volleyball

 I see that the Batavia girls volleyball team just improved to 7-7 with a 25-16, 25-11, 22-25, 25-20 win over Brighton Wednesday.

The Blue Devils have had a very strong program for a long time, graduating some great players over the last 5-6 years.

But with just a .500 record, is Jeremy Mettler's squad going to be overlooked in the playoffs? It could happen.

The team plays very good competition in the Monroe County League and has players like Sarah Reynolds and Rachel Hale leading the team this year. Reynolds had 11 kills and Hale added eight in Friday's victory.

When a Class BB team has to battle powerhouses like Pittsford Sutherland and Victor in the regular season, they are going to be ready for the playoffs. 

The Blue Devils sit behind just Sutherland (12-2) and Victor (12-1) in Monroe County League Division III, so the regular season has probably been better than a 7-7 record shows.

When the playoffs start in two weeks, Batavia will be prepared. I've seen Mettler take teams to the sectional finals in the past, before Monroe County volleyball moved to the fall, and Batavia could be a sleeper in Class BB.

Newark, School of the Arts, Wayne and Aquinas all over 10-or-more wins and have quality programs at the top of the sectional bracket, and Batavia could end up seeded fifth by the time the regular season ends. 

I like Batavia's chances to make a run.

The Batavia girls volleyball team is finding its way and is almost back to .500 after picking up a solid win over Churchville-Chili Monday night.

The Blue Devils improved to 3-4 with the 25-16, 25-14, 25-14 thumping.

Junior outside hitter Sarah Reynolds came up huge with 12 kills and five digs in the match, with senior outside hitter Jaycee Shirk pitching in eight kills and six digs.

Batavia will host Greece Olympia on Wednesday.

Notre Dame had no problem in beating Kendall 25-8, 25-12, 25-12 Wednesday.

Liz Geandreau dropped in nine kills and an ace and Kendra Wall added 15 assists, a kill and one ace for the Fighting Irish (7-3).

Meghan Fahy had five digs, five kills and a pair of blocks for the Eagles (2-8). 

The Attica girls volleyball squad cruised by Pembroke Wednesday, 25-8, 25-11, 25-23.

Katie Boxler had seven kills, five aces, 10 assists and 12 digs with Jackie Alger adding five kills, nine digs and 12 assists.

Jen Ireland had four aces and two kills for the Dragons (2-8).

Attica is 7-2. 

Byron-Bergen and Notre Dame have the two girls volleyball teams with the most recent state experience.

The Bees won a few state titles and the Fighting Irish made the finals twice.

It was the Bees, who are hit hard by graduation every year but still remain the top program in the Genesee Region League, that came out on top in Wednesday's contest.

B-B scores were 25-25-26 while ND tallied 20-8-23.

Mary Cocking was the top Byron-Bergen performer with nine digs and 15 kills, with Alli Phillips adding 14 digs.

Sarah Hartman handed out 15 assists with a pair of aces for the Bees (5-0).

Notre Dame (3-1) was led by Kendra Wall, with five helpers.

Other high school results from Wednesday are:

Girls Volleyball

LYNDONVILLE 27-25-25-23-25, PEMBROKE 25-18-27-25-21: Samantha Skryp was big at the net for the Tigers, getting 15 kills, nine blocks and five aces.

Kelsey Brown pitched in 11 kills, 11 assists and five aces for Lyndonville (3-3).

Danielle Kelsey had 10 kills for the Dragons (1-3).

Boys Soccer

LE ROY 1, AVON 0: Cody Niccloy's penalty kick in overtime was the only goal of the game, helping the Oatkan Knights improve to 2-2.

Russell Schultz had five saves in net for LR.

Girls Soccer

PEMBROKE 1, ALEXANDER 0: Alyssa Reeb earned her third shutout of the season, making 12 saves.

Nicole Sharick had the game winning goal off a pass by Katie Hackett.

The Dragons are 2-0-1.

BYRON-BERGEN 4, ATTICA 0: Maylee Amesbury scored once and dished out an assist for the Bees (2-2-1).

MacKenzie Heale and Kim Oliveri each scored for B-B.