Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Zoe Engrav and Olivia Butler Lead Severance to Victory

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2025, 8:44am

Volleyball Recap: Severance Silver Knights vs. Liberty Common Eagles

Severance not only won on Monday, but they posted their biggest win since September 4th (when they won 3-0). Everything went their way against the Liberty Common Eagles as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Silver Knights have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Eagles, too.

The match was exciting from start to finish, as two sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-14, 29-27.

Zoe Engrav

Serving Aces (Career)

10/06/25 vs Liberty Common5
10/02/25 @ Northridge4
09/02/25 vs Northridge2
09/16/25 vs Thompson Valley1
08/26/25 @ Windsor Charter Academy1

Leading Severance to victory were Olivia Butler and Zoe Engrav. Butler had seven digs and five aces, while Engrav had five aces and four digs. Those five aces gave Engrav a new career-high. Dalaynie Loftin also deserves some recognition as she served her first ace of the season.

They weren't the only good servers: Severance was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

Severance is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. As for Liberty Common, their loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-14.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Severance will welcome Greeley Central at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Liberty Common, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Brush at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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