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Sadie Washburn (3) for Sulphur Springs hammers a kill against defenders from Mount Pleasant in district volleyball action Tuesday, Oct. 8. The Lady Cats won 3-0 over the visiting Lady Tigers. Photo by Don Wallace
Sulphur Springs Volleyball
The Sulphur Springs Lady Cats stayed in the hunt for a volleyball playoff slot with a 3-0 win over rival Mount Pleasant Tuesday.
The visiting Lady Tigers, winless in district play, played a spirited match but were a step slower than the Lady Cats.
Sulphur Springs won by scores of 25-20, 25-18 and 25-19 in district action.
The win moved the Sulphur Springs record to 20-13 overall, 2-2 in district. Mount Pleasant is 13-18 on the season, 0-4 in district.
“We were ready to play. The loss to Greenville on Friday (Oct. 4) was a wakeup call for the team. We are not going to have matches handed to us. We can’t coast. We have to work for the wins. We played well against Mount Pleasant, and we needed this win,” said Bailey Dorner, Lady Cats head volleyball coach.
Sadie Washburn paced the team with 16 kills.
Brooklyn Burnside was 7-of-16 on kills, Parris Pickett contributed 12 digs, and Peyton Hammack added 29 assists.
The first set went to the home team in 23 minutes. Sulphur Springs jumped out to a 10-4 lead and never looked back. Burnside added two kills early, and steady serves by Pickett and Czhela Moya helped the cause. The Lady Cats took advantage of several errant shots by Mount Pleasant to they claim the first set win, 25-18.
In the second set, Sulphur Springs broke an early 2-all tie and bolted for a 10-7 scoring burst to gain the lead. The Lady Cats padded the advantage to 15-12. Sulphur Springs answered a Mount Pleasant rally with a strong finish, featuring kills by Sydney Washburn and accurate serves by Erika VanBenthem and Pickett.
Mount Pleasant fought hard to make the third set competitive, but the Lady Cats continued strong net play with kills from Burnside and Sadie Washburn to claim the victory, 25-19.
In sub-varsity action, Sulphur Springs won the junior varsity match 25-9, 19-15 and 25-17; the freshmen Lady Cats won, 25-18 and 25-10.
The Lady Cats play in Texarkana against Texas High Friday as they wrap up the first half of the district schedule. The varsity action begins at 5 p.m. followed by the JV and freshmen at 6:30 p.m.
Texas High is 11-22 overall, 2-2 in district play. The Lady Tigers lost to Lindale, 3-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 8.