OBSERVER Staff Reports

The Fredonia Lady ‘Billies battled back in each set on Friday night, but the rallies came just a little too late. In the end, the Cassadaga Valley Cougars came out on top of all three sets, 27-25, 25-21, 25-19, in a CCAA North volleyball match at Fredonia High School.

“The first set was point for point. It was very tight throughout,” said Fredonia coach Amanda Krakowiak.

Fredonia (2-3, 2-3) rallied back to tie the first set at 24-24, before Cassadaga Valley (4-2, 4-0) came away with the win. The Cougars jumped out to a lead of 19-8 in the second set, but Fredonia battled back before eventually falling 25-21. Then in the third set, Fredonia fell behind early again and fought to keep it close, but Cassadaga Valley pulled away once again to finish the contest.

“We rallied back a few times, which is nice to see,” said Krakowiak. “We just needed to do it a little earlier.”

Fredonia’s Tess Corell contributed 12 assists and three aces, while Nagely Vazquez had eight kills, three aces and three blocks and Anna Valone had five aces and three kills in the defeat.

Cassadaga Valley was led by Heidi Williams with seven digs, four kills and a block. Meghan LeBaron had five blocks, four digs and three kills, while Abby DuBois had four digs and three aces.

Fredonia is back in action on Monday at Pine Valley, while Cassadaga Valley plays Gowanda in Sinclairville.

Gowanda 3, Forestville 0

GOWANDA — The Gowanda Panthers volleyball team took care of business Friday night with a three set victory over Forestville 25-4, 25-18, 25-23, at Gowanda High School.

Marleah Stevens and Miya Scanlan each had 10 kills on Friday night, while Scanlan also added a team-high nine digs. Zoey Kota had 16 assists, while Emma Luther had 12 of her own. Kota led the team with eight aces.

Gowanda improved to 4-1 on the season and 3-1 in the CCAA North division. The Panthers play at Cassadaga Valley in another league contest on Monday. Forestville (0-5, 0-5) hosts North Collins on Monday in a league match.

North Collins 3, Westfield 0

NORTH COLLINS — The North Collins Eagles volleyball team beat Westfield on Friday night in three sets, 25-7, 25-16, 25-10.

Morgan Smith had nine assists, four kills and five aces for North Collins, while Deanne Wilson added five kills.

North Collins improves to 4-0 on the year. They will travel to Forestville on Monday night. Westfield falls to 0-5 on the season and travels to Forestville next, as well, on Wednesday night.