The Lewisburg girls’ volleyball swept county rival DeSoto Central 3-0 Tuesday night at The ‘Burg, and with the win stayed undefeated in Region 1-7A matches. Scores of Tuesday’s contest were 25-22, 25-20, 25-18 for the Lady Patriots.
The first set stayed tight through a 10-10 tie, when Lewisburg opened a 14-10 lead. A kill following a Lady Jag timeout increased that margin to 15-10 Lady Patriots. DeSoto Central would rally to get within 16-14, but Lewisburg scored four of the next five for a 20-15 lead. Lewisburg would go on from there to take the first set victory.
While the second and third sets both went Lewisburg’s way, they had to work to do it, as the Lady Patriots had to rally from behind in both sets. DeSoto Central had as much as a 13-6 lead after an ace serve, but it was at that point Lewisburg started their rally. A kill from Jordis Newsome cut the margin to 14-11 and a pair of blocks would tie the set at 16-all. A run of six points led Lewisburg to a 20-16 advantage when Kelis Parker served an ace. Kaydi Blanchard’s kill forced a DeSoto Central timeout at 22-18 Lewisburg and another kill finished the set at 25-20.
Once again in the third set DeSoto Central held the early lead, this time at 6-1 when a Lewisburg volley went long and coach Amy Hendrichovsky asked for a timeout. That seemed to settle the Lady Patriots down, as Lewisburg would tie the set at 9-9 following a kill and would take the lead after a Lady Jag sideout tied the set at 10-10.
Later in the set, a Lady Jag volley went wide of the court and Lewisburg claimed a 20-13 edge. They kept a seven-margin until Reese McIntosh served a Lady Jag ace to get within 22-17. But, Lewisburg scored three of the final four points with the final point coming off a tipped ball for the match-deciding point.
“I thought we maintained our fight and competitiveness and we were able to find a way,” Hendrichovsky said.
Lewisburg now plays at Oxford Thursday in a match featuring the top two teams in the region and then joins DeSoto Central this weekend to host the Mid-South Classic, a tournament featuring some of the best teams in Mississippi and Tennessee. A team from Alabama will also take part in the classic, which will start Friday evening and continue during the day Saturday at both Lewisburg and DeSoto Central gymnasiums.
Sept. 17, 2024
Prep volleyball
Center Hill 3, Olive Branch 1 (25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 25-14)
Lake Cormorant 3, Saltillo 0 (25-12, 25-9, 25-8)
(Lake Cormorant: Ariana Woods – 15 kills; Sofia Gonzalez – 11 kills, 6 aces; Jania Rose – 4 aces, 14 digs; Dallas White – 28 assists)
Lewisburg 3, DeSoto Central 0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-18)
(Lewisburg: Ava Becker: 13 kills hitting .289, 9 digs; Jordis Newsom 9 kills hitting .207; Claire Smith 27 assists, 9 digs, 4 kills, 2 blocks and 1 ace; Allie Kate Hall with 18 digs; Kelis Parker had 12 digs and 2 aces; Baylee Burchyett 9 digs and 3 aces)
Northpoint Christian 3, St. George’s (Collierville, Tenn.) 0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-18)
(Note: Mary Catherine Couch of Hernando was honored for reaching 1,000 career digs earlier against DeSoto Central. She became the first Lady Tiger to reach that level.)
Mary Catherine Couch of Hernando celebrated for recording more than 1,000 career digs. (Courtesy Brian Couch)
JUCO men’s soccer
Jones College 6, Northwest CC 0
JUCO women’s soccer
Northwest CC 2, Jones College 1
Sep 16, 2024
JUCO volleyball
Northwest CC 3, Henderson State JV 1 (22-25, 25-11, 26-19, 25-17)
SPORTS ETC.: Northwest Mississippi Community College racked up weekly honors from the MACCC in football, volleyball and in soccer, announced today.
Rangers’ defensive back Fredd Adams was voted as the conference’s defensive player of the week after his four-interception performance in Saturday night’s win over East Mississippi. Adams took one of the picks back for a touchdown in Northwest’s 33-14 win over the Lions.
Layla Dyer and Kaya Coleman helped Northwest sweep the weekly MACCC awards. Dyer was named the conference’s offensive player of the week with 62 assists in two match wins last Saturday against Champion Christian College and Spurgeon College. Coleman was the defensive player of the week and had nine total blocks in the two wins. Northwest hosts Coastal Alabama-South and Shawnee on Friday.
Anna Kathryn Harrell earned her second MACCC women’s soccer goalkeeper of the week award allowed only one goal and made six saves in two wins last week against Southwestern Illinois and St. Louis.
