Sayville girls volleyball's Adria Vargas, Trinity Ricevuto lead way in Suffolk Class A championship
Trinity Ricevuto #15 of Sayville serves the ball to Westhampton during the Suffolk Class A girls volleyball championship on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Credit: David Meisenholder
Sayville’s opportunity for a third consecutive girls volleyball county championship was fading fast as it would face three consecutive match points. But this was a team that had been in this situation before, and that made all the difference.
No. 1 Sayville defeated No. 2 Westhampton, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24, 22-25, 18-16, in the Suffolk Class A championship on Thursday night at Hauppauge High School.
Adria Vargas had 25 kills and Trinity Ricevuto had 22 for Sayville. Katie Burke had 12 kills for Westhampton.
Sayville found itself trailing 14-11, just one point away from its season ending but responded with kills from Kelly Reese and Trinity Ricevuto to get back into the set.
Ricevuto saved another match point with a kill and hammered home another to give Sayville a 16-15 lead. After errors from each team, Khylee Boesch was able to spike home a kill that stayed just inside the back line to win the match.
Vargas started the match with an ace, her first of three in the first set. Westhampton used a 9-4 run to take a 12-7 lead in the first set, aided by three kills from Burke. Sayville responded with 11 of the next 15 points and Vargas ended the set with her seventh kill.
Westhampton grabbed a 12-6 lead in the second set after three consecutive aces from Burke. Sayville managed to get within two at 17-15, but the Hurricanes went on an 8-4 run to take the set. Mia Hill had three kills in the set for Westhampton.
Sayville took control of the third set, going ahead 18-8 after a Ricevuto kill. Westhampton rattled off 16 of the next 22 points to tie the set at 24-24, after a Burke kill. Ricevuto was able to hammer home a kill after a Westhampton error to give Sayville the third set.
Westhampton (13-3) pulled away in the fourth set after a kill and back-to-back aces for Burke, made it 19-14. Sayville was able to get within two at 22-20, but Westhampton scored three of the next five to take the set. Karly Pascale had four kills and a block in the set.
Sayville (17-0) will face the Nassau representative at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at Hauppauge High School in the Long Island Class A championship.
Christopher Matias covers high school sports for Newsday after spending time in Athletic Facilities and Operation at St. John’s and in Sports Information at CUNY York college.
