By DAVE BELCHER
The Progress
The Moapa Valley High School Volleyball team played two games last week and didn’t allow either opponent to win a single set.
The Pirates faced their Virgin Valley High School rivals on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the MVHS gym. It was a 3-0 shutout over the Bulldogs.
Moapa Valley completely dominated the first two games, 25-9 and 25-11.
Virgin Valley rallied in the third game but still lost 25-23.
“Tough serving from the girls was a key component in the victory,” said MVHS head coach Mandie Matheson.
As a team the Pirates scored 13 service aces during the match. MVHS junior Alexa Nuckles led the team with 4. Sophomore Sienna Neilson and junior Brooke Houston each got 3.
Besides her serving, Nuckles dug out 6 balls.
“We were led by strong backrow play and serving from Alexa,” said Matheson.
“Offensively we were led by Halle Evans, Sydney Reese and Sienna Nielsen,” Matheson added.
The Pirates had 30 kills in the match. Reese had a monster game at the net scoring 15 kills and having 4 blocks. Halle Evans scored 4 blocks herself. Brooke Houston finished with 23 assists.
Virgin Valley was led by Riley Price who served 4 aces and had 3 kills.
Moapa Valley traveled to Somerset Losee coming away with a 3-0 match win. The Pirates made short work of the Lions winning 25-5, 25-9 and 25-8.
Moapa Valley is now 17-9 overall and 9-0 in league play. They travel to Sunrise Mountain on Wednesday then host Rancho on Thursday at 6 pm in the second to last week of the regular season.
3A Volleyball Standings
3A Southern Desert
Moapa Valley 9-0 league 17-9 overall
Coral Academy 7-2 league 10-11 overall
Virgin Valley 3-3 league 15-12 overall
Losee 2-7 league 2-10 overall
Sunrise Mountain 2-7 league 2-12 overall
Rancho 0-8 league 1-13 overall
3A Southern Mountain
Boulder City 6-0 league 16-3 overall
SLAM 8-3 league 13-9 overall
Cadence 5-2 league 10-4 overall
Clark 2-4 league 6-14 overall
Pahrump Valley 3-7 league 5-17 overall
Desert Pines 3-8 league 3-10 overall
3A Northern West
South Tahoe 5-0 league 5-6 overall
Truckee 6-1 league 12-12 overall
North Valleys 3-3 league 6-10
Wooster 3-3 league 3-8 overall
Sparks 0-5 league 0-13 overall
Hug 0-5 league 1-14 overall
3A Northern East
Elko 5-2 league 12-5 overall
Dayton 5-2 league 22-5 overall
Spring Creek 3-3 league 10-8 overall
Lowry 3-3 league 15-7 overall
Fernley 2-5 league 15-7 overall
Churchill County 1-5 league 9-8 overall
Maxpreps State Rankings Volleyball Top 10
1 Dayton
2 Boulder City
3 Elko
4 Moapa Valley
5 Lowry
6 Spring Creek
7 Truckee
8 SLAM
9 Cadence
10 Fernley
12 Virgin Valley
