Buckeye Trail volleyball collects 900th program win, stay perfect 10-0 on season

Kevin Sutton, The Daily Jeffersonian

September 17, 2022 at 10:25 PM·4 min read

Buckeye Trail seniors Kaydence Starr, left, and Josie Creighton, right, celebrate with their teammates after collecting the 900th Buckeye Trail volleyball program victory with the win over Caldwell on Saturday.

OLD WASHINGTON - Saturday was a big day for the Buckeye Trail volleyball squad, with a couple of significant marks on the line as the Lady Warriors welcomed Caldwell for a non-league match-up.

"Pretty big day for us today," Buckeye Trail head volleyball coach Wendy McVicker explained. "A lot of expectations on the day for us, but we just tried to focus on getting the win. Just take it one game at a time, and just take care of business, like we have all season so far. And that seemed to work out for us again today."

The first big mark was a program mark as the Buckeye Trail volleyball all-time wins count stood at 899, needing just one more to reach the coveted 900 win plateau. Secondly, the current Lady Warriors' team brought a perfect 9-0 record into the action.

Buckeye Trail proved up to the task and collected the 25-20, 20-25, 25-22 and 25-22 victory for program win number 900 and at the same time stay perfect at 10-0 on the season.

"Lot of big things accomplished by us today," McVicker added. "Proud of these girls, proud of this program and just proud to be a part of Buckeye Trail volleyball. These girls work so well together, and have that trust in each other. I just love being their coach and enjoy every minute with them."

Caldwell entered the day with an 8-3 mark, and figured to be a worthy opponent to overcome for the Lady Warriors to accomplish the pair of lofty goals.

In the opening game, the two squads battled back and forth for control with ties at 9-9, 10-10, 12-12, 13-13 and finally at 20-20 before the Lady Warriors made their move with junior Ally Carpenter doing the honors.

Carpenter collected five straight points, including back-to-back aces to secure the 25-20 victory for Buckeye Trail to take the 1-0 lead.

Lyla Lowe got Caldwell off and running to open game two, reeling off 13 consecutive points to put her team in front with a commanding lead.

But to their credit, the Lady Warriors continued to battle and facing game point at 24-15 got a huge lift from junior Grace Shipe with five straight points to get within 24-20. But Caldwell was able to hold on for the hard-fought 25-20 win to even the games at 1-1.

"We stayed focused after falling behind so quickly and did a great job to get back into the game," McVicker continued. "One thing with these girls, is they don't ever quit and believe every time we step on the floor we are going to win. And so far this year we have."

"Caldwell is a very good team and we knew that coming in," McVicker stated. "We kind of knew how we wanted to attack them today, and the girls did a great job of executing that game plan."

With the end goal in sight, Buckeye Trail got the job done with back-to-back victories by identical scores of 25-22 and 25-22 to close out the big victory.

Senior Josie Creighton led the scoring for Buckeye Trail with 17 points, three aces along with two digs, one save, one assist, nine kills and nine blocks. Senior Kaydence Starr added 12 points, one ace along with six digs, one save, one assist, five kills and five blocks.

Freshman Anna McVicker contributed 10 points, two aces, 10 digs, four saves, 15 assists, seven kills, while Shipe finished with eight point, two aces, four digs, six assists and one kill. Sophomore Kayleigh Abrams collected seven points, two aces, two saves, four kills, three blocks and Carpenter chipped in with seven points, two aces, 19 digs, two saves and six kills.

Buckeye Trail's Grace Shipe (5) sets the ball for Kayleigh Abrams, center, during the volleyball game against Caldwell at Buckeye Trail High School Saturday afternoon.

"These girls just love being in the gym and really are a close knit hard-working group," McVicker said. "They just love to work in practice, they never complain. I just can't say enough about them and the effort they have put into this season to get us where we are right now."

NEXT - Buckeye Trail returns to Inter-Valley Conference play on Tuesday with a road game at Tuscarawas Central Catholic at 6 p.m.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Buckeye Trail volleyball collects 900th win in program history, improve to 10-0 on season

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