Roses women’s volleyball: York 3- 1 Lancaster

YORK WOMEN’S volleyball first team secured four points for the white rose as they saw of their Lancaster counterparts in four sets.
The away side were commanding in the opening set. A block from Christina Sechel propelled her side into an early 4-0 lead and Lancaster were never able to recover. Spikes from Mitterhuver and Katharaina Widerhofer helped open up the gap to eight points with the scores at 17-9 before the girls in black and gold held off a mini Lancaster fight back to take the set 25-18.
York were equally dominant in the second set. Mitterhuver shone again with her powerful spikes and Selena Yeung was also on form as Lancaster found themselves getting more and more frustrated about being outclassed. The set finished 25-15 with York totally deserving of their two set lead.
In the third set however, Lancaster found some fight winning the set 26-24 to make it 2-1 overall.
Lancaster also led early in the fourth set before a great block from Widerhofer put York 5-4 ahead. The scores remained tight throughout the set as a big crowd gathered to watch the conclusion. Jitzerova and Widerhofer spiked York into 22-20 lead before captain Alexa Mitterhuver sealed the victory to round off the set at 25-21 and take the points.
Mitterhuver commented: “We started with two solid sets but they came back strong. We won this for the first time last year, we’re establishing our domination.”