COFFEYVILLE — A busy weekend littered with ups and downs left Allen Community College’s volleyball team with a 2-2 record at the Coffeyville Spikefest over the weekend. THINGS WERE looking up for Allen against host Coffeyville Saturday morning. The Red Devils put the finishing touches to the first set, 25-20.
The Red Devils started out in fine fashion, downing Fort Scott in four sets, 25-15, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23, and Independence, 21-25, 25-17, 25-11, 25-22, on Friday.
The worm turned on Saturday as Allen dropped five-set tie-breakers to Coffeyville, 25-20, 21-25, 14-25, 25-20, 10-15, and to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 25-12, 23-25, 22-25, 25-23, 11-15.
“This was a weekend of adjustments,” Allen coach Jessica Peters said, noting sophomore outside hitter Danielle Goodman — second on the team in kills — suffered a high ankle sprain Friday and missed Saturday’s matches. “This allowed some people to step it up.”
The Red Devils opened the competition with some familiar competition. Allen had faced Fort Scott just five days prior, winning a five-set match in their first go-round. The second round finished in similar fashion. The Red Devils got off to a quick start, winning the first two sets before the Greyhounds rebounded to win the third. Sidney Keith led the way to victory with 22 kills. Sarah Charbonneau was stellar in the back row with 22 digs.
The Red Devils also saw Independence for the second time this season. Unlike their first matchup this season — and unlike Allen’s recent quick starts in winning 11 of 12 matches headed into the tournament — the Red Devils found themselves in an early hole. Independence won the opening set, 25-21 “without much fight from our side,” Peters said.
The Red Devils regathered their composure, and roared to win over the final three sets.
Keith again led the way with 16 kills, and Charbonneau offered up the defensive support with 22 digs.
“The quick win in set one fueled a fire for Coffeyville,” Peters said. “They came out with a killer serving streak.”
The Red Ravens led 6-0 before Allen scored its first point. “This soon became a trend for us the remainder of the five-set match,” Peters said. Coffeyville easily won the next two sets. Allen rebounded to even the game at two sets apiece, but double-contact, missed serves and a weak serve receive game put Coffeyville in front for good in the tiebreaker, winning 15-10.
Allen fought valiantly in the tie-breaker, but not quick enough, Peters said.
“Had this been a set to 25 points, we believe the outcome would have been in our favor,” Peters said. “We just allowed far too many runs on their part with errors on ours.”
The Red Devils seemed to right their ship in time for NEO in their fourth match against the Norse this season. Allen won 25-12 in the opening set.
But NEO responded with two tight wins in the next two sets, 25-23, 25-22. Allen won a squeaker, 25-23, to force the tie-break.
“Clearly NEO had the steam to finish,” Peters said. “Our serve receive got weaker and weaker. Our inconsistency allowed them to control us with a serve we typically could handle.”
Allen returns to Coffeyville Wednesday. The match will be live-streamed at redravensports.com.
Peters said the Red Devils remain confident they can find their winning ways once again.
“We know that if we took them to five sets not playing our game,” she said, “then this rematch will be an opportunity to start back toward our winning streak.”
The Red Devils are at 16-10 overall.
Allen def. Fort Scott, 3-1
(25-15, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23)
Allen def. Independence, 3-1
(21-25, 25-17, 25-11, 25-22)
Coffeyville def. Allen, 3-2
(20-25, 25-21, 25-14, 20-25, 15-10)
NEO def. Allen, 3-2
(12-25, 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 15-11)
Halley Scott, 18 games, 1 kill, 1 set assist, 8 aces, 44 digs, 8 points
Danielle Goodman, six games, 11 kills, digs, 1 solo block
Sidney Keith, 18 games, 78 kills, 3 set assists, four aces, 67 digs, 5 solo blocks, 5 block assists, 89.5 points
Adriee Munoz, 18 games, 10 kills, 148 set assists, 8 aces, 43 digs, 1 solo block, 4 block assists, 21 points
Sarah Webb, 16 games, 25 kills, 1 set assist, 7 digs, 4 solo blocks, 4 block assists, 31 points
Andonae Magdziarz, 15 games, 29 kills, 9 digs, 3 solo blocks, 3 block assists, 33.5 points
Ashlyn Myers, 16 games, 3 set assists, 8 aces, 30 digs, 8 points
Lizzy Huey, 18 games, 28 kills, 1 set assist, 2 aces, 13 digs, 8 solo blocks, 9 block assists, 42.5 points
Jessi Sennett, 5 games, 3 kills, 13 set assists, 5 digs, 3 points
Sarah Charbonneau, 18 games, 3 kills, 9 set assists, 6 aces, 118 digs, 9 points
Kelsey Kasson, 18 games, 8 kills, 8 digs, 1 solo block, 4 block assists, 11 points.
ACC goes 2-2 in Coffeyville tourney
