It was a huge week in girls volleyball and the top teams and players elevated themselves.

Everything started with the featured nonconference game between Western Wayne and Delaware Valley. If you recall, Western Wayne had taken over the No. 1 spot from the Lady Warriors in The Times-Tribune Top 5. It did create a buzz for the showdown.

Delaware Valley rose to the challenge and defeated the Lady ‘Cats in straight sets.

 

LADY WARRIORS ROLL

 

Delaware Valley 3, Western Wayne 0

 

 

At Western Wayne, Delaware Valley’s Emily Anderson had 15 kills, Brooke Aceveno added nine kills and Kelly Volavkia had 31 assists in a 3-0 win in a nonleague match.
Rebecca Klemovitch made nine kills and had six blocks, Trina Barcarola added six kills and Kaeli Romanowski had 18 assists.

 

 

 

	1	2	3
Delaware Valley	25	25	25
Western Wayne	23	15	18

 

 

LADY WARRIORS MAKE IT TWO IN A ROW

 

Delaware Valley followed that effort up with a win over Berwick.

It was the first loss for Berwick, which is in a logjam at the top of the Wyoming Valley Conference standings.

Delaware Valley’s two wins clinched it a spot in the District 2-11 Class 4A Subregional Playoffs.

 

Delaware Valley 3, Berwick 0

At Berwick, Emily Anderson had 24 kills and Kelly Volavka had 33 assists and 28 points as Delaware Valley handed Berwick its first loss in a Wyoming Valley Conference match.

 

	1	2	3
Delaware Valley	25	25	25
Berwick	11	15	11

 

 

 

 

 

 

LADY ‘CATS RALLY AND REBOUND FOR WIN

 

Then, on Thursday night, Western Wayne recovered from its loss to the Lady Warriors to rally past Blue Ridge, 3-2, on the road.

Blue Ridge had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the match, but Rebecca Klemovitch had eight of her 21 kills in the final set to lead the Lady ‘Cats to a hard fought win.

 

 

Western Wayne 3, Blue Ridge 2

 

	1	2	3	4	5
Western Wayne	19	25	14	25	15
Blue Ridge	25	17	25	23	7

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

THE FALLOUT

 

After the big week, things certainly took shape in the Lackawanna League.

Western Wayne has a two-match lead with three to play in the standings. Blue Ridge is in second place and has locked down the No. 2 seed for the District 2 Class 1A playoffs. Dunmore has also clinched a playoff berth in Class 2A, while Western Wayne and Abington Heights secured their spots in Class 3A.

What we also know is that there will be a new champion. Dunmore, which had a big win over Abington Heights last week, is four matches back of Western Wayne with three to play.

The outcomes also shook up The Times-Tribune Top 5 poll, but only slightly.

 

TIMES-TRIBUNE TOP 5

 

RANK		TEAM	OVERALL RECORD
1		DELAWARE VALLEY LADY WARRIORS	11–2
2		WESTERN WAYNE LADY ‘CATS	15–2
3		BLUE RIDGE LADY RAIDERS	14–5
4		DUNMORE LADY BUCKS	11–4
5		ABINGTON HEIGHTS LADY COMETS	10–5

 

 

 

 

 

 

LACKAWANNA LEAGUE STANDINGS

(As of Oct. 11 on piaad2.org)

 

 

 

 

WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE

STANDINGS

(As of Oct. 11 on piaad2.org)

 

 

 

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

 

League matches only

 

MONDAY
Wyoming Valley Conference
Delaware Valley at Dallas

TUESDAY
Lackawanna League
Lackawanna Trail at Dunmore
Forest City at Montrose
Abington Heights at Mountain View
Blue Ridge at Elk Lake
Susquehanna at Western Wayne

WEDNESDAY
Wyoming Valley Conference
North Pocono at Delaware Valley

THURSDAY
Lackawanna League
Abington Heights at Forest City
Mountain View at Western Wayne
Elk Lake at Susquehanna
Montrose at Lackawanna Trail
Dunmore at Blue Ridge

FRIDAY
Wyoming Valley Conference
North Pocono at Dallas

 

 

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