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Showing improvement in its first home match of the season, the Rockbridge County High School volleyball team fell to Alleghany 3-0 on Wednesday night in Lexington.
The Wildcats (0-3) led several times in the second and third sets, but the Cougars (4-0) pulled ahead each time to earn a 25-16, 25-22, 25-17 win.
With the victory, Alleghany completed a sweep of the regular-season series, following a 3-0 win over the Wildcats in Covington last Thursday.
The Cougars jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set, and the Wildcats cut it to 10-9, but Alleghany stayed ahead and pulled away.
The second set was a back-and-forth battle, with several lead changes before Alleghany finished strong after a couple of RC errors.
Alleghany led 12-10 in the third set before the Wildcats went on a 4-0 run, fueled by two aces from Geneva Snyder and a kill from Jada Hamilton that put RC up 14-12. The lead wouldn’t last long, as the Cougars used strong serving and net play to go on a 5-0 run and stayed ahead the rest of the match.
Hamilton led the Wildcats with seven kills and had nine digs, while Snyder paced RC with three aces and had four kills. and eight digs. Maisen Mckemy dished out a team-high 14 assists and recorded 11 digs and three blocks, while Ava Crocker led RC with 19 digs. Also stepping up were Mackenzie McCormick with a team-high four blocks to go along with three digs, while Rebekah Allen added 14 digs.
The Wildcats will continue nondistrict action on Thursday when they play at Fort Defiance, starting with the junior varsity match at 6 p.m.
For the full story on this week’s action, with photos from Wednesday’s match, please see our Sept. 11 newspaper.
