Valley Sports ReportTIOGA CENTER — Tioga won the first set, but North powerhouse Lansing answered with three straight wins in a 3-1 victory here Thursday night in IAC volleyball action.
The Tigers, now 8-6, opened with a 25-23 win in the first set, but the Bobcats responded with wins of 25-19, 25-17, and 25-23.
Vida Rossi led Tioga with 19 service points, six kills, and three blocks, while Courtney Smith had seven points, including three aces, four kills, four blocks, and 10 digs, and Kate Kithcart had six points, and team-high in kills with seven, blocks with five, and digs with 13.
Vanessa Tunnicliff had five points, three setter assists, one block and three digs for Tioga, while Irie Lynch had three points, 15 assists, and three blocks, and Brianna Lounsbury had four points, five kills, two blocks, and four digs.
Sadie Marshall added nine digs for the Tigers, and Jade Keaty recorded eight digs.
Tioga closes out the regular season Friday at home against Horseheads.
Junior Varsity
Lansing 25-25, Tioga 13-14
Lainey Platukis led Tioga with seven points (two aces), two kills, six assists, and 10 digs, while Alex Perry had five points, two kills, two assists, and two digs, and Lillie Hermatuk had three points (two aces), and two digs.
Maddy Rogers had two kills and two digs for Tioga, while Aniya Amerman recorded seven digs, and Mya Freese and Bailey Delmage each added four digs.
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PHOTOS BY CRISTINA ROSSI.
