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Huskies Beat Rams in Home Volleyball Contest
The Port Chester Rams were swept in straight games by Harrison Huskies when they met at Port Chester High School on Thursday.
The Port Chester Rams took a drubbing at the hands of the Harrison Huskies on Thursday, then collapsed in their third set.
Harrison's girls varsity volleyball squad took the first two games, 25-16 and 25-15, before cruising to a lopsided 25-6 third-set victory at Port Chester High School.
Port Chester Coach Kathy Federici said her team looked sharp in the first two games, despite the unfavorable outcomes, but the squad deflated for the final set.
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"We played good the first two games and the third game we just weren't mentally prepared," she said. "It was a flat game."
Even though the scoreboard said otherwise, Harrison didn't play up to its standards, Coach Candy Light said.
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"The girls were not focused," she said. The Huskies did not settle down until the third game, she said: "We played sloppy."
Port Chester stayed in it at the start of the first game, until the Huskies limited the Rams to 16 points en route to the 25-16 win.
The Huskies prevailed to take a larger 15-8 lead in the second game before the Rams mounted a comeback.
Alyssa Murray pulled the Rams to within five, at 19-14, before the Huskies put a stop to Port Chester's run by scoring six of the next seven points.
Port Chester actually started out ahead in the third game, and the Rams held a 3-2 lead until the Huskies went on a 10 to one run. The game slipped away as the Rams managed only two more points, while the Harrison girls scored confidently.
Elisa Santellia led the Huskies with six kills. Top setter Jessica Segal had 12 assists. Betsey Sanchez and Jenna Webb each had six aces from the serve line for the Rams. Sanchez also tallied one block at the net.
Emelyn Barriga led the Rams with seven digs. Alyson Lorys had five digs, two kills, one ace, and one block. Jessica Fitchben had four digs. Kyra Hart also had four digs to go along with one ace.
The Rams have time to regroup before a road match Monday against Groton at 4:30 p.m. The Huskies also have a break before heading to Fox Lane Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
