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Morristown East racked up its 11th volleyball victory in its last 12 games Monday night by rolling past Northview Academy, 3-0, at Isenburg-Siler Gym

East sandwiched identical 25-19 victories in the first and third sets around a 25-13 rout in the middle.

Riley Forester banged down 13 kills to lead the win while Reagan Forester added 10 and Hailey Hall seven. Hannah Hall had five kills, served three aces and blocked two shots for the Lady ‘Canes.

Reagan Forester also had three aces while Mackenzie Jarnagin had two blocks.

Northview, now 5-7 for the season, was led by Savannah Bates’ seven kills.

East coach Courtney Dotson said, “I was glad we won 3-0 but we didn’t perform like we should have. We made too many mistakes and too many hitting errors.

“We talk about it every single time that it doesn’t matter who’s on the other side of the net, you still have to show up and play good volleyball,” she said. “When we play high-level teams, we can’t play like we did tonight and expect to win matches.”

Dotson closed, “I thought we hit the ball pretty well at times but didn’t think we were consistent enough. We also had too many service errors again.”

East committed 14 service errors on the night while serving 11 aces.

The Lady Hurricanes improved to 14-4 for the season and were to get back into district play on Tuesday with a trip to Sevier County.

East trailed only once in the opening set with that coming at 2-1. It was tied at 6-6 when the Lady Hurricanes took control by scoring five straight points.

Reagan Forester had two kills and Lilabeth Jordan served an ace in the spurt.

The Lady Cougars scored two straight points but Reagan Forester and Hannah Hall had kills and Jarnagin got a block. The visitors responded with three straight to pull within 14-11 before Reagan Forester hammered two more kills and Riley Forester and Sullivan had one each as East pulled out to a 19-14 margin.

East led 24-18 on an ace by Alexis Parsons and a lock by Sullivan ended the set.

Hannah Hall’s kill opened the second set before Reagan Forester served consecutive aces for a quick East lead. Northview was down by only 5-4 when East ran off seven straight points with Sullivan serving. Riley Forester nailed three kills to spark the run.

The Lady Cougars got it down to 16-10 but East reeled off another seven-point spree with Reagan Forester serving to set up the easy victory in the set. Forester had an ace and four different players put down kills in the spurt. A kill by Hailey Hall ended the set.

Northview put up more of a battle in the final set. East led by just 13-12 but Tori Johnson had an ace in a four-point run for a five-point lead.

The visitors closed it down to 19-17 but East finished it out with a 6-2 run as Riley Forester had two kills, Hailey Hall added another and Jordan served an ace.