Volleyball Recap: Sunnyslope Vikings vs. Valley Christian Trojans
On Friday, Sunnyslope faced Valley Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Sunnyslope Vikings narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Valley Christian Trojans 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Sunnyslope had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-12, 16-14.
Sunnyslope was led to victory by Lainey Johnson and Emma Easton. Johnson had nine digs, while Easton had five digs.
Despite the loss, Valley Christian still got an impressive performance from Madi Brown-Mcalpine, who had five digs and three aces. That's the most aces Brown-Mcalpine has posted in her last seven matches.
Sunnyslope has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Valley Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-7.
Sunnyslope wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory against Omaha Westside on the 4th. Valley Christian has also already played their next contest, a 2-0 win against South Medford on the 4th.
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