The Seaside Lady Gulls took another small step Tuesday night, Oct. 4, and one giant leap for the volleyball program.

For the first time since 2010, the Gulls have more than one ‘W’ in the Cowapa League win column.

Seaside scored its second league victory of the season, a three-game sweep over Astoria at the Brick House, 25-21, 25-14, 29-27 — a positive step for a program that had just four total victories in league play from 2011 to 2015.

It wasn’t perfect, said Seaside coach Angie Huntsman, but any win is nice in the Cowapa League.

“We did some good things tonight, but we also had some mental lapses that we can’t afford to have,” she said. “We need to minimize those. Too many service errors, and too many communication errors on things that we should have control over.”

Maddi Utti pounded out 20 kills, and Jetta Ideue had 22 digs and six kills for the Gulls.

Seaside’s last three league wins have come over the Lady Fishermen, who came close to winning their first game in league play this season, but lost a late lead in Game 3.

“Astoria played scrappy tonight,” Huntsman said. “They definitely looked better than the last time we played them. In our league, anything can happen on any given night. You have to come out ready to play your game every night. We talk a lot about that — not who’s on the other side of the net.”

Game 1 was back-and-forth, with 10 ties and several lead changes. The largest lead was four points, which the Gulls scored at game point.

Utti had her best game of the night, hammering out seven kills, while Anna Huddleston set up kills for Tori Tomlin and Alyssia Gonzales to help snap a 19-19 tie.

Annaka Garhofer’s service ace made it 23-20, and Utti had a kill at game point.

Seaside led from start to finish in Game 2, in which the Gulls jumped out to a 7-0 lead.

Two stuff blocks by Astoria’s Jacqueline Jarrett had Astoria within 8-7, but Seaside reeled off an 11-2 run from there, thanks to some hot serving from Ideue, who had four aces in five serves.

Ideue also capped the rally with an off-speed kill for a 19-9 lead.

The Lady Fish saved their best for last, in Game 3.

Consecutive ace serves by Jarrett had Astoria in front 7-6, and Darian Hageman had a kill to break an 18-18 tie.

Madi Landwehr set up Hageman for a tap over the net and a 20-18 advantage, and a kill off the block by Aurora Grafton made it 22-19.

But it wasn’t to be for Astoria.

A service error by the Fishermen, a kill by Gonzales, and a rotation error on Astoria helped the Gulls tie it at 22-22.

The two teams followed with ties at 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.

An off-speed kill by Utti made it 28-27, and the Gulls finished off a long rally — and the match — with a kill off a block by Utti, and an assist from Huddleston.

Gonzales added 10 kills for Seaside, Utti had 21 digs and four blocks, and Garhofer finished with four ace serves.

Junior varsity: Seaside def. Astoria, 25-22, 16-25, 20-25, 25-15, 16-14.

Scappoose won a marathon volleyball match at Seaside Thursday, Sept. 29, 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 9-25, 15-12.

The Gulls rallied from a two-games-to-none deficit to send the Cowapa League match to a fifth game, won by the Indians.

“The first two sets we struggled to get any momentum going, due to our unforced errors,” said Seaside coach Angie Huntsman. “We fought hard in set three and we finally started to play our game.

“By the fourth set we were on fire, playing the way we’re capable of,” she said of Seaside’s 16-point win in Game 4. “When we play aggressive we are capable of competing at a high level.”

Scappoose started out Game 5 strong with a kill on the outside, “and it was a battle back and forth from that point on,” Huntsman said. “We needed to stay more aggressive with our serving in the fifth set. That would have made a difference.”

Maddi Utti led the Gulls’ offensive attack with 27 kills and a .444 hitting percentage. Alyssia Gonzales added 13 kills and Tori Tomlin finished with seven kills.

Gonzales also had 14 digs, Lucy Bodner added 11 digs, and Jetta Ideue and Utti each had nine digs, while Anna Huddleston served up six aces.