Floyd – Carroll County Head Coach Cindy Edwards went into the Three Rivers District match at Floyd County understanding that her team was in the middle of a stretch where her team would play six matches inside of ten days. Thursday night the Lady 👩 Cavaliers played with a number of new look lineups while sweeping Floyd County 3-0 (25- 20, 25-11, 25-21).
The victory moves CCHS to 3-1 in the Three Rivers District (5-4 overall) with matches against Radford and Patrick County still to be played in the first half of league play.
Faith Nicholson was the first Lady Cavalier to capitalize on extended floor play as the Sophomore tallied two Kills and three Aces inside of the first 10 points scored in the match.
Laiken Burnett finished the contest with a match high 19 assists and the Junior did a great job of creating opportunities for a number of different attackers from start to finish.
” I thought it was a great chance to play some kids that aren’t on there a lot,” said Coach Cindy Edwards.” We were able to get them some much needed match experience.”
Behind the early burst from Nicholson and the money 💰 in the bank 🏦 play of lone Senior Aza Petty, the team led 10-4 . CCHS pushed it out to 16-7 before the home team was able to settle down.
Floyd County found a bit of a Groove and quickly turned a 20-10 deficit into a 24-20 score. Petty gathered a perfect set from Burnett and finally ended the opener 25-20.
FCHS continued their strong play, jumping out to leads of 4-0 and 7-5 in the second set. Carroll County then put together their most impressive run of the season, outscoring the Lady Buffaloes 20-4 the rest of the set.
Ali Wright led the charge by dominating from the service line. The Sophomore collected three Aces and a service winner during a push that made it 11-7. Floyd County scored a point and then a Kill from Alyssa Lawson sent Callie Harris to the service line.
Harris introduced a new serve that led to three straight Aces as the home team had no answer for it. Brooke Webb took center stage next as she strung together some of her six kills on the night. Petty closed out the set at 25-11 with one of her four Aces.
Carroll County had captured Matches with 2 wins(Jamboree) 4 wins and 5 wins and the team was looking at its first with 3 wins.
When Sophomore Heidi Painter recorded her initial Kill of the season it energized the bench and gave CCHS a 7-2 lead in the potential close out set. Once the lead reached 10-2 it appeared the night was all but over.
Burnett scored a 2-ball Kill to make it 18-9 but surprisingly both the home team and the home crowd raised their game substantially. Floyd County trimmed the lead down to 24-21 before Petty completed the Close Out Hat Trick, this time with the final of her eight kills.
Carroll County will return to action 🎬 this Saturday afternoon by playing over at Gate City. The Blue Devils have six State Championships Trophies in their display case but this years team has struggled out of the gate.
Junior Varsity plays at 1:00 pm and Varsity will begin shortly after 2pm on Saturday.
Thursday night included all three Volleyball squads in action. In the opening match, Floyd County captured the Middle School battle, 2-0 (25-13, 25-20). The Cavaliers closed the gap in the second set to 22-20 before the Buffaloes closed out the match.
Carroll County won the first set of the Junior Varsity match by turning a 20-16 deficit into a 25-21 victory. The 9-1 run was the highlight of the night for the team.
Floyd County opened the second set on a 10-2 run on their way to a 25-11 victory to force a winner take all final set.
CCHS closed to within 9-8 before the home team strung together six points to close out the match. The JV squad played with a great deal of confidence throughout their evening as the team continues to grow under Head Coach Jason Petty.
**** If you want to see more on the first two matches, Please check out the running Blog 🏃♂️ for Thursday night 🌙.
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