With a 14-match win streak on the line, the Cicero-North Syracuse boys volleyball team faced its most difficult head-to-head match of the winter when it took on Section V's Penfield last Saturday afternoon.

Still in search of a first-ever state championship, the Northstars were confronting a Patriots side that won state Division I titles in 2016 and 2017.

That history did not matter in this match, though. Earning its 15^th victory in a row, the Northstars rallied to beat Penfield in five sets.

C-NS claimed the opener 25-20, and lost the second 25-19. When Penfield pulled out a 26-24 decision in the third set, the Northstars were closer to defeat than in any of its previous 14 matches.

The response was quite impressive. C-NS blitzed the Patriots 25-12 in the fourth set and, in a tense final set, played to a 14-14 draw before winning the serve from Penfield and getting match point to win it, 16-14.

Brandon Millias put up 50 assists and 14 digs, with Trace LaRobardiere getting 23 digs. Up front, Dan Seliger pounded out 23 kills and 11 digs, with Grant Sennett earning 12 kills and Johnathan Hendry adding 11 kills. Kevin Felasco had five kills and 11 digs, with Carter Wisely adding five kills and eight digs.

Two nights earlier, C-NS had swept past Living Word Academy 25-13, 25-16, 25-10.  Millias had 13 assists, but Connor D'Agostino aided with 12 assists. LaRobardiere earned 12 digs as Seliger had seven kills and six digs, with Felasco adding six kills and four digs.