Down by a point in the third game, with her team trying to advance to the state semifinals, Liliana Davis toed the back line and briefly stared toward the other side of the net. While not exactly the same crew as the one that had come into Southern Regional’s gym and roasted the Rams in last year’s sectional final, it was still Williamstown, and the match was tied at a game apiece.

“It was nerve-racking,” said the senior defensive specialist who in that moment served the Rams to five straight points…