Vikings senior setter Hannah Bartlett levitates and launches against the Pirates. Kelly Potter photos

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Three of the six Far West League girls volleyball teams will qualify for the state playoffs, and the Siuslaw Vikings are a good bet to be one of them.

The Vikings got a good look at the best the league may have to offer now, losing to visiting Marshfield on Thursday night, 25-18, 20-25, 25-13, 25-17.

"We're happy to get out of here with a win," Pirates coach Tammie Montiel said. "Siuslaw's a great team. They're scrappy. They've got some great hitters, so it's always nice to escape here with a win."

The win ran the Pirates' record to 11-0, and more importantly 2-0 in the Far West League. Marshfield entered the game ranked No. 4 by the Oregon School Activities Association.

The loss dropped Siuslaw to 4-2 overall and in a four-way tie for second place at 1-1 with Douglas, North Bend/Oregon Coast Technology and South Umpqua. Brookings-Harbor is alone in sixth and last place at 0-2.

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"I thought the girls showed a lot of fight throughout the match," Vikings coach Angie Herring said. "They just kept going after it. They didn't give up, and they played great defense against a good team."

Except for the third game, when the Pirates raced to a 7-0 lead and won handily, neither team found it particularly easy to impose their will.

Marshfield led only 17-16 in the decisive Game 4 before putting down the hammer, winning eight of the final nine points for the match.

The Pirates broke from a 17-all tie to take Game 1 with an 8-1 run, and the Vikings took the lead at 11-10 in Game 2 and never looked back.

The backbreaker was Marshfield's 7-0 run to start Game 3.

"It's hard to beat a good team when you allow a spurt like that," Herring said. "But I'm proud of them. They really kept going after it."

Outside hitter Hailey Woolsey was the big gun for the Pirates, with 22 kills and five aces. Fellow outside hitter McKenzie Allison had 12 kills and setter Shaylynn Jensen had 36 assists and 14 digs.

For the Vikings, junior Elyssa Rose had eight kills and Emma Collins seven kills.

"We also had nine service errors. It wasn't pretty," Herring said. "Our serving was a little off tonight, but our passing was a bigger thing.

"(The Pirates) are tough servers, which throws off our game. Our service receive passing wasn't there."

Herring also praised senior setter Hannah Bartlett.

"Hannah played some great defense, and she was moving to the ball well," Herring said. "She was picking up all kinds of tips for us."

Montiel concurred.

"Their little red-headed setter is quick, and all over the place," she said. "Just when you think a ball is going to be down, there she is, popping it up."

Both Herring and Montiel have reason to believe their teams still will be alive in the postseason.

"I think Siuslaw has a great chance to be in the playoffs," Montiel said. "Rose is mobile and puts up a big block. No. 7 (Collins) presents a big block for our outside hitters.

"They've got a lot of pieces (for a playoff run)."

In other league play Thursday night, South Umpqua bounced back from an opening-match loss to Siuslaw to upend North Bend/Oregon Coast Technology 3-2 (22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-19 18-16) and Douglas routed Brookings-Harbor 25-9, 25-10, 25-9.

Next for Siuslaw is Tuesday's match at Brookings-Harbor.

In Thursday's junior varsity game, Marshfield defeated Siuslaw 24-26, 25-12, 15-10.

FAR WEST LEAGUE

                               FWL  All
                               W-L     W-L
Marshfield                2-0     11-0
Siuslaw                     1-1    4-2
North Bend/OCT      1-1     2-4
Douglas                    1-1    2-3
South Umpqua         1-1    2-4
Brookings-Harbor     0-2    0-8

Monday, Sept. 14
Marshfield def. Brookings-Harbor, 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-12)

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Siuslaw def. South Umpqua, 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-19)
North Bend def. Douglas, 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-13)
Marshfield def. Hidden Valley, 3-2 (25-16, 21-25, 22-25, 25-15, 15-11)

Thursday, Sept. 17
Marshfield def. Siuslaw 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 25-13, 25-17)
South Umpqua def. North Bend/Oregon Coast Technology 3-2 (22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 18-16)
Douglas def. Brookings-Harbor 3-0 (25-9, 25-10, 25-9)

Saturday, Sept. 19
North Bend at Sisters (Tournament), nonleague
Brookings-Harbor at Rogue River, nonleague
Douglas at Bandon, nonleague

Source: http://www.oregonprepsports.net/volleyball/2015/standings/Oregon/4A/Far+West