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Ashland nets revenge on Panthers ASHLAND � It was sweet revenge for the Ashland High volleyball team on Thursday. The Grizzlies, who dropped their Southern Oregon Conference opener to South Medford three weeks ago, continued to flourish after a slow start with a convincing 15-4, 15-9 win over the Panthers. "We came out really solid," Ashland coach Josh Rolfing said. "Our passing was the difference between the first match against them and this one." After breezing to the Game 1 win, the Panthers put up a battle in the finale. South Medford stormed out to an 8-4 lead before Ashland rallied to trim the deficit to one. After trading side outs, the Grizzlies evened the score and eventually took the lead for good. Lichen Murray had a balanced game to lead the Grizzlies with eight kills and five digs, while senior Heidi Lawrence added six kills on eight swings and no errors. "In the last five matches we�ve gotten the senior leadership," said Rolfing about his team�s improved play. "They (the seniors) are doing a nice job of staying positive and relying on eachother." Carrie Doren led the Panthers (7-6, 4-4 SOC) with six kills and Crystal Glover had five. Ashland improved to 8-6 overall and 5-3 in the SOC. NORTH MEDFORD 15-14-15, EAGLE POINT 4-16-0 � Kendra Mitchell had six kills and four digs to help North Medford to an SOC win over visiting Eagle Point. Kara Hwang and Jill Carrigan served 11 of the 15 points in the first game but the Eagles rallied back to take Game 2. Setter Kaci Maldonado had 24 assists and four digs while Candace Fleener had three blocks, six aces and three blocks. The Black Tornado blanked Eagle Point in the final game to run its record to 14-1 overall and 8-0 in conference play. ROSEBURG 15-5-15, GRANTS PASS 6-15-6 � At Grants Pass, the host Cavers shocked Roseburg in the second game and were tied 6-6 in the third before the Indians finally pulled away. Senior middle Casey Higgins led Grants Pass with five kills, five blocks and two aces from the service line. Stephanie Franklin added seven digs and Kara DeBo had four for the Cavers, who slipped to 1-7 in the SOC. KLAMATH UNION 15-15, CRATER 5-12 � At Klamath Falls, senior middle Kaylene Munson registered 15 kills, five digs and four blocks as Klamath Union cruised past Crater and finished with a season sweep of the Comets. Krista Day served the final seven points of Game 1 for the Pelicans. Crater built a 9-2 lead in Game 2 but the Pelicans re-took the momentum and won going away. Junior middle Megan Leppert added 10 kills and two blocks and setter Maggie Fisher had 24 assists and six digs for the Pelicans, who improved to 3-5 in the SOC. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.