Lady Falcons top Lady Knights in three sets
Joey Millwood Times-News Staff Writer
The West Henderson volleyball team is in familiar territory. The Lady Falcons are undefeated and plowing their way through conference play nearly unfazed by the amount of offense they graduated from last season.
A little is different, however, as they've lost a set here and there. That wasn't the case on Thursday night for West, however, as the Lady Falcons took care of county-rival North Henderson with ease. On the road, West beat the Lady Knights 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-16).
"This group is so much fun to coach on the court," West coach Tiffany Lowrance said. "It's just fun to come to one of our rivals and take care of business. There were moments when we did fold a little, but we bounced back."
The first set was all West. The Lady Falcons (8-0, 5-0) went up 16-9 and then hit the gas pedal. They outscored the Lady Knights (1-5, 1-4) 9-2 down the stretch for the 25-11 win.
In the second set, West went up 15-9, but North scored the next two points. It was back and forth for a bit before the Lady Falcons scored six consecutive points on the serve of Casey Brown to win the set 25-15.
In the third set, the Lady Knights kept it close early, but West stretched the lead to 21-9. North didn't fold. The Lady Knights went on a stretch where they outscored West 8-2. West broke serve and then Katrina Kordonowy got a kill for the game-winner.
Kordonowy finished the match with 12 kills. Brown finished with 11 kills and seven digs. Malia Moore had 13 assists, four aces, five kills and four digs. Darby Fisher had 19 assists and seven digs, and Ashley Downer had 14 digs.
Brown was happy with the way her team played on Thursday night, including West's ability to overcome a bad stretch.
"As a team, I feel like when we did get down, we pulled ourselves back up," Brown said. "I think tonight we did a good job of picking ourselves back up and getting out of the hole."
On the other side, Anna Baldwin had 14 kills and 12 digs. Aly White had 16 assists and 14 digs. Bailey Malloy had 12 digs.
"We had moments," North coach Sue Moon said. "There were moments when we played good volleyball. The problem is we have to be more consistent with those moments."
West will host Tuscola on Tuesday at 6 p.m. North will be at T.C. Roberson on Tuesday at 6 p.m.