Fort Fly’s Kiana O’Brien, 14, spikes the ball as Waterford’s Ella Schweikert, 13, takes a stance during Monday’s high school volleyball game in Beverly. Fort Fly won her 3-0. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
Beverly — Fort Flye are not at their full strength right now, losing one of Makena Long’s key players to injury.
However, the Cadets still have some talented players returning from last year’s regionals and are starting to come together as a team.
Monday night’s game against rivals Waterford provided a glimpse of what Fort Fly can do when the team is really clicking. We won 3 sets with a score of 25-6.
“I think we can play better.” Fort Fly Head Coach Emily Tracewell said: “Makena Long, one of the guys who normally start, is missing. It was a little difficult trying to put the pieces together without her. , I’m very proud of how I played that game.”
Long is a very important player for the Cadets, but her sister Madison stepped up earlier this season. led to Kiana O’Brien had her game-high 16 kills in her game against Waterford. Meanwhile, Jenna White added her 7 kills and Paige her Morgan Stern scored her 5 kills.
“Maddy is definitely the consistency we need front row.” Tracewell said. “The other teams are doing a really good job of getting our setters moving the ball. I am a person.
O’Brien’s three kills gave Fort Frye a 4-0 lead in the first set. Back-to-back kills by White and a block by Long extended the lead to 13-3, and the lead continued to grow from there as Waterford were unable to stop Cadet’s momentum.
“As long as we play consistently and do our job, we can do it either way, no matter who it is.” Tracewell said.
After a 4-4 record this season, the Wildcats took a 3-2 lead early in the second set with two kills from Avery Wagner. Then Wagner’s ace and Kendall Sully’s kill gave Waterford his 8-6 lead. After Fort Fly equalized, McKenzie on his Potmyer ace gave the Cats a 9–8 lead on him. Thanks to back-to-back Wagner kills, Waterford once again extended their lead to 2, 12-10, but Fort Frye scored 10 of their next 11 points to take a 20-13 lead, giving Waterford the lead. head coach Kim Barker. Long closed out the setoff with back-to-back blocks to put Cadet up by two games.
The third set was never over as Fort Fry scored the first 11 points and took the win.
FFHS setters Casey Lang and Camryn Hack had 17 and 14 assists respectively. Jaslynn Casto recorded his seven digs. The Cadets travel to Williamstown on Thursday for a try-match between the Yellow Jackets and Philip his Barbour.
Tracewell sees a lot of potential in this group and believes it has the ability to return to Sweet 16.
“As long as we work together and everyone is doing their job, I think we can get back there. she said. “[The key thing]is consistency with the setter, and as long as your serve and serve receive are strong, you should be able to play the way you can play.”
Waterford set the pace with 8 kills and 5 blocks for Wagner. Potmayer recorded his eight digs, a team-most, and Kendill his Johnson recorded his six assists.
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