Lady Bulldogs Control Final Two Sets in Win Over Lady Indians
Sep 02, 2022 12:00AM ● By By Steven Bryla
The Gridley High School Bulldogs girls volleyball team celebrates its 3-2 victory over the Marysville Indians on Sept. 1. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Kendall
MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - The Gridley Bulldogs high school girls volleyball team spiked the Marysville Indians in a non-league match up on Sept. 1.
This was the first meeting between the two teams since the 2019 - 2020 regular season.
Gridley (7-7) took the first set of the match but needed to play extra points to get the two-point separation to be able to win the set from Marysville (2-6).
The Indians took the second and third set by winning the sets 26-24 and 25-19.
Marysville senior outside hitter Emma Mangini made the biggest impact on the game with 16 kills throughout the match.
Mangini has the best kill per set average of 1.9 through the season so far along with leading the team with 25 kills as of Sept. 1.
The Bulldogs were led by senior outside hitter Emry Egan with 12 kills and junior middle hitter Gracie Dewsnup with 15 kills.
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Gridley junior middle hitter and team captain, Kennison Cota along with sophomore outside hitter Charlee Sormano, both had 9 kills in the match.
The Bulldogs won the fourth set decisively to send the match into the fifth and deciding set where they won it 15-11.
Cota leads Gridley in multiple categories that include 2.6 kills per set and overall kills with 102 throughout the season so far.
The Indians opened league play on Tuesday with an away game at Sutter.
Marysville finished tied for third place in the Pioneer Valley League last season with Lindhurst and Center that posted a league record of 4-6.
The Bulldogs struggled at the Dixon tournament on Saturday, where they went 1-3 with their lone win against Middletown Mustangs.
The defeats Gridley suffered came from Wheatland, Dixon and Colusa.
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The Bulldogs will begin Butte View league play on Tuesday, Sept. 20, as they travel to the defending league champions Orland Trojans.
Gridley finished third in the BVL last season where they posted a league record of 7-5.
The biggest change this season is the Sutter Huskies (12-2) moved from the BVL to the PVL.
The Bulldogs will play the Live Oak Lions today at the Hamilton tournament.
