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The Rockbridge County High School volleyball team picked up its fourth consecutive win on Tuesday night, earning a 3-1 home victory over Valley District rival Spotswood in Lexington.
With the 25-23, 28-26, 21-25, 25-21 win, the Wildcats (10-8 overall, 9-3 district) completed a sweep of the regular-season series with the Trailblazers (7-14, 4-8). When the teams met on Sept. 26 at Spotswood, RC won 3-1.
In the rematch, RC trailed 7-3 in the first set before going on a 9-2 run to take a 12-9 lead. Spotswood came back to take a 13-12 lead, and it was a back-and-forth battle the rest of the way, but RC’s Jada Hamilton made two kills to allow the Wildcats to take the first set.
The Wildcats trailed 11-7 in the second set before going on another run to make a comeback. The Blazers had two set points that the Wildcats put away, with kills by Anna Nye and Rebekah Allen, and Nye served up a pair of aces to seal the set for RC, 28-26.
In the third set, Spotswood jumped to a 4-0 lead and extended its advantage to 18-11. The Wildcats cut the deficit to 23-21, but a missed RC serve and a Spotswood block gave the set to the Blazers.
Spotswood again took a 4-0 lead in the first set and was up 8-2 before the Wildcats started clawing back, eventually tying it at 13-13. The Blazers led 20-19, but a pair of kills by Hamilton gave RC back the lead and started a five-0 run. RC missed a serve before Hamilton ended the match with a kill.
Hamilton led the Wildcats with 11 kills and had 10 digs, while Allen led RC with 22 digs and served up four aces. Maisen Mckemy dished out 27 assists to lead the Wildcats and added seven digs and two aces, while Geneva Snyder led RC with five aces and added seven kills. Mackenzie McCormick contributed six kills, while Nye had five kills, five digs and three aces. Adrianna Grue chipped in seven digs, Ava Crocker had six digs, and Emmy Duff recorded four digs and three kills.
Lexi Lind led Spotswood with 11 kills, Ally Howard had 36 assists and four aces, and Claire Weavers added 21 digs and two aces. Also stepping up was Piper Lohr with 10 kills and two blocks.
The Wildcats will continue district action when they travel to Bridgewater to take on Turner Ashby on Thursday. For their final match of the regular season, they’ll play host to Harrisonburg. Both nights will start with junior varsity action at 5:30 p.m.
For the full story on this week’s action, with photos from Tuesday’s match, please see our Oct. 30 newspaper. The story on the Wildcats’ two road wins last week will be in this Wednesday's newspaper.
