Reigning girls volleyball sectional champ Fayetteville-Manlius has yet to lose back-to-back games this season.
That trend continued Tuesday, as the Hornets took down Cicero-North Syracuse 3-1 in a rematch of last year's Class AA final. F-M won 25-15, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19.
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"It puts a target on our back or a chip on our shoulder where we've got to go out there and perform every single time to prove that we're that good of a team." F-M coach Jerime McHerron said. "Every game is important. Just keep working hard in practice and try to fine tune things and make sure that we focus on the team aspect of it."
Senior outside hitter Kaylene Nobel led the Hornets with 1 ace, a team-best 19 kills and 12 digs.
"(Kaylene) is one of our main players and we look for as a leader out there on the court," McHerron said. "Not with just her play, but with everything. The rest of the kids are looking up to her."
Senior Zoe Myint was also impressive for F-M in Tuesday's game finishing with team bests 38 assists and 13 digs. She also recorded 1 ace, 2 kills and 3 blocks.
Sophomore Kalyna Dannenberg had 2 aces, 13 kills, 1 block and 9 digs for the Hornets.
The Northstars were led by Karley Eymer's 2 aces, 12 kills and 6 digs, and Maddy Howell's 3aces, 17kills, 3 blocks and 1 dig.
The Hornets had been on a season-long 7-game win streak, which began Sept. 16 with a 3-0 victory over C-NS, before losing to Baldwinsville last Thursday.
F-M has won three of its last five meetings with C-NS, including last year's 3-1 victory over the Northstars in the sectional final.
"There's always a rivalry with all the big schools, where you have to play that much harder every single time," McHerron said. "(C-NS), they're a very scrappy team and they always put on a good show."
F-M (9-2) will next face Nottingham at 6 p.m. Thursday. C-NS (6-5) next travels to Henninger for a 6 p.m. matchup on Thursday.
