The Churchville-Chili Girls Varsity Volleyball Team came in first place in the Byron Bergen Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, October 11. Named to the All-Tournament team were seniors Danielle Cox and Stefanie Stefanovski. Senior Alison Vannest was named Tournament MVP. Other all-tournament team selections were Alexa McQueen – East Irondequoit, Tessa Engel – Batavia, Lauren Burke – Byron-Bergen, and Abigail Kelley – Byron-Bergen.
During Pool Play, the Saints lost their first match to Batavia 24-26, 23-25. Then they won their next three matches – against the Charter School of Applied Technologies 25-5, 25-18, against Greece Olympia 25-13, 25-9, and against East Irondequoit 25-11, 25-17. The Saints won their Quarterfinal match against the Charter School of Applied Technologies 25-9. Then they won their semi-final match against Batavia 25-15, 25-19. In the finals against Bergen, the Saints won the first game 25-20, lost the second game 13-25, and the Saints rallied back to win game three 25-15 to become tournament Champions.
All day tournament stat leader totals:
•Alison Vannest (senior, captain, outside hitter/setter) – 25 kills, 13 aces
•Stefanie Stefanovski (senior, captain, setter) – 49 assists, 13 aces
•Danielle Cox (senior, outside hitter) – 26 kills, 22 aces, 27 digs
•Sarah Huzyk (junior, libero) – 54 digs
•Caterina Bencivenga (senior foreign exchange student from Italy, middle hitter) – 18 kills, 10 aces
•Viviana Lisboa (senior, captain, middle hitter) – 8 kills, 8 blocks
•Olivia Lydon (sophomore, outside hitter) – 16 digs
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