The Lake Placid volleyball crew poses with the Sectional banner after defeating AuSable Valley on Thursday at Saranac Central School. Picture from left within the again are assistant coach Alexis Megliore, assistant coach Sandy Huber, head coach Mackenzie Patinella, Fiona Sullivan, Ireland Cassidy, Sophie Spanburgh and Brooke Meyer. In the center are Ellie Shipman, Emma Lawrence, Maddie Blinn and August Hollrock. In the entrance are Elyse Hathaway, Avory Lamoy, Katie Adragna and Anna Adragna.
(Enterprise photograph — Parker O’Brien)
PICKETTS CORNERS — The Lake Placid volleyball crew claimed its second straight Section VII title with a 3-2 comeback victory over the AuSable Valley Patriots in Thursday’s Class C championship match at Saranac Central School.
The two groups cut up throughout the common season, every profitable street contests. But on Thursday, the Blue Bombers obtained off to a scorching begin, taking the opening set 25-15; nonetheless, the Patriots responded, profitable the subsequent two by scores of 25-10 and 25-14.
In the fourth set, Lake Placid fell right into a gap early, forcing head coach Makenzie Patinella to name a timeout, however from that second on, the Blue Bombers fully shifted momentum, rolling to a 25-17 victory within the fourth set, earlier than sealing their title with a 15-7 rating within the fifth sport.
“I pretty much told them that their time to shine was now or never,” Patinella mentioned, “and that this was not going to be our last game and we’re that team that played well in that first set. That happened to pull them out of the funk they were in.”
The win marked the Blue Bombers’ seventh sectional title in 12 seasons. However, this was the primary time they’d received it in Class C and the primary below Patinella, who took over the pinnacle coach reins from Sandy Huber this season. Patinella was puzzled for the way proud she was of her crew.
Lake Placid’s Ireland Cassidy performs the ball throughout Thursday’s Section VII, Class C Championship sport in opposition to AuSable Valley at Saranac Central School.
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“I’m feeling a lot of different emotions, especially being my first year as a varsity coach,” she mentioned, whereas including that her squad got here collectively and performed as one crew.
“I threw in a lot of different people tonight, and they all did their job out on the court and I’m proud of every single one of them,” she mentioned. “Whether they get in or not, as a result of they have been within the sport and so they have been cheering on the sideline, being an enormous asset to the crew’s spirit.
“Overall, I’m very happy with how we finished,” Patinella added. “I’ve got to give a lot of props to Ireland Cassidy, Fiona Sullivan and Brooke Meyer. They helped pull it together, made all the pieces fall into place.”
Cassidy led the best way with 10 digs, whereas additionally recording 5 service factors, 4 aces, three kills, one help and one block. Cassidy was additionally named Player of the Game, however was extra pleased with how her crew performed on Thursday.
“We worked so hard for this, and I’m so happy we pulled through with this,” she mentioned.
Lake Placid’s Elyse Hathaway performs the ball throughout Thursday’s Section VII, Class C Championship sport in opposition to AuSable Valley at Saranac Central School.
(Enterprise photograph — Parker O’Brien)
Meyer completed with six aces, six kills, 5 digs and three factors for Lake Placid, whereas Sullivan added seven kills, seven factors, 5 aces and 4 digs.
Ellie Shipman, the crew’s prime setter, recorded a team-high 9 assists and 14 digs. Shipman additionally chipped in with seven kills, 4 aces and 4 factors.
When the Blue Bombers had dug themselves right into a gap, Shipman mentioned they saved preventing for his or her seniors. The sophomore mentioned they didn’t need them to stroll off the courtroom disillusioned in what they may’ve completed.
“We don’t want to look back on this game, however far back into the future and regret that we didn’t give it our all,” Shipman mentioned.
Lake Placid was additionally taking part in with out one among its starters, Adiss Livesey-Ferry, who was sick. Patinella mentioned that together with her absence, lots of people had to step up into completely different locations.
Lake Placid’s Ellie Shipman will get prepared to set the ball throughout Thursday’s Section VII, Class C Championship sport in opposition to AuSable Valley at Saranac Central School.
(Enterprise photograph — Parker O’Brien)
“We all missed (Livesey-Ferry); we knew she was watching on the camera,” she mentioned. “That was also something I said during that timeout was that Adiss was texting our group chat, wishing us all luck, so I kept them updated with that. So she was here spiritually, but not literally.”
AuSable Valley’s Evalyn Parrow paced her crew with a close to triple-double, recording 10 assists, 10 digs and eight factors. She additionally chipped in with 5 aces, three kills and one block. Eleanore Quinn additionally had a standout efficiency, recording 13 factors, seven kills and 6 aces for the Patriots, who completed with a 3-11 general file.
Meanwhile, Lake Placid improved to 5-13 with the win, with 4 of these victories coming of their remaining 9 matches of the season. The Blue Bombers will now advance to the NYSPHSAA Subregional spherical the place they tackle the Section X champion, Madrid-Waddington Yellow Jackets, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in Massena. The Yellow Jackets are 6-9-1 general, after beating the Canton Golden Bears within the Sectional title sport earlier this week.
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Individual statistics
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LP — Emma Lawrence 3 factors, 2 aces, 1 kill, 11 digs; Brooke Meyer 3 factors, 6 aces, 6 kills, 5 digs; Ellie Shipman 4 factors, 4 aces, 7 kills, 9 assists, 14 digs; Fiona Sullivan 7 factors, 5 aces, 7 kills, 4 digs; August Hollrock 7 digs; Sophie Spanburgh 1 ace, 3 kills, 1 block; Ireland Cassidy 5 factors, 4 aces, 3 kills, 1 help, 10 digs, 1 block; Elyse Hathaway 4 factors, 2 aces, 6 digs, 1 block.
AV — Karlie Christensen 8 factors, 2 aces, 2 kills, 3 assists, 5 digs; Eleanore Quinn 13 factors, 6 aces, 7 kills; Raegan Douglass 6 factors, 3 aces, 3 kills, 7 digs; Laurelie Brassard 6 factors, 4 aces, 1 kill, 9 digs; Kaylee Axtell 7 factors, 1 ace, 8 kills, 4 digs, 1 block; Evalyn Parrow 8 factors, 5 aces, 3 kills, 10 assists, 10 digs, 1 block; Ava Brown 8 digs.