DENIED AT THE NET … Swanton’s Kaylee Mosko (#24) gets the block in the Bulldogs three set win at Delta.
PHOTOS BY RACHEL NAGEL / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
NWOAL RIVALS … Delta libero Serenity Tedrick digs out a ball for the Panthers.
By: Joe Blystone
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
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DELTA (September 20, 2025) – To be brutally honest, Swanton wasn’t at their best by any means against Delta.
But what the Bulldogs did was get solid performances from Kinley Curtis, Lexi Faber, and Madison Roytek, as well as overcome a shoddy second set, to sweep the Panthers, 25-10, 25-21, and 25-7.
Swanton is now 10-3 on the year and remains a game out of first place in the league at 3-1.
Curtis stuck a pair of left side kills right off the jump to help Swanton bolt to a 5-0 lead.
Claire Bates scored from the right side to keep Delta close at 7-3, but Curtis and Cara Ludlow nailed crossing shots in another five-point run to expand the Bulldogs’ lead to 12-3.
Faber’s two kills opened an 18-5 gap, and Faber’s pair of aces, along with two more bullets from Curtis and Roytek’s block, finished the first set.
Swanton again vaulted to a 5-0 bulge in the second, keyed by Roytek’s block and a third ace by Faber and increased that lead to 7-1 thanks to Roytek and Curtis.
All of a sudden, the Bulldog offense hit bumps in the road, and Delta used no less than six Swanton hitting miscues along with a Keagyn Gillen block and Willa Rosene kill to get even at 9-9.
Five more Bulldog attacks that went wild, and a net serve out, Delta ahead 17-16. Gillen’s middle hit and a Bulldog violation made it 19-17.
Curtis stuck a left side shot, then Roytek scored two to even the set, and Faber regained a Bulldog lead from the left, and Swanton never trailed again.
Faber’s three late kills gave the Bulldogs the second set, and Swanton regained form in the third. Annabelle Gillen kept Delta (3-9, 0-4 NWOAL) in striking distance early with two kills and an ace, as the Panthers trailed 5-4.
Swanton used a 5-0 run as Roytek slapped one home, Ludlow scored from the right, Faber nailed an ace, and Curtis drilled one so hard that Google won’t find it, to take a 10-4 lead.
Two hits that went out made it 10-6, but the Bulldogs exploded on a 13-0 burst. Curtis’s quad of kills, three aces from Beyla Remer, and Kaylee Mosko’s middle shot were the key blows as the Bulldogs rolled to the match win.