Lady Tigers fall in 4 close games
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
GREENFIELD — It wasn't easy at all for the Chillicothe Lady Cavaliers, but they scored the points or rallied when they needed to, defeating the McClain Lady Tigers in four games, Thursday in South Central Ohio League play.
MHS made the match tough for the visiting Lady Cavs, winning the third game by a 25-20 score, but CHS, in their first time playing at MHS as members of the SCOL, won games one, two and four by scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 25-21.
The loss moves the Lady Tigers volleyball team to 4-5 overall and 1-3 in the SCOL.
"I was very pleased with the effort the girls had," MHS coach Emma Gall said. "We made a few mental mistakes, but everyone played well.
"We had a good net game, but Chillicothe is a strong team."
For the game the Lady Tigers won, game three, they opened the game with a 6-1 lead, scoring four straight points for the five-point lead.
From there, the score went to 6-4, but the Lady Tigers eventually rallied for a 9-4 advantage with a block at the top of the net by sophomore Caitlyn Lovett. Later in the game, Kelcey Smith sent the ball to an unoccupied section of the court, and Abby Storts added an ace. Those points were a part of four consecutive points where Smith also contributed a play at the net and a block as well for a 14-4 MHS advantage.
Still in the third game, serves by Allie Orr-Zody pulled MHS ahead by nine points (18-9), and MHS later held a 21-17 advantage when Katy Unger added a point on the side of the home team.
The third game ended when Lovett served an ace.
"Abby and Kelcey had good games at the net," Gall said. "MacKenzie (Figgins) at libero and Caitlyn played well in the back row.
"Allie had some nice jump serves."
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The first set that CHS won by four points was tied three times at 2, 4 and 17. Once, the score was tied at 17, as CHS came back from trailing by 12 points, which they scored consecutively. To win the first game, CHS scored the final three points to seal the game, as the final MHS points in the game were scored by Sydney Barton with an ace.
MHS opened game two with a 4-0 lead as Alli Willett, Unger and Storts contributed to the scoring.
Game two had five tied scores, with the final tie being 10-10.
To seal the second game, CHS scored nine of the final 10 points of the game to win by nine points.
Game four was tied seven times, including four times when the scores read double-digits at 11, 14, 16 and 18.
The match ended with CHS scoring five of the final six points. The last MHS point came from Smith to make it a 24-20 deficit.
For the Lady Cavaliers, Emma Roderick at one point in the first game scored eight straight service points, with Lauren Price breaking a 17-17 tie with a block at the front of the net.
Again, in game two, Roderick had six straight service points.
The Lady Tigers play again Saturday at Portsmouth Clay in a non-league tri-match.
MHS made the match tough for the visiting Lady Cavs, winning the third game by a 25-20 score, but CHS, in their first time playing at MHS as members of the SCOL, won games one, two and four by scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 25-21.
The loss moves the Lady Tigers volleyball team to 4-5 overall and 1-3 in the SCOL.
"I was very pleased with the effort the girls had," MHS coach Emma Gall said. "We made a few mental mistakes, but everyone played well.
"We had a good net game, but Chillicothe is a strong team."
For the game the Lady Tigers won, game three, they opened the game with a 6-1 lead, scoring four straight points for the five-point lead.
From there, the score went to 6-4, but the Lady Tigers eventually rallied for a 9-4 advantage with a block at the top of the net by sophomore Caitlyn Lovett. Later in the game, Kelcey Smith sent the ball to an unoccupied section of the court, and Abby Storts added an ace. Those points were a part of four consecutive points where Smith also contributed a play at the net and a block as well for a 14-4 MHS advantage.
Still in the third game, serves by Allie Orr-Zody pulled MHS ahead by nine points (18-9), and MHS later held a 21-17 advantage when Katy Unger added a point on the side of the home team.
The third game ended when Lovett served an ace.
"Abby and Kelcey had good games at the net," Gall said. "MacKenzie (Figgins) at libero and Caitlyn played well in the back row.
"Allie had some nice jump serves."
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The first set that CHS won by four points was tied three times at 2, 4 and 17. Once, the score was tied at 17, as CHS came back from trailing by 12 points, which they scored consecutively. To win the first game, CHS scored the final three points to seal the game, as the final MHS points in the game were scored by Sydney Barton with an ace.
MHS opened game two with a 4-0 lead as Alli Willett, Unger and Storts contributed to the scoring.
Game two had five tied scores, with the final tie being 10-10.
To seal the second game, CHS scored nine of the final 10 points of the game to win by nine points.
Game four was tied seven times, including four times when the scores read double-digits at 11, 14, 16 and 18.
The match ended with CHS scoring five of the final six points. The last MHS point came from Smith to make it a 24-20 deficit.
For the Lady Cavaliers, Emma Roderick at one point in the first game scored eight straight service points, with Lauren Price breaking a 17-17 tie with a block at the front of the net.
Again, in game two, Roderick had six straight service points.
The Lady Tigers play again Saturday at Portsmouth Clay in a non-league tri-match.