Girls' volleyball: Tired legs don't slow Trinity in sweep of Lower Dauphin

New Trinity coach John Barrick worked his girls' volleyball team hard through the first few weeks of the season. Hard enough to have one player say she didn't want to get out of bed the next morning.

Barrick questioned if he pushed them too hard, but after a quick sweep of Lower Dauphin Thursday night at Trinity High School, it seemed like the Shamrocks' legs were still fresh.

"I'm very pleased," Barrick said. "I think we overworked them a little bit at the beginning of the season, but I'm pleased at where we're at so far, and we should just keep getting better."

That's a scary thought for the rest of the Mid-Penn Colonial, which has yet to take a set from Trinity in four matches.

LD gave its best, led by Annie Goerl's nine kills and Gabry Tyson's 14 assists, but service errors hurt the Falcons when they were able to stop Trinity's runs.

"We didn't serve well at crucial times," Lower Dauphin coach Dave Machamer said. "We'd get the ball back, and serve it into the net. Then we give up two or three points, get the ball back and serve it into the net again. We had to stop those runs."

In contrast, Trinity's serving helped keep those runs going, scoring 15 aces against only six service errors.

Hannah Fry's 17 kills paced the Shamrocks, while Morgan Whiteman added nine of her own. Trinity also got 26 assists from Melissa Leandri, who missed some time in the past week with a bug that's been going around the school and the team.

Leah Ilgenfritz had eight kills and three aces to lead Northern to a sweep over Middletown. ... Veronica Bishop, Melissa Kohler and Saige Hilsinger split 19 aces as Mechanicsburg stayed undefeated with a win over Steel-High.

Morgan Weitzel's all-around effort helped Carlisle best Chambersburg in three sets in a matchup of unbeatens. ... Allie O'Connor's six kills helped Central Dauphin to a sweep of Harrisburg. ... Rachael Hunter and Red Land won three tight games against rival Cedar Cliff for the sweep. ... Cumberland Valley swept CD East behind Beth Gould's 22 digs.

Shippensburg handed Greencastle-Antrim its first division loss since 2005, winning its three sets by a total of nine points. Aunjel VanBrakle had seven kills and seven blocks for the Greyhounds. ... James Buchanan kept itself in what is now an interesting division race with a 3-1 win over Big Spring, helped by Katie Cristofano's 13 digs and seven kills. ... Ali Quirk's 10 kills boosted West Perry to a sweep of Boiling Springs. ... Laura Plank had 10 kills and 24 digs to lead Gettysburg past Waynesboro in four.

Millersburg's 3-0 sweep of Williams Valley was its first victory in at least four years. Marissa Hines, Bryanna Burke and Jess Millard each had four kills.... Upper Dauphin's Kayleigh Ney had seven kills as the Trojans took a five-set match from Shamokin in Twin Valley play. ... Tara Nahodil had 11 kills and four blocks as Tri-Valley got the sweep of Minersville. ... Alicia Haitos had two blocks and an ace, but Lebanon fell to Lancaster Mennonite in Lancaster-Lebanon play. ...

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