Volleyball Recap: Valley Regional Picks Up Tenth Consecutive Victory

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2025, 5:56am

Volleyball Recap: Valley Regional Warriors vs. Portland Highlanders

Warriors

Previous Games

10/06/25 vs Portland3-0
10/06/25 vs Portland3-0
09/30/25 @ Coginchaug Regional3-0
09/29/25 vs North Branford3-1
09/26/25 @ Haddam-Killingworth3-0
+ 5 more games

Valley Regional waltzed into their matchup on Monday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. Everything went their way against the Portland Highlanders as they made off with a 3-0 win. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 3-0 on Monday.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Valley Regional was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-14, 25-12.

Nia Marchese paced Valley Regional's offense, picking up six kills. Marchese got some help from Kellyn Kolber and her 21 assists. Kolber also made an impact serving: she shared the team lead in aces with Hallie Moore, each putting up three.

Valley Regional's victory bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Portland, they dropped their record down to 1-13 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Valley Regional will face off against rival Cromwell at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Portland is set to take on their familiar foe North Branford at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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