<div>Summit VB takes down Strathmore in ESC battleTHE RECORDERThe Summit High School volleyball team hosted Strathmore on Thursday night in a battle of unbeaten teams in the East Sequoia Conference Redwood division. The Spartans were coming off a 3-0 sweep of Lindsay while Summit won on the road at Corcoran 3-1 in their league opener.Summit continued to play well, beating a strong Strathmore team 22-25, 25-17, 25-23, 29-27 in front of their home crowd.Strathmore won the opening game in a back and forth battle thanks to strong play from setter Pearl Johnson and outside hitter Sophia Colunga.Summit came storming back to win the second game 25-17. Strathmore scored the first 4 points of the second game only to see Summit score 8 straight to take an 8-4 lead.Strathmore came back to cut it to 8-7 on a kill from Hailey Lee. Summit went on to build a 19-11 lead thanks to the strong play of Sophia Pope, Ren Pregler, Alyssa Christie, Ava Christie and Kessin Bush. They eventually went on to win game two 25-17.Game three was another back and forth affair. With Summit up 13-11 they got a kill from Ava Christie and an ace from Pope to go up 15-11. Colunga stopped that run with a kill of her own and then Ava Christie and Isabella Vossler traded kills to keep Summit up 17-13. After a Summit error and a Colunga ace the Spartans closed the gap to 17-15. Vossler's kill made it 18-16 Summit before a kill by Pregler put the Bears up 19-16. The Spartans went on a 5-1 run to take a 21-20 lead. After back to back Spartan errors Christie got back to back kills to put the Bears up 24-21. Strathmore scored the next two points to pull within to 24-23. However Christie got a block to seal game 3 for the Bears 25-23.Game four was a classic. Alyssa Christie put Summit up 20-18 with a tip kill. However Strathmore scored four straight thanks to a kill by Vossler and a block by Johnson. Summit came back to tie it at 22 thanks to back to back errors by the Spartans. Strathmore gave themselves a chance to serve for the game as a block by Jocelyn Acevedo and an ace by Sophia Colunga gave them a 24-22 lead.The Bears fought off back to back game points as a Spartan error made it 24-23 and then Kessin Bush tied it at 24 with an ace. Bush’s second consecutive ace gave the Bears a chance to put the game and match away, however the Bears committed back to back errors to give Strathmore a chance to extend the match once again. That chance was thwarted by a Spartan serving error which tied the game at 26. Lee gave the Spartans chance No. 4 at winning the game with a kill, putting Strathmore up 27-26.But the Bears once again staved off that attempt as Pregler get a block to tie things up at 27. After a Spartan error gave Summit a chance at finishing the game off again, this time they took advantage. Pope sealed the deal for the Bears with a perfectly placed kill, giving Summit the game 29-27 and a 3-1 victory.“Strathmore made us earn it. We didn’t win 3-1 because everything went our way. We won because when the match got uncomfortable we stayed together and kept chasing the next point” said Summit coach Job Lara.Lara and the Bears are now 2-0 in ESC play as Strathmore falls to 1-1. The two teams will meet again on October 12 in in what should be another key match to decide the league champion. Up next for Summit is a trip to Granite Hills on Monday while the Spartans will play at Woodlake.</div>

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The Summit High School volleyball team hosted Strathmore on Thursday night in a battle of unbeaten teams in the East Sequoia Conference Redwood division. The Spartans were coming off a 3-0 sweep of Lindsay while Summit won on the road at Corcoran 3-1 in their league opener. Summit continued to...

Summit VB takes down Strathmore in league battle

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The Summit High School volleyball team hosted Strathmore on Thursday night in a battle of unbeaten teams in the East Sequoia Conference Redwood division. T

Summit VB takes down Strathmore in league battle

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