Allegany-Limestone outlasts Ellicottville in five sets

Overview

• Allegany-Limestone defeated visiting Ellicottville 3-2, winning 25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-10.
• Summer Rhow led Allegany-Limestone with 16 kills, Leora Dreher added 12 kills and Mya Hayes recorded seven blocks.
• Ellicottville's Shiloh Miller finished with 33 assists, 18 digs and eight aces, while Riley Whitmer had 13 kills and 25 digs.
• Allegany-Limestone finished the match 5-5 overall and 4-3 in CCAA 2, fourth in the division standings; Ellicottville was fifth at 6-7 and 3-5.

Allegany-Limestone won the fifth set 15-10 to defeat Ellicottville 3-2 in CCAA 2 girls volleyball Thursday at Allegany-Limestone Central School.

The teams alternated set victories throughout the Oct. 1 match. Allegany-Limestone opened with a 25-20 win before Ellicottville answered 25-19. A 25-23 third set gave Allegany-Limestone a 2-1 advantage, but Ellicottville took the fourth by the same score to force a deciding set. Allegany-Limestone then closed out the match with a five-point win.

Summer Rhow led Allegany-Limestone's attack with 16 kills and contributed 13 digs. Leora Dreher added 12 kills, nine digs and three aces, while Mya Hayes finished with seven blocks and three kills.

Bailey Schultz supplied 19 assists and eight digs for Allegany-Limestone. Avery Gonzalez added 14 assists, eight digs and two blocks, and Abigail Covert served three aces.

Ellicottville's Shiloh Miller recorded 33 assists, 18 digs and eight aces. Riley Whitmer finished with 13 kills and 25 digs, Katie Lafferty added 12 kills and two blocks, and Karle Northrup had 10 kills and 10 digs. Marlee Maynard contributed 21 digs.

With the contest included in the season totals, Rhow had 76 kills and Hayes had 56 blocks for Allegany-Limestone. Whitmer's season totals stood at 144 kills and 154 digs for Ellicottville, while Miller had 149 assists and 39 aces.

Allegany-Limestone evened their overall record at 5-5 and finished the night 4-3 in CCAA 2, fourth in the division standings. Ellicottville fell to 6-7 overall and 3-5 in the division, placing fifth in the standings through the contest date.

CCAA 2 standings

Standings through Oct. 1, including this contest: