ALAMOSA – Morgan Ortega did it all in the Alamosa High School volleyball team’s win over Delta Saturday at the AHS gym.
Ortega not only led the team in assists with 22, she also led in kills with 11. She was also the team leader in service aces with four.
The Lady Mean Moose won by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-19.
“We just want to clean up our third set a little bit,” said Alamosa coach Annie Mortensen. “I think our preseason set us up pretty well for league and we’re just going to keep going and facing the best.”
Alamosa got off to a 3-0 lead to begin the first set. After a brief Lady Panthers’ side out, the Lady Mean Moose increased the lead to 5-1.
Delta closed to within 5-3, but Alamosa had a 2-0 run.
The Lady Panthers reduced their deficit to 9-7, but the Lady Mean Moose went on a 5-1 run for a 14-8 advantage. Delta closed the gap to 14-10, but Alamosa had a 4-1 rally to push the lead to 8-11.
The Lady Panthers came back to close within 18-13. But the Lady Mena Moose had another 4-1 run to increase the advantage to 22-14.
After the teams exchanged sideouts, Alamosa scored the final two points for a 25-17 win.
The Lady Mean Moose also started the second set with a 3-0 run. The Lady Panthers had a brief sideout, but Alamosa scored four consecutive points, with Ortega recoding three straight aces.
After trading sideouts, Delta scored four straight points to narrow the lead to 15-9. But Alamosa closed out the set by scoring 10 of the final 13 points for a 25-12 victory.
The Lady Panthers took their first lead to begin the third set. The Lady Mean Moose took a 3-2 lead, but Delta regained the lead at 4-3.
After a brief Alamosa sideout, the Lady Panthers scored four straight points for an 8-4 advantage. The Lady Mean Moose closed the margin to 9-7, but Delta scored two in a row to push the lead to 11-7.
Alamosa answered with a 3-0 run, but Delta ran off two in a row. The Lady Mean Moose had another 3-0 rally to tie the score at 13-13.
The Lady Panthers regained the lead, but Alamosa scored two straight to regain the lead at 15-14.
Delta then went in a 4-1 run for an 18-16 lead.
Alamosa would finish strong again as it scored nine of the final 10 points for a 25-19 win.
Following Ortega in kills were Lily Heersink and Jaelin Garcia both with six, Aubrey Rother mich and Kadie Hawkins both with five and Taybor Wiedeman with four.
Rothermich also had three aces and Garcia had two.
Alamosa (6-2, 1-0) will return to Intermountain League play on Thursday as it will host Bayfield.
“We just have to keep playing our game and fine tuning up,” Mortensen said.
