Volleyball roundup: Placer downs Whitney 3-1, Del Oro falls to Woodcreek

The Placer High School girls volleyball team returned to .500 Tuesday night, earning a 3-1 victory over Whitney in Rocklin to improve to 2-2 on the season. The Hillgals took the first two sets by identical 25-18 scores before Whitney answered with a 25-22 win in the third. Placer regrouped in the fourth and closed out the match with a 25-20 victory. Junior outside hitter Kallie Stofleth led the Hillgals offensively with a team-high 14 kills. Zoey Wood added seven kills, while Esme Ledbetter and Mallery Maxwell finished with six and five, respectively. Jada Ellis led Placer with 14 assists. The Hillgals also put pressure on Whitney from the service line, finishing with 10 aces as a team. Wood led the way with five, while Stofleth and Morgan Schellenberg each added two. Placer was equally effective defensively at the net, recording 18 total blocks. Maxwell led the way with eight blocks, while Wood and Ledbetter each added four. Schellenberg paced the Hillgals' back-row defense with 18 digs. Stofleth added 13 and Wood finished with 10 as Placer totaled 60 digs in the four-set victory. Woodcreek 3, Del Oro 1 The Del Oro girls volleyball team was unable to overcome a slow start Tuesday night, falling to Woodcreek in four sets. The Golden Eagles narrowly fell in the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23 before rebounding with a 25-23 victory of their own to extend the match. The Timberwolves pulled away in set four, closing the door with a 25-18 victory to take the match 3-1. Katelyn Hull led the Timberwolves with 15 kills and added 15 assists, while Mya Taylor had eight kills and three aces. Koree Keitt had four of Woodcreek's five aces. Del Oro falls to 5-3 with the loss and will open SFL play at Oak Ridge on Sept. 8.