​ASHLAND – It wasn’t a perfect match by any means for Ashland, but it didn’t have to be.After sweeping five-seed Ontario (5-18) in a Division III sectional championship 25-10, 25-16, 25-18, the top-seeded Arrows got exactly what they needed after more than a week off.”I’m very happy to have this match to get tournament jitters out of the way before we move on to districts next week,” coach Jenise Vaughn said. “It was a really good opportunity to get our kids in, and every single varsity player got to see the floor tonight. They deserved that, they work hard in practice every day.”MORE: Ashland sweeps annual All-Ohio Cardinal Conference volleyball honorsAshland’s goal in the postseason opener was to start strong and storming out to an 8-1 lead forcing a timeout from Ontario coach Marlene Garber was about as perfect as Vaughn could’ve imagined.”One of our goals was setting the tone and being the first to five points and I thought we played a tremendous game in set one,” Vaughn said. “A lot of credit goes to Ontario, every team come tournament time is battling for their lives so you’re going to see high emotions and teams that aren’t going to give up … they continued to battle, but I’m proud of how we closed this out in three.”The Warriors did make the Arrows fight in the second and third set staying within striking distance, but never got close enough to really make a charge at the end of either.”We had an idea of what they were going to be like, we watched a lot of film and practiced based off of what their defense runs,” Garber said. “Their defense is kind of similar to ours and we said — what’s our weaknesses … what can we build off of that and try to use that to our advantage with them? I think it definitely worked, they had some open spots we were able to hit at times, so I was proud of them.”Any time Ontario would start to make a run, the Arrows found a way to quash it and answer with a bigger run of their own. Sophomore Kyla O’Brien’s hot hand serving in combination with Ashland’s offensive depth made for a quick night with the match taking just over an hour.”Her serves tonight were wicked, she was doing a great job of getting us on runs,” Vaughn said of O’Brien, the Arrows finished with 11 aces. She’s such a versatile player for us, so it was really exciting to see that come to fruition tonight.”And I’m really happy with how our middle played tonight. Sadie Walter was an animal in the front row both blocking and hitting. And complementing her with Makenna Oslie and Ryland McFrederick on the outside, it’s just hard to defense. I’m excited with how we can get multiple players involved in our offense.”While Ashland is moving on, Ontario’s tumultuous fall comes to an end. The Warriors opened the season 2-1 with wins over rival Lexington and Clear Fork before going on a nine-game skid. Three wins in the next five matches against Galion, Northmor, and Harding were followed by six consecutive losses to close out including Wednesday’s against