By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

King's Way Christian (Vancouver) stopped Seattle Christian from winning its own 2nd Annual Volleyball Tournament with a three-set championship triumph on Oct. 4 in SeaTac.

"We wanted it, but King's way might have wanted it more," said Madelyn Weber who performed three blocks."

Two separate scoring attacks that produced consecutive point accumulations keyed a smoothly operating Warrior offense in a 25-13 first set control.

Locked in a 10-10 draw, Seattle Christian controlled the serving for the hitters to strike regularly in a 7-0 point spree.

Later, with a 19-13 lead, Seattle Christian utilized similar tactic to fire off the final six points, capped by Lily Powell's serving ace.
Conditions of battle reversed themselves in the second set when the Knights turned a 10-7 deficit into a 16-7 advantage. The Warriors were not able to make a significant dent in the differential before falling, 25-17.

After Audri Gundersen's point winning serve sent Seattle Christian into a 3-2 lead, the proceedings turned almost completely in the direction of King's Way. The Knights found some open spaces for serving and jumped on Warrior mistakes to gain command at 10-3.

SC countered with a pair of points, but, like an unrelenting earthquake, King's Way Christian found fissures in the defense to score the next five points to seal the tournament title.

"It was a great day of volleyball," reflected Seattle Christian head coach Aubrey Fox. "It was lots of volleyball that gave a great chance to play together. King's way is a great team and it was a great to have the challenge. Our defense really played well."

Killing statistics were spread out with Abi Sauer, Taelor Willhoite and Weber earning four apiece. Gundersen posted six assists.