(by Don Meador, Allen County Schools, September 17, 2019)
The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot volleyball team defeated Glasgow, Somerset, Daviess County, and Franklin-Simpson in the past week. However, sandwiched between the wins, were losses to Graves County, Taylor County, and Ballard Memorial during tournament play.
The Lady Patriots opened the week’s action with a 2-0 (25-18, 25-18) victory at Glasgow on Tuesday, September 10. A trio of four kills from Maddie Stallings, Breann Varner, and Ana Walker helped propel the Lady Patriots to the straight set win. Walker added three blocks, Meg Foster contributed 16 assists, while Olivia Brown had 10 digs to help AC-S to the district play win.
Friday, AC-S journeyed to Campbellsville to
play in the Taylor County Smack down. In pool play action, the Lady Patriots
dropped a 2-1 (25-22, 19-25, 15-13) set to Graves County. The highlight of the
three-set match was the 26 assists put forth off the hands Foster. Her timely
setting led to eight kills from Chloe Cook and C.J. Towe. Brown led the way
defensively as she registered 14 digs. Averie Pitchford had 12 digs with Cook
finishing with 10 digs.
Taylor County (15-4) handed AC-S a 2-0
defeat in Friday night action as well. The Lady cardinals took the first set
25-11 and prevailed 25-9 in the second. Foster had 10 assists in a match in
which the Lady Patriots struggled to find their game.
Saturday, AC-S looked better, going 2-1 in
the final day of action. The loss was a 2-0 setback to Ballard Memorial (25-17,
25-23). Brown tallied seven digs, Pitchford had six digs, and Foster added 13
assists. Cook and Varner finished with four kills in the two-set match.
The pair of wins came against Somerset and
Daviess County. Against the Lady Jumpers (7-13) from Somerset, AC-S escaped the
first set, 27-26. The second set was almost as close before the Lady patriots
pulled away for a 25-22 win. Foster recorded 12 assists, Brown and Pitchford
added six digs, and five kills were recorded by Stallings and Cook.
In action against the 13-6 Daviess County
lady panthers, AC-S took the first set 25-15 before winning the second 25-16.
Brown notched 13 digs with Pitchford adding 10. Foster reached double-digit
assists (15). At the net, Walker had six kills and Varner added five kill shots
to help AC-S to the win.
The final win in the busy week was a 2-0 (25-22,
25-20) victory over Franklin-Simpson on Monday. The Lady Patriots captured both
sets despite a struggle to put the first set away.
Strong setting from Foster led to several big kills by Towe and Stallings in the first set. AC-S sprinted to a 7-3 lead. Franklin-Simpson rallied and closed to within three, 14-11, but a pair of strong kill shots from Towe enabled the hosts to stretch their lead. A Varner kill followed a Stalling’s kills four point later lifted AC-S to a 20-13 lead. Following a kill from Cook, the Lady Patriots led 24-18. Despite four unanswered points by the Lady cats, AC-S took the first set 25-22.
Monday’s second set featured five ties in the first 24 points before AC-S pulled away for the win. The Lady Cats led by two points on four occasions before the Lady patriots regrouped to turn the tide. A Towe killed capped a 7-1 AC-S run and gave the hosts a 15-12 lead. Franklin-Simpson pulled to within two once the rest of the way as AC-S closed the set to take their ninth match of the year.
AC-S (8-8) is slated to travel to Monroe
County (5-9) on Thursday and be on the road to Barren County (9-12) next
Tuesday. In between, the Lady Patriots will make a trip Saturday to Watertown
Tennessee to participate in a tournament in which they will face Watertown,
Upperman, Hillwood, and Clarkrange.