2 lead with an ace from Smith before Owasso went on a 14-1 run to make it 16-6. Sand Springs was awarded three points on Owasso errors, but the home team closed on a nine-point run to end the match.

Sandite Volleyball will aim to get back to a winning record Saturday when they host 5A No. 14 McAlester (5-8) at noon and North Rock Creek (4-0) at 3:00 p.m. Owasso will travel to No. 12 Bixby (8-2, 1-1) Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Owasso 3-0 CPHS (25-15, 25-23, 25-9)
Kills: OHS 35, CPHS 17.
Blocks: OHS 3, CPHS 4.
Aces: OHS 9, CPHS 4.
Errors: OHS 24, CPHS 28.

(Sand Springs)
Kills: Robbins 4, Smith 3, Holland 2, Lenex 2, Singleton 2, Dewitt 1, Johnson 1, Blaylock 1, Hughes 1.
Assists: Hughes 6, Johnson 4, Blaylock 1.
Assisted Blocks: Smith 3, Holland 2, Lenex 1, Singleton 1, Robbins 1.
Digs: Blaylock 15, Robbins 8, Dewitt 5, Fahland 5, Johnson 3, Hughes 3, Smith 2, Richey 2, Holland 1, Lenex 1, Morrow 1.
Aces: Blaylock 1, Smith 1.

(Owasso)
Kills: Franklin 8, Martin 6, Walters 5, Butler 4, Bishop 3, Mercer 3, Green 3, Hendricks 3.
Solo Blocks: Butler 1.
Assisted Blocks: Butler 2, Berry 1, Mercer 1.
Aces: Franklin 2, Martin 2, Guerrero 2, Williams 2, Hendricks 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
3-0 Jenks (5-0)
3-0 Broken Arrow (6-3)
3-1 Owasso (7-2)
2-1 Bartlesville (7-4)
1-1 Bixby (8-2)
1-2 Union (4-6)
1-2 Muskogee (6-5)
1-3 Sand Springs (8-9)
0-2 Booker T. Washington (0-3)
0-3 Sapulpa (7-10)