GARFIELD WINS ON MILESTONE FILLED NIGHT
GARRETTSVILLE OH-
A conference battle took place in Garrettsville on Tuesday night. The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference’s (MVAC) Gray Tier had two of its best setters on full display! With Carla Ramirez Ortiz of Campbell grabbing her 1000th career assist in just her junior season. On the other side of the fence, Madeline Shirkey tallied her 1500th career assist at Garfield in her senior campaign. As both milestones highlighted the night, the teams lit up the court with some competitive play!m
Set 1 saw The Lady G-Men maintain at least a three point advantage throughout a majority of the set. Montana McGranahan set the tone against the Red Devils once again, earning 16 Kills in her last outing against Campbell on August 25th, the junior was dialed in against The Devils. However, Campbell rallied late trailing 24-17, with Angeliz Diaz behind the service line The Red Devils trimmed the score to 24-22 before falling to Garfield.
Campbell carried their momentum into Set 2, with The Red Devils holding a lead early on. Garfield battled back midway through the set, evening the score 11-11 before eventually grabbing the advantage. Looking back at the previous set, it was a score so nice they did it twice, with The Lady G-Men taking the three point set victory to take a 2-0 set lead.
(Courtesy Campbell Athletics)
Learning from the previous set, The Red Devils snatched the lead behind phenomenal play out of the middle from junior Kendall Brunn. Campbell held the lead from the first serve of Set 3, to even leading Monsters, Inc. style 23-19. But the resilience of Garfield shined once again, continuing to battle back, they traded points with The Red Devils but were backed against a wall. Campbell was in front 24-21, before a perfect 5 point run by The Lady G-Men put the cherry on top of a straight set victory to go 8-1 in the conference on the season.
The Red Devils (6-7) will look to turn their luck around in The MVAC, where they will host LaBrae (8-4) on Thursday, September 22nd. Garfield (9-4) makes a trip to Champion (6-7) also on Thursday.
Set Scores
S1: Garfield 25 – 22 Campbell
S2: Garfield 25 – 22 Campbell
S3: Garfield 26 – 24 Campbell
Match : Garfield 3 – 0 Campbell
*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell
