Burke sets two school marks
Byron-Bergen dropped the first game of their senior night match-up with Attica, but rebounded to win three straight and complete their perfect 16-0 campaign.
With game one tied 16-16, Attica went on a 5-1 run to take control and won 25-23.
But the Bees rallied and opened a 5-0 lead in the second game on kills by senior captain Quinn Chapell and junior Stephanie Buell along with consecutive aces from senior co-captain Lauren Burke. They extended that to a nine point advantage at 13-4 with a kill by sophomore Madison Farnsworth and ace by Chapell. Attica rallied to close to within two points at 16-14, but Burke took over after a Bees timeout with two kills and an ace and Chapell completed the 25-19 with another ace to even the match.
Burke tallied three kills and an ace while Farnsworth had a kill as B-B ran out to a 13-4 lead in game three. This time they did not allow Attica to rally as Burke served four consecutive aces to sandwich her kill and another kill by Buell in the 25-10 victory.
The teams traded points through the early going of game four before senior Catherine Brumsted had three consecutive aces and Farnsworth another kill to give the Bees an 11-5 lead. Attica again rallied to tie the contest 15-15 before a Chapell kill, two aces by sophomore Anabella Vurraro and kills from Burke and Brumsted finished off the 25-20 win.
The Bees secured the top seed in Class C2 for the Section V playoffs and received a first round bye. They have won three of the past four titles losing only last season in the finals.
Burke finished with ten kills, 12 assists, 12 aces and four digs in the contest. She earlier in the week set the school mark for career assists held by Shavaughn Bartz (2003-06) and the record for consecutive aces with 19 October 17 against Oakfield-Alabama – a record previously held by Alyssa D’Errico.
Chapell had six digs and two kills for the Bees, Brumsted 12 assists with three aces, three kills and one dig, Farnsworth nine kills and two digs and Vurraro 11 digs and two aces.
Byron-Bergen also announced they will host an Exceptional Senior volleyball game November 14 with players from Livingston County against the Genesee Region.
