Photo Credit : Patti Goins
The Hill – A great deal of life has taken place since September 21st when Carroll County Volleyball 🏐 dropped a thrilling five setter down at Gate City. The Lady 👩 Cavaliers hosted GCHS Saturday and earned a split on the season series by defeating the Blue Devils 3-1 (25-16, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20).
Two weeks ago CCHS fell into a giant hole 🕳, dropping both of the opening sets before storming back to force a fifth set. The team would eventually drop the hard fought fifth set but the team appeared to gel as a unit that afternoon.
Fast Forward to this past Saturday afternoon, where the Lady Cavaliers hit the ground running. It’s probably fair to mention that it was the Gate City players that were dealing with the side effects of the 2+ hour Bus 🚌 ride.
Ali Wright started the first set off with a bang as the Sophomore finished off the first, third, fourth, fifth and six points. Gate City was not going to accept defeat easily and bounced back to tie the opening set at 10-10.
CCHS continued to take the game to Gate City and when the dust settled on the opening set the Lady Cavaliers led 1-0 (25-16).
Carroll County ( 8-7, 4-3) was able to ride the combination of Laiken Burnett ( 37 assists, 15 Digs) and Wright (22 Kills, 10 Digs) to capture a competitive second set 25-21. Gate City is loaded with big hitters so the ability to Dig out the ball is crucial to having success.
Gate City was able to capture the third set 25-20 but with the leadership of Senior Aza Petty and Junior Callie Harris the team was able to close out the match in the fourth set.
Petty was the third player to record a double – double for Head Coach Cindy Edwards, finishing with 13 Digs and 10 Kills.
While Gate City is not the same team that has a trophy case full of State Championship hardware, they are a very talented team with a great deal of size. The Lady Cavaliers continue to succeed 💪 because of their drive, teamwork and never giving up.
The team is in the middle of a four match in six day stretch plus there’s the contest versus Marion that needs to be rescheduled. CCHS will travel up to Pulaski County Monday night before returning to The Hill Tuesday night and finally out to Buchanan on Thursday night to face James River.
Carroll County Junior Varsity started their match out on Saturday with a great deal of confidence. Coach Jason Petty’s squad trailed 19-11 in the opening set before catching fire 🔥.
The run 🏃♂️ was 13-5 and it allowed Carroll County to tie the match at 24.
Aaliyah Hampton fired two Aces to end the run and Ellie Heflin (Kill) and Clara DeHaven (Dig) made big plays during the stretch. Gate City went on to close out the opening set 26-24.
As well as the Lady Cavaliers played in the opening set, they fell down 8-0 in the second set and never recovered. Katie Beasley gave the team their seventh point with a Kill but that would be the final one in the set.
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