By JESSE TEMPLE
jtemple@muncie.gannett.com

Wes-Del's Sacha Gill puts one down as they play at Daleville Tuesday night for first round sectional action.

DALEVILLE — Sacha Gill isn’t sure the nerves that accompany taking the court for playoff volleyball ever really dissipate.
At least, not as heavy favorites when most in the gym are expecting a win.
“We just try and focus them to be positive nerves,” said Gill, Wes-Del’s senior outside hitter.
Having her team establish a big lead immediately on Tuesday night certainly made any of those game-time jitters less of a concern, as Wes-Del flattened Daleville 25-11, 25-11, 25-12 in the opening round of the Class A Daleville Sectional 54.
Wes-Del (23-7) moves on to the sectional semifinals, where it will face Liberty Christian at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Warriors, six-time defending sectional champions, took control of Tuesday’s match early, establishing an 18-3 lead right out of the blocks. In fact, the first set ended so quickly that many of the Wes-Del students who came to cheer on the Warriors had not yet arrived to Daleville’s gymnasium.
“We usually put ourselves in holes at the beginning of games, so we’ve really been working on it in practice to get ahead,” Wes-Del senior Darcy Crabtree said. “I think we did that really well this game.”