Papillion-LaVista Holds off Skutt Catholic for Bellevue West Invite Title
BELLEVUE – Sometimes reality doesn’t live up to the hype while other times – like Saturday at the Bellevue West Invitational – it does. Class A’s top-ranked Papillion-LaVista went a perfect 6-0 at the Bellevue West Invitational over the weekend…
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Continue ReadingBELLEVUE – Sometimes reality doesn’t live up to the hype while other times – like Saturday at the Bellevue West Invitational – it does.
Class A’s top-ranked Papillion-LaVista went a perfect 6-0 at the Bellevue West Invitational over the weekend – dropping just one set in the six matches – to win its first title in the tournament since 2014 with a 26-24, 25-17 win over Class B #2 Skutt Catholic.
After falling in the championship match each of the past two years (last year to Millard North and to Papillion-LaVista South in 2017), the third time was the charm for the Monarchs.
Papillion-LaVista’s title didn’t seem anywhere near a lock in the first set against the Skyhawks as Skutt Catholic pulled out to a 13-7 lead after a pair of ace serves from Creighton recruit Megan Skovsende and a kill by sophomore Ava Heyne. The Monarchs, however, chipped away at the lead and eventually tied the first set at 18 on a kill by Creighton recruit Norah Sis and then took a 19-18 lead on an ace serve from Ashlee Fettin.
The two teams then went back-and-forth until a kill from Washburn recruit Chloe Paschal gave Papillion its first set point at 24-23, but Skovsende answered with a kill of her own for Skutt to tie it at 24. A kill by Sis gave Papillion-LaVista another set point at 25-24 and a Skutt serve receive error gave the Monarchs the final point and the first set 26-24.
Papillion-LaVista then seemingly rode that momentum right into the second set and a pair of ace serves from Paschal and a Morgan Hickey kill put Papillion-LaVista up 6-2 early. Another kill by Paschal and a hitting error by Skutt put Papillion-LaVista up 15-8 and the Skyhawks were never able to pull closer than five points the rest of the way as the Monarchs closed out the title with a 25-17 win in the second set.
Sis led Papillion-LaVista with 10 kills and Paschal added eight. South Dakota recruit Brooklyn Schram had 25 assists and four kills. Lauren Kemp and Skovsende each had eight kills for Skutt while Heyne had seven and Arizona State recruit Allie Gray had 25 assists for the Skyhawks.