Lava Bears rally past Ravens

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Ryan Brennecke / The BulletinRidgeview's Katrina Johnson (10) hits the ball over the fingertips of Aspen Peterman during the first game against Bend High in Redmond on Tuesday night.

REDMOND — Despite a record-breaking night from Ridgeview’s Katrina Johnson, Bend High rallied past the Ravens on Tuesday night to remain undefeated in Intermountain Conference volleyball action.

The Lava Bears topped Ridgeview 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21 to move to 5-0 league play, surviving a 35-kill performance by Johnson, a number that Ravens coach Danielle Steed belived to be a school record.

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“Our defense was a little more disciplined those last three games,” Bend coach Kristin Cooper said. “And we challenged the girls. Johnson was hot and you just have to accept that. All good hitters go on streaks like that. After that first game we asked the girls, ‘Who is going to answer back?’ ”

Callie Kruska led the Bears in the middle with 13 kills and two blocks, Tatiana Ensz added nine kills and 15 digs on the outside and Alexa Evert posted a team-high 30 digs.

In addition to Johnson’s 35 kills, Paige Davis ended the night with 49 assists for the Ravens (1-4 IMC) and Kiana Dixon registered 25 digs.

“She was insane,” Steed said about Johnson. “Front row, back row. It didn’t matter where she was at, it was going down.”

“We had a few serving errors that hurt us and Bend’s defense was all over, especially on the short stuff” Steed added. “They were tight.”

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