Corry volleyball cruises to a quick sweep over the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers

Middle hitter Kendall Donoghue crushes a ball during the second set of Corry's dominate performance on Thursday night. The Middles for Corry had a huge night.

Report by MEG Goodsel

Corry Volleyball Coach

Erie, PA- In an unusual situation, MEG Goodsel took over the head coaching position for her first time as coach Kelly Goodsel was out of town on Thursday night. That did not stop the Beavers from doing Beaver things as Corry volleyball moved to 6-0 in region four and 10-0 overall with a quick sweep of the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers 25-18, 25-8, and 25-10.

Corry and Mercyhurst Prep played to a 17-17 tie in the first set, primarily on Corry mistakes, name the mistake and Corry committed them; service receive passing errors, hitting errors, and service errors. Finally, Corry got focused and pulled out the victory with an 8-1 run to win 25-18, middle hitter Rylee Nickerson and outside hitter Regan Kemp both had two kills down the stretch. Nickerson led the Corry team with five kills in the first set and had zero errors.

The second set Corry minimized the errors, with only one hitting error, and dominated the set two. Juniors led the offense with 11 kills (5, 3, 3) by Grace Allen, Regan Kemp, and Kendall Donoghue.

The third set Corry continued to dominate winning 25-10, getting plenty of experience for younger players. Sophomores included Naomi Brown had three service aces; sophomore Katrena Downey had two kills, and Morgan VanderSchaaff had a block. The freshmen contributing included Alivia Swan had a kill, and Maci Kemp had two assists, with one assist to her sister Regan. Freshmen

Jordyn Watrous and Mikayla Comitz both had a dig to round out the set.

“Our middles had the best match of the season, juniors Rylee Nickerson and Kendall Donoghuel had 8 and 6 kills respectively, and freshmen Alivia Swan had a kill. A typical measure for offensive production is hitting percentage (kills minus errors divided by hitting attempts); our middles had 15 kills, 1 error, on 21 attempts or a .666 hitting percentage. Successful middles is a result of great setting by Haley Mumau and Ava Hallberg who combined for 32 assists.” Stated coach MEG Goodsel.

“Defensively, seniors Sydney Mineo and Brynley Watrous started the match but, Ali Yetzer played well in the back row for Grace Allen throughout the evening, and Ellie Carey had two long serving runs and played great as libero in the third set” noted MEG.

The Crotty Chevrolet Player of the Game Ellie Carey paid us a visit after the match.

The win puts Corry at a perfect 10-0 on the year and they will head to a very special night on Tuesday. The Beavers will host the Girard Yellow Jackets for their annual charity night. This year will benefit Avery's Pawsitive Change and DeeJ Experience will be sponsoring the match as everyone who wears black and brings a pet food item or snack will get in for free. DeeJ Experience has partnered with several local business throughout Corry to make this special night even better. Once the gate fee is covered, everything extra that is raised will go directly to Avery's Pawsitive Change.

"We encourage everyone who is able to come out to this special event for a very special person within our Corry community." DeeJ Experience owner Scott Lockwood said. "We are honored to be able to come alongside the volleyball team and help any way we can. Our goal is to try and help raise money and help make it one of the best charity nights. For those who live out of town, they can get involved to by scanning the QR code on the live stream or visit by our website at www.deejexperience.com/charitynight and clicking on the donate button."

JV opening serve is scheduled for 6:00 PM with Varsity action to follow. For those who can't make it, the game will be streamed live on the DeeJ Experience Sports Stream. www.deejexperience.com

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