Randolph County Volleyball Roundup
Falcons rally, but
lose to South Adams
By RICK REED
News-Gazette Sports Editor
Winchester coach Julie Smiley liked what she witnessed this week in the Falcons loss to visiting South Adams.
"We came out with much better attitudes tonight and we were able to make a strong comeback in game four for the first time all season," the first-year coach said.
South Adams led the match two games to one and appeared to be on the verge of taking game four convincingly when the Falcons showed they had some fight left. The Starfires led 22-13 before Kelsey Tarter's hot serving helped Winchester's girls rally to rattle off nine straight points and tie the game at 22-22. The Starfires, though, scored three of the next four rally points and escaped the upset.
"I was very proud of their improved mental toughness, but we are still lacking the consistency in skills to put the match away," Smiley said. "More experience and getting the girls to play more in the offseason should help us next year."
Smiley said she was especially pleased with Brittany Shepherd's ball striking. Shepherd went 18-for-18 on hitting attempts with five kills.
Winchester's season record slipped to 4-13. The Falcons play Saturday in the Randolph County Tournament at Union.
< B>Centerville wins in three
< B> Host Centerville took advantage of Winchester's poor serve reception in the second two games and handled the Falcons 25-18, 25-11, 25-13 in a Tri-Eastern Conference match. The loss dropped the Falcons to 4-12 on the season.
The Falcons were led by Danielle Green with 13 digs and Sarah Hamm with four kills.
Winchester's reserve team improved to 3-4 on the season by defeating the Bulldogs 25-8, 25-19.< B>
The Falcons are in action Saturday at the Randolph County Tournament.
Match summaries
South Adams 25 18 25 25
Winchester 22 25 18 23
LADY FALCONS (kills-aces-digs) - Tarter 3-1-13; Pelser 7-4-16; Campbell 0-0-2; Green 0-0-4; Stohler 3-3-10; Geeting 0-0-5; Shepherd 5-0-9; Hamm 8-0-6; Extin 0-0-0. Totals 26-8-63. Assists: 15 (Geeting 9). Blocks: 13 (Hamm 8).
Winchester 18 11 13
Centerville 25 25 25
LADY FALCONS (kills-aces-digs) - Tarter 3-0-7; Pelser 2-0-11; Campbell 0-0-1; Green 0-0-13; Stohler 1-1-6; Geeting 0-1-2; Shepherd 1-1-9; Hamm 4-0-0; Extin 0-0-0. Totals 11-3-49. Assists: 11 (Geeting 6). Blocks: 7 (Hamm 5).
Rebels beaten in five
by Union County
LYNN - Randolph Southern made it a competitive affair Wednesday night against visiting Union County, but the Rebels were unable to seal the deal against a good Patriots' team.
With the match tied a two games apiece, Union County pulled out the tiebreaker 15-11 to win the closely-contested match in five.
Lauren Miller and Katie Miller combined for 29 kills to lead the Rebels. Victoria Hicks led with three aces, Kati Detweiler came up with 29 digs, while Courtney Retter and Joy Williams combined for 45 assists. Katie Miller had an excellent defensive game at the net with nine blocks and Brooke Gibson also played well with six kills and five blocks.
The junior varsity rallied to win in three games, 22-25, 25-19, 15-12.
The Rebels participate in the Randolph County tournament on Saturday at Union.
Match summary
Union County 25 21 21 25 15
Randolph Southern 16 25 21 22 11
LADY REBELS (kills-aces-digs) - Retter 6-0-4; Williams 1-2-14; L.Miller 14-1-19; K.Miller 14-2-4; Hicks 5-3-6; Detweiler 0-1-29; Clevenger 0-0-5; Gibson 6-0-5. Totals 47-9-86-45-21. Assists: 45 (Gibson 23, Williams 22). Blocks: 21 (K.Miller 9).
Blackhawks top Bradford
UNION CITY, Ohio - Mississinawa Valley's volleyball team won in three games over Bradford Thursday night by identical scores of 25-10, 25-10, 25-10.
The Blackhawks had several athletes play well. Angie Beanblossom led with 12 points, Macy Livingston added eight points, A.J. Cox had 10 assists and 10 digs, Katie LeMaster recorded 10 assists, McKenzie Livingston had 11 kills with six digs, Cierra Saintignon was credited with six kills and Mandy Austerman came up with six digs.
There was no reserve match.
The win boosted the Blackhawks to 10-4 on the season. They return to action Tuesday, traveling to Arcanum.
Rockets lose a pair
Union lost pair of volleyball matches earlier this week as the Rockets were defeated by both Frankton and Lincoln.
Frankton topped the Rockets in three games, 25-1, 25-17, 25-10. Lincoln also won in three games 25-8, 25-14, 25-17.
Against Frankton, Union was led by Heather Kennedy with five kills, Ashley Nunley with six assists, and Monica Nunley with five digs. Frankton also won the junior varsity match 25-17, 25-18.
Amanda Jesse led with four kills in the setback to Lincoln. Ashley Nunley contributed four assists and Monica Nunley had five digs. Lincoln won the reserve match 25-10, 25-19.
