(Colby, KS) -The Oberlin Volleyball team ended the season with two wins against tough competition last night. Oberlin defeated 3A Colby 2-1, breaking a 16 match losing streak to the Eagles, and in the final match beat rival Quinter 2-1. The Red Devils now 17-16 and finished the season on a four game winning streak.
Oberlin in the first match of the day against Colby would control most of the first set gaining a 23-16 advantage before the Eagles would make a 6-1 run to pull within a point at 24-23. The Red Devils who would face their 6th set point of the set would catch a break as Colby would commit a service error to end the set 25-23. The 2nd set would be more of the same as again Oberlin would open up a 22-18 advantage. The Eagles at that point would go on a 7-1 run to win the set 25-23 to force the match to go to another set. In the winner take all third set the Red Devils would gain a slight advantage early and hold on to it for most of the set before another run from Colby would put them in front 22-19 and force an Oberlin timeout. Out of the timeout the Red Devils would go on a 3-1 run to tie the match at 23-23. The Eagles would then score the next point to have match point at 24-23 before Oberlin would come back and win the point off of a Colby attack error. The Red Devils would then win the next to points to walk away with the win 26-24.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
| Oberlin | 25 | 23 | 26 | 2 |
| Colby | 23 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
Unofficial Stats
Brooklyn Gehring – 3 kills, 1 block
Kyra Sowers – 1 kill
Jori Fortin, Ella Williby, Lauren May – 1 ace
Brylee Minnick – 14 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace
Elsie Larson – 5 kills
Maria Rodriguez – 3 kills
Lizzy Weyeneth – 3 kills
In the second match of the evening Oberlin would face Quinter. Just three days prior in pool play of the NWKL tournament the Bulldogs defeated the Red Devils 2-1, where they would ultimately go on to be the runner-ups in the tournament. This time again the match would go three with the first set going to Oberlin 25-21. In the first Quinter would jump out to a 5-1 lead before the Red Devils would rally back to tie the match and each teams would trade points the rest of the match. As it looked like neither team would gain an advantage with the score being 19-19, Oberlin would go on a 6-2 run to win the first set. In the 2nd set each team would again trade points into the late stages of the set before the Red Devils would open up a 23-21 lead and found themselves just two points away from the victory. The Bulldogs at that point would go on a 5-1 run to win the second set 26-24. The early stages of set three would again be back and forth before Oberlin pulled away with a 12-2 run to lead 17-7 before a Quinter timeout. The Red Devils would finish off the Bulldogs 25-12 in the third to win the match.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
| Oberlin | 25 | 24 | 25 | 2 |
| Quinter | 21 | 26 | 12 | 1 |
Unofficial Stats
Brooklyn Gehring – 2 kills
Kyra Sowers – 2 kills
Jori Fortin – 1 ace
Lauren May – 1 kill, 1 ace
Brylee Minnick – 13 kills, 2 blocks, 2 aces
Elsie Larson – 7 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Maria Rodriguez – 2 kills, 2 aces
Lizzy Weyeneth – 1 kill, 2 blocks
Oberlin will now look to the postseason coming up next week when they travel to Logan for regional play. The Red Devils will match up with Osborne, St. Francis and Ness City. Two or Three wins will advance Oberlin on to the Sub-State round coming up next Saturday.
Coverage of all the regional matchups can be heard on 101.1 KFNF and seen on the KFNF YouTube Channel.
Lindsay Fortin after wins