Navarre beats Gulf Breeze in five
BY JASON THOMPSON Gulf Breeze News jason@gulfbreezenews.com

Photo courtesy of Athletes Feats Photography Deannette Zuniga records one of her 20 digs Thursday.

The Navarre Lady Raider volleyball team had its season end last year on their home floor by Gulf Breeze.

They got a little bit of revenge Thursday as they rallied from two games to one down to beat the Lady Dolphins 23-25, 25-11, 19-25, 25-14, 15-10. The win gave Navarre sole possession of first place in the district, as well as perfect (11-0) on the season.

Navarre scored the first two points of the game before a kill from Brittany Wheeler and a point on serve from Tristan Powers tied it.

Gulf Breeze led by as many as four (10-6), but Navarre would rally and lead 19-17 at one point. But the Lady Dolphins, on a questionable call tied the game at 23, got a sideout and a point from Powers to take game one.

The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 9-3 lead in game two after an ace. A pair of Lauren Alverson serves got GBHS within three, but from there, it was all Navarre. After Navarre scored five straight points, the Lady Dolphins got no closer than seven in the game.

Two Lacie Brothers serves gave the Lady Dolphins the early lead in game three, but three blocks in a five point stretch gave Navarre a 6-2 lead.

Neither team could string together points on serve as 14 of the next 19 serves were sideouts.

A GBHS sideout, followed by five straight points from Powers gave the Lady Dolphins a 17-15 lead. A Navarre sideout, plus two points on serve gave the Lady Raiders an 18-17 lead, but the Lady Dolphins scored eight of the last nine points to take game three. Five straight serves from Alverson, including two aces, and a kill from Brothers closed it out.

An ace from Celia Eddy tied game four at five, but from there, Navarre took off, scoring 17 of the next 20 points. GBHS called timeout twice during the run, but couldn't stem the tide.

An ace from Jasmine Crowell tied game five at nine, but the Lady Raiders scored six of the last seven points to close out the match.

Eddy had 12 kills for Gulf Breeze and eight blocks. Brothers added seven kills, while Tobie Bass had six kills and eight blocks. Powers had 10 23 assists and 10 digs, while Deannette Zuniga set a careerhigh in digs for the third time in as many days with 20. Alverson added 10 digs.

For Navarre, Julianne Haun had 19 kills and 13 digs, while Sarah Augustin added nine kills and 10 digs. Demetra Giblin and Whitney Fischer both had six kills.

Brianna Kastner had 25 digs and six aces, while Mildred Wilson had 13 digs and Rachel Salomone 12. Lady Dolphins 25-25-18-25,

Pace 22-17-25-23

The Lady Patriots were two points from forcing a fifth game before a sideout and three Brothers serves closed out their Sept. 19 match at Pace.

Eddy had 19 kills and seven blocks, while Powers had four of her seven kills in the fourth game. She also had 29 assists. Bass and Brothers also had seven kills.

Zuniga had 18 digs, while Brothers had five and Alison Milam four. Crowell had six aces in the win. Lady Dolphins 25-25-25,

Milton 19-19-8

The Lady Panthers hung tough with Gulf Breeze before running out of gas in the third game Sept. 18 in Milton.

Eddy had 12 kills and six blocks, while Brothers had nine kills and six digs. Zuniga had 17 digs, while Alverson had seven, Powers six and Milam five. Powers also had 22 assists.

Lady Dolphin JV 25-25,

Navarre JV 12-13

Kelly Hayes had 27 points on serve, including 16 aces, to lead Gulf Breeze past Navarre.

Cheyenne Chapman added seven points, while Kara Cederquist had six.

Lady Dolphin JV 25-25,

Pace 6-16 Hayes had 10 straight points to start game one as Gulf Breeze swept Pace in two games. Chapman had five kills in the win, while Conner Tate had five digs.

Lady Dolphin JV 25-25,

Milton 20-15

Chapman had seven kills, while Lindsey Hawthorne had seven digs to lead Gulf Breeze past Milton. Hayes had 12 assists and six digs.

Lady Dolphin ninth grade

25-25, Navarre 10-19

Sallie Papajohn had eight points for Gulf Breeze, while Katie Stanhagen and Cassie Lane had four each for Gulf Breeze in a win over Navarre.

Lady Dolphin ninth grade

24-25-15, Milton 26-16-6

Ashley Scott scored 14 points in the final two games as Gulf Breeze rallied to beat Pace.