UNIVERSITY PLACE — After successful a pair of powerful, scrappy units towards Mount Rainier, the Camas volleyball group was prepared to complete off the Rams within the third set.
In any case, there was a visit to the state event on the road, and it was getting late.
“I mean, it’s like 10 o’clock right now and we’ve got games tomorrow, so it’s best that we finish it off in three,” senior Kendall Mairs stated. “And they’re a really good team, very scrappy. But we just pushed over that hump to win in three.”
Camas defeated Mount Rainier 25-18, 25-21, 25-10 within the semifinals of the 4A bi-district event Friday night time at Curtis Excessive Faculty to safe that berth to subsequent week’s state event in Yakima.
Camas additionally superior to face Kennedy Catholic within the bi-district semifinals at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Despite the fact that the Papermakers earned their second three-set win on the day after beating Bonney Lake earlier Friday, Mount Rainier made Camas work early within the quarterfinals.
The Rams jumped out to early leads in each the primary and second set, forcing Camas to rally to make the rating even earlier than pulling away late.
“In the beginning when it was back-and-forth, it was hard because they’re such a scrappy team, and it gets our adrenaline going and makes us frantic at times,” Mairs stated. “But after every single point, whether win or lose, we would come together and calm everything back down. We knew that we could play our side of the game and push forward to get out of each set.”
Mairs set the desk for Camas, posting 30 assists. Ella Thompson posted 16 kills and 7 digs, Emmah Sanchez had 12 digs and Quinn Pedersen added eight kills for the Papermakers towards Mount Rainier.
However Mairs stated the Papermakers wish to get contributions from all around the flooring. That will likely be necessary because the competitors will get powerful with Kennedy Catholic on Saturday after which a matchup towards both Curtis or Puyallup later Saturday.
“If one person is struggling, we have people ready to step up and kind of step into that spot,” Mairs stated. “So everyone is ready to go. And we’ve kind of stepped up to another level in this tournament because we know the competition will prep us for later.”
Skyview dropped its opening match within the event Friday, falling 3-0 to Emerald Ridge. However the Storm stayed alive with a 3-1 win over Kentwood. Skyview will face Mount Rainier in a loser-out match Saturday, hoping to advance to a winner-to-state match later Saturday.
Union was eradicated with losses to Curtis and South Kitsap.
Within the 3A bi-district event, Prairie secured a berth into the state event by beating Lincoln of Tacoma 3-1 and Timberline of Lacey 3-1 on Friday.
The Falcons will face North Thurston within the bi-district semifinal at midday Saturday at Foss Excessive Faculty in Tacoma.
Kelso dropped a first-round match to Capital, however stayed alive with a 3-0 win over Kentlake. If Kelso can get previous Timberline in a loser-out match Saturday, the Hilanders would get two possibilities later Saturday to safe a state berth.
Heritage misplaced to White River and Federal Means and was eradicated from the event.