Playing its first match six days after its biggest win of the season, the Cedar Ridge volleyball found time for its stars of the future in a sweep of J.F. Webb in Oxford.
The Red Wolves handily defeated the Warriors on scores of 25-14, 25-9, 25-9 inside Warriors Gymnasium on Wednesday. With the win, Cedar Ridge improved to 14-2 overall. They also retained its share of first place in the Big 7 Conference and remained tied with Seaforth with a 7-1 record.
In the second set, junior Emery Auffett cameo the bench with the Red Wolves leading 5-2 and served up three straight aces. It triggered a run of eight straight points where Auffett delivered five aces overall. Junior setter Solana Gutierrez-Quintero had five assists in the second set. Head coach Khoury May found time to put in several reserves, allowing six different players to register kills in the frame. Addilyn Jackson, Dani Solomon and Avery Owens each had two kills. Freshman middle blocker Florence Mwanza had a block.
Webb did have a 2-1 lead early in the opening set, which the Red Wolves erased with four straight points, including consecutive aces from sophomore libero Nora Stoll. Webb forced a tie at 11-11, but the Red Wolves took control of the frame with five straight points, including two aces from sophomore setter Kaitlyn Dixon, to push the Red Wolf lead to 16-11. It was the last competitive moments of the match.
Solomon, who finished with 12 kills overall, scored on set point in the first.
Jackson had consecutive kills to open the third set. Solomon and Jackson had four kills each in the final frame, where Cedar Ridge never trailed. Cedar Ridge had four aces, including another from Auffett. The Red Wolves built a 20-6 lead after an ace from Stoll and another kill from Solomon. Dixon had seven assists in the final set.
Cedar Ridge will travel to Durham Academy on Monday. Durham Academy is led by former Chapel Hill head coach Ross Fields.
