In Sonoma County League action on Tuesday, the Sonoma Valley High School varsity girls volleyball team turned is a strong road performance to beat a longtime rival, but the girls tennis and golf teams both came up on the wrong end of their match results.
Four-time defending SCL volleyball champion Lady Dragons traveled to Sebastopol for a showdown with longtime rival Analy High, and while cruising to a first-set victory, they had to battle to pull out two close-set wins for a sweeping 3-0 triumph.
Sonoma topped the Tiger girls 25-18 in the first set and then nipped them twice in overtime, winning by 29-27 and 26-24 margins in the second and third sets, respectively. Leading the Lady Dragons were Jenna Mak’s 17 digs and 13 kills; sophomore Layla Schoeningh’s 16 assists; junior Kiara Miles’ 15 kills and 13 digs; senior Carlie Vollert’s 15 digs and three kills; sophomore Reagan Cordero’s 12 assists; senior Courtney Cogbill’s seven assists; senior Sami Von Gober’s five digs; and junior Kayla Field’s three kills.
In their three-set 25-17, 25-17, 25-17 sweep of longtime SCL rival El Molino last week in Pfeiffer Gym, the Sonoma girl spikers were led by Schoeningh’s 18 assists and 11 digs; Mak’s 17 digs and 14 kills; Miles’ 15 digs and eight kills; Cogbill’s 11 assists; Von Gober’s 10 digs; Vollert’s seven kills; sophomore Gabriella Girish’s seven digs; and Field’s three kills.
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After breezing through their first three league matches, the Sonoma tennis girls had their victory ride momentarily derailed when they were swept in singles play, leading to a narrow 4-3 home-opening SCL loss to Petaluma Tuesday afternoon at the high school courts.
The Lady Dragons swept all three doubles matches led by seniors Alison Gray and Sonia Krikorian’s 6-0, 6-2 over Aloisa Barone and Tess Barend at No. 1 doubles; juniors Isabel Hernandez and Kasey Richards’ 6-1, 6-0 over Ericka Gilmore and Christina Lang at No. 2 doubles; and seniors Olivia Yazzolino and Malaya Zachau’s 6-1, 6-3 over Annis O’Neill and Diana Trueblood at No. 3 doubles.
Sustaining Sonoma’s losses were senior Emma Stanfield’s 2-6, 1-6 to league standout Kim Garcia at No. 1 singles; senior Brenda Maldonado’s 4-6, 4-6 to Grace Slembrouk at No. 2 singles; junior Sydney Moore’s 1-6, 2-6 to Grace Davis at No. 3 singles; and senior Hannah Adams’ 6-2, 4-6, 4-6 to Kelly D’ambrocia at No. 4 singles.
The Lady Dragon netters, who faced another longtime SCL rival, Analy, yesterday – results not available at presstime – will host league foe El Molino at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, on the high school courts.
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Sonoma’s girl golfers traveled over the Valley hills west to the Rooster Run Golf Course on Tuesday and ran into a good Petaluma team that played a strong nine holes en route to a 274-322 win.
Pacing the visiting Lady Dragons were senior Callie Hogan’s 57; sophomore Hannah Ladouceur’s 63; sophomore Candice Silkey’s 65; senior Jacquline Regan’s 67; and freshman Samantha Pencil’s 70.
The Sonoma girls next host El Molino at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Sonoma Golf Club.
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