Cottage Grove Lions Girls Volleyball 0-3 Marist Catholic

Marist Catholic handed the Cottage Grove Lions a 3-0 defeat in girls volleyball on Tuesday evening, a non-league result that drops the Sky-Em League (4A) program from Cottage Grove, Oregon to 4-6 on the season. The Spartans controlled all three sets, leaving Cottage Grove without an answer in what turned out to be a tough night on their home floor. Marist Catholic, a perennial force in the Willamette Valley volleyball landscape, brought the kind of pressure that tested every phase of the Lions' game, from serve receive to transition offense. Without a detailed box score, it is difficult to single out individual performances, but the final tally tells its own story. A 0-3 result against a quality opponent stings, but this non-league schedule exists precisely to prepare teams for the battles ahead. Cottage Grove will now look to regroup and carry the lessons from Tuesday into their upcoming Sky-Em League schedule, where every set point carries playoff implications.