The St. Clair Colts senior girls volleyball team swept the Northern Vikings three sets to zero Thursday afternoon at St. Clair. The game was much closer then the score depicted, as the Colts were able to rally back in the third set from eleven points down to take the sweep.

The first set saw the Vikings give up the lead on critical errors. The Vikings had control issues in keeping the ball in the court, and sent the ball long and wide to give the Colts a quick 8-2 lead. Deanna Ritchie would serve up two aces for the Vikings to start to close the gap, while Lauren Dann would add a block at the net and an ace of her own to pull the Vikings back to within two. But the Colts would hold strong, getting an ace from Riley Williams and a block and ace from Dann. Nearing the end of the set, it is the Colts who start to make mistakes and begin to let the Vikings back in with kills at the net. Ritchie would get another ace for the Vikings to tie the game up, her fourth ace of the set. Both teams would exchange points on service errors, before the Vikings would have two costly errors to give the Colts the first set 28-26.

In the second set, the Colts ad Vikings kept things close, holding a tie for most of the set. The teams would trade the lead back and forth, giving the lead back on errors, and then having it returned on other team errors. Jordan Tamming would get an ace for the Colts and open up a two point lead, followed by Veronica Carpani with an ace of her own, and Lexi Hanly with one as well. The Colts opened up a five point lead, leading 19-14. From there the Colts would relenquish a single point, going on to finish the set with six straight points to win 25-14.

In the third set, the Vikings would take control early. Delaney Large would push the Vikings to an early 10-2 lead after she serves for ten straight points, with three aces. The Colts and Vikings trade aces, but the Vikings continue to open the largest lead of the game, 16-5. When the Colts got the ball back Riley Williams served in what was a dominating performance. Williams would bring the Colts back from down eleven to winning by three, as she hit seven aces in that span, and the Colts also got help from Viking errors. The Vikings would committ two more errors at the end of the match, and their once eleven point lead, is a 25-20 loss.

Northern next takes on St. Francois-Xaiver, while the Colts travel to take on LCCVI. Northern is now 1-1 in league play, while the Colts are 2-0.