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HANOVERTON -- Salem rallied in the first two games and swept United, 25-23, 25-23, 25-11, in volleyball action Monday.
The Quakers trailed 21-19 and 22-20 in the both of the first two games before scoring four straight points to go ahead 24-22.
Salem led the entire third game, jumping ahead 21-8.
The Quakers improve to 13-7 and will host Girard today. Girard lost to Columbiana and South Range last week.
The Eagles are 13-4 and will visit Lisbon on Wednesday.
EAST PALESTINE 3, WARREN HARDING 0
EAST PALESTINE -- The East Palestine volleyball team is getting ready for the stretch run.
The Bulldogs swept Warren Harding, 25-14, 25-11, 25-13, Monday to improve to 14-5.
The balanced Bulldogs were led by Destiney Burtyk with 12 kills, seven digs and three blocks; Marley Blythe 10 kills and nine digs; Kennedy Andre 23 assists, 15 points and four aces; Violet Glavan 11 points, four kills and five digs; Cadence Vargo 11 digs, 10 points and four aces.
East Palestine trails Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference leaders Columbiana and United by one game and has a match against each one coming up.
Columbiana is 10-1 and United is 9-1 in league play, while East Palestine is 8-2. The Bulldogs will play at Columbiana today.
The Bulldogs are 8-2 in league play, while
East Palestine also won the junior varsity match, 25-11, 25-18, as Layla Gruber totaled 19 points, five aces and six assists. Aubrey Oltmann had four points, three aces and three kills and Delaney Demster seven digs, 3 points and two aces.
MINERAL RIDGE 3, CRESTVIEW 1
COLUMBIANA -- Crestview’s volleyball team suffered a rare home defeat with a 17-25, 25-14, 25-13, 25-20 loss to Mineral Ridge on Monday.
The Rebels are 14-3 overall.
Kerrigan Miller had 21 digs for the Rebels. Bella Ciapala added 15 kills and five aces. Addison Wendell had 16 assists. Sophia Noling had 11 kills.
The Rebels won the jayvee portion, 25-13, 25-16. Piper Harvey had three kills and 14 digs for the Rebels. Jewlnetta Bradley had seven kills and two aces.
The Rebel freshman won 25-19, 25-11. Laney Edwards had three aces, eight kills and five digs. Ansley Headland had four aces and three kills. Callie Harvey had threes aces and five kills.
The Rebels host Newton Falls today.