Bayport-Blue Point girls volleyball falls in state Class B regional final
Kelsey Morrison of Bayport-Blue Point, left, and teammate Shayleigh Robson defend against a spike attempt by Kerri Boller of Mount Academy during the state Class B Southeast Regional final on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at Port Jefferson High School. Credit: James Escher
The Bayport-Blue Point girls volleyball team’s season came to a close on Saturday.
The Phantoms fell to Mount Academy, 25-17, 25-19, 25-17, in a state Class B regional final at Port Jefferson High School.
Bayport-Blue Point had an impressive run to make it to this point under first-year coach Angelina Scichilone. She said from the beginning that she knew her team had a winning mentality.
“It was their mindset,” Scichilone said. “It was grit and determination. If everyone is on board and they all want it, it’s going to be a great season. This team has been so close the entire season and that’s what I'm most proud of them for. You can’t teach that.”
Bayport-Blue Point finished 13-3. Shayleigh Robson and Amelia Garafola led the team with seven kills each on Saturday.
On Tuesday, the Phantoms won a Long Island championship in four sets over Wheatley. They lost to the Wildcats in five sets the season prior. Robson said the reason her team was able to come back, win that title and advance to the regional finals was a result of a common drive.
“We’ve done so much work,” Robson said. “Sometimes not everybody wants to be in the gym and we have to bring each other up, but what’s special about this team is that everybody always wanted to be there. Everybody was working toward this one goal and I think that’s really special.”
On Sept. 2, Bayport-Blue Point began its season with a 3-1 loss to Greenport/Southold. Since then, the team went undefeated in league play and claimed Suffolk and Long Island titles.
Setter Kelsey Morrison — who racked up 14 assists, four kills and four aces on Saturday — said the decision to turn the season around was collective. Making it to the state regional final proves it.
“I’m so proud of how far we’ve come,” Morrison said. “It was rough in the beginning. We lost our first game and right there we had to decide how we wanted this season to go. We took that as a learning point and we never went down from there. We just kept moving up and I think that shows how much we’ve grown.”
Tess Ferguson is a reporter on Newsday's high school sports staff. She joined the team after graduating with a journalism degree from Ithaca College in 2025.
