Lady Indians volleyball falls to Miami Trace
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
The Hillsboro Lady Indians made the sets close in their home Frontier Athletic Conference match against the Miami Trace Lady Panthers on Tuesday evening, but in the end it was MT leaving Highland County with a conference victory.
Miami Trace won in four sets over the host Lady Indians, winning sets one, three and four, while Hillsboro won set two by a 25-22 score. MT won set one 25-14, followed by a set three win at 25-17 and set four at 25-10.
After each team split the first two sets, the third set was played closely through most of the meeting, including HHS leading at 12-11, only to see MT take a 13-12 advantage and not give up the lead for the remainder of the third set.
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MT built up their lead to 18-14, forcing the Lady Indians to call a timeout, and from there HHS scored two straight points, including a point from senior Corrine Ray for an 18-16 deficit. MT responded by scoring seven of the next eight points, including five straight for the 25-17 score.
In the fourth and final set, the score was tied at 3-3 with HHS rallying after trailing 3-0 at the start of the set. In the three straight points by the Lady Indians, they came from Ray and two points from junior Kailey Dietrick, with both points coming off a serve.
From there, MT took a 6-4 lead, with HHS scoring their fourth point from senior Beth Taylor, and later HHS had their fifth point of the set scored by senior Maddy Miller. From there, the Lady Panthers took a 12-5 lead, and that scoring streak was stopped off a spike at the net from junior Sydney Bobbitt.
The Lady Panthers broke away from HHS as the match continued with MT taking an 18-8 advantage, and HHS called a timeout. HHS came out of the timeout to score their final two points of the set and the match with Delaney Eakins pushing the ball over the net and Ray scored Hillsboro’s 10th point of the set.
MT ended the fourth set and match with six straight points for the FAC victory.
Hillsboro’s loss moves them to 1-7 overall on the season. Next for HHS is an away FAC match at Chillicothe on Thursday, Sept. 12. From there, HHS will be on the road at Madison-Plains on Monday, Sept. 18 and at McClain on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
Miami Trace won in four sets over the host Lady Indians, winning sets one, three and four, while Hillsboro won set two by a 25-22 score. MT won set one 25-14, followed by a set three win at 25-17 and set four at 25-10.
After each team split the first two sets, the third set was played closely through most of the meeting, including HHS leading at 12-11, only to see MT take a 13-12 advantage and not give up the lead for the remainder of the third set.
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MT built up their lead to 18-14, forcing the Lady Indians to call a timeout, and from there HHS scored two straight points, including a point from senior Corrine Ray for an 18-16 deficit. MT responded by scoring seven of the next eight points, including five straight for the 25-17 score.
In the fourth and final set, the score was tied at 3-3 with HHS rallying after trailing 3-0 at the start of the set. In the three straight points by the Lady Indians, they came from Ray and two points from junior Kailey Dietrick, with both points coming off a serve.
From there, MT took a 6-4 lead, with HHS scoring their fourth point from senior Beth Taylor, and later HHS had their fifth point of the set scored by senior Maddy Miller. From there, the Lady Panthers took a 12-5 lead, and that scoring streak was stopped off a spike at the net from junior Sydney Bobbitt.
The Lady Panthers broke away from HHS as the match continued with MT taking an 18-8 advantage, and HHS called a timeout. HHS came out of the timeout to score their final two points of the set and the match with Delaney Eakins pushing the ball over the net and Ray scored Hillsboro’s 10th point of the set.
MT ended the fourth set and match with six straight points for the FAC victory.
Hillsboro’s loss moves them to 1-7 overall on the season. Next for HHS is an away FAC match at Chillicothe on Thursday, Sept. 12. From there, HHS will be on the road at Madison-Plains on Monday, Sept. 18 and at McClain on Tuesday, Sept. 19.