Giltner's Dani Most (13) tries to hit past the block of Bruning-
Davenport-Shickley blocker Cassidy Bentley (15) in the
second set of the Crossroads Conference championship
match Thursday at York. Most and Abbey Preissler led the
Hornets in kills with 17 apiece.
YORK — Dani Most and Abbey Preissler each chalked up 17 kills and four ace blocks to lead top-seeded Giltner past No. 2 seed Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 21-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-22 to win the Crossroads Conference championship Thursday night.
In the third-place match, Class D-1 No. 3 Exeter-Milligan survived several threats from Class D-2 sixth-ranked Hampton in a 25-20, 27-25, 25-17 roller-coaster ride.
The four-set title marathon lived up to its billing, according to Giltner head coach Kurt Polt, and not only because it pitted his Class D-2 No. 3 Hornets against the D-1 ninth-ranked Eagles.
“I didn’t figure it would be a clean sweep either way,” Polt said afterward. “When you’re in the CRC finals, I don’t know what else you can expect except an exciting time. I don’t think you can come here any year and see one team blow out another — this conference is just that good.”
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