Hillsboro Lady Indians lose in 4 sets to visiting Fayetteville
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
The return from fair break saw the Hillsboro Lady Indians keep the score close, but they were unable to gain a match win on Saturday afternoon, falling to the visiting Fayetteville Lady Rockets 3-1 in their four-set match held at Hillsboro High School.
It was Fayetteville who was first to score with a set one win at 25-17, which the Lady Indians equaled with a set two win of 25-22. In sets three and four, Fayetteville won with scores of 25-17 and 25-23.
“(Saturday) we really struggled with serving. We only served at 76 percent,” Hillsboro coach Nichole Dickey said. “I definitely believe the girls can turn that around. This week we have five games, two of which will be league matches.
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“This is a good group of girls who are in a bit of a slump right now. However, I believe they can pull themselves out of it, they just have to believe in themselves and their teammates.”
In the match itself, Hope Middleton led the Lady Indians with 12 digs and four blocks and also led the team in serve receives.
Emma Birkhimer and Abbie Brown both had seven kills for Hillsboro, followed by Middleton and Paige Loudin with six each.
Loudin served at 100 percent, with Mya Bell serving at 90 percent for HHS in the loss to Fayetteville.
In the first set, which was won by the Lady Rockets, there were no tied score and at one point Hillsboro trailed by a 17-9 score. The Lady Indians battled strong, though, and eventually made it a 19-15 differential following a point from Brown. The final HHS point in the first set was scored by Katie Condo, making it a 24-18 differential, before the set-winning point was scored by Fayetteville.
HHS won the second set, even fending off a strong charge by Fayetteville toward the end of the set. At one point Fayetteville got to within three points of Hillsboro at 23-20, but they Lady Indians stood their ground and eventually won the set at 25-22, with the final point coming from Loudin off a kill.
Set three was tied early on with the final time being at 9-9, but after Fayetteville took the lead at 10-9, they never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the set, though HHS did get to within two points of tying the score at 17-15 with a serve from Riley Stratton. As the set continued, Fayetteville broke away for the win, taking a 2-1 lead in the match.
The fourth and what was final set saw HHS tying the score at 14 points each following a kill from Middleton. Later the score was again tied, this time at 19, and again at 22-22 when Loudin scored a point with a serve.
Fayetteville regained the lead at 23-22 to break the aforementioned tied score, and from there they won the set at 25-23 and the non-conference match. HHS scored their 23rd and final point of the set off a hit by Gracie Dean.
The loss drops the Lady Indians to 2-7 overall on the season.
Next for HHS is a home match on Tuesday, Sept. 10 vs. Jackson in a Frontier Athletic Conference match.
It was Fayetteville who was first to score with a set one win at 25-17, which the Lady Indians equaled with a set two win of 25-22. In sets three and four, Fayetteville won with scores of 25-17 and 25-23.
“(Saturday) we really struggled with serving. We only served at 76 percent,” Hillsboro coach Nichole Dickey said. “I definitely believe the girls can turn that around. This week we have five games, two of which will be league matches.
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“This is a good group of girls who are in a bit of a slump right now. However, I believe they can pull themselves out of it, they just have to believe in themselves and their teammates.”
In the match itself, Hope Middleton led the Lady Indians with 12 digs and four blocks and also led the team in serve receives.
Emma Birkhimer and Abbie Brown both had seven kills for Hillsboro, followed by Middleton and Paige Loudin with six each.
Loudin served at 100 percent, with Mya Bell serving at 90 percent for HHS in the loss to Fayetteville.
In the first set, which was won by the Lady Rockets, there were no tied score and at one point Hillsboro trailed by a 17-9 score. The Lady Indians battled strong, though, and eventually made it a 19-15 differential following a point from Brown. The final HHS point in the first set was scored by Katie Condo, making it a 24-18 differential, before the set-winning point was scored by Fayetteville.
HHS won the second set, even fending off a strong charge by Fayetteville toward the end of the set. At one point Fayetteville got to within three points of Hillsboro at 23-20, but they Lady Indians stood their ground and eventually won the set at 25-22, with the final point coming from Loudin off a kill.
Set three was tied early on with the final time being at 9-9, but after Fayetteville took the lead at 10-9, they never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the set, though HHS did get to within two points of tying the score at 17-15 with a serve from Riley Stratton. As the set continued, Fayetteville broke away for the win, taking a 2-1 lead in the match.
The fourth and what was final set saw HHS tying the score at 14 points each following a kill from Middleton. Later the score was again tied, this time at 19, and again at 22-22 when Loudin scored a point with a serve.
Fayetteville regained the lead at 23-22 to break the aforementioned tied score, and from there they won the set at 25-23 and the non-conference match. HHS scored their 23rd and final point of the set off a hit by Gracie Dean.
The loss drops the Lady Indians to 2-7 overall on the season.
Next for HHS is a home match on Tuesday, Sept. 10 vs. Jackson in a Frontier Athletic Conference match.