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The Rockbridge County High School volleyball team suffered a 3-1 home loss to Valley District rival Harrisonburg in the final match of the regular season on Tuesday night in Lexington.
With the 25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 25-20 win, the Blue Streaks (11-8 overall, 7-7 district) avenged a 3-1 loss to the Wildcats (10-10, 9-5) on Sept. 23 in Harrisonburg.
The Wildcats will wait to see if they advance to the Region 3C tournament. If they do, they’ll have a quarterfinal road match on Monday night. Check back here for updates.
In the first set, Harrisonburg jumped out to a 13-8 lead, but the Wildcats gradually came back and took a 23-22 lead on a kill by Jada Hamilton. The Blue Streaks then responded with a kill and won the next two points to take the set.
The Wildcats trailed early in the second set before taking a 13-12 lead and stayed ahead the rest of the way with strong serving and net play.
In the third set, the Blue Streaks capitalized on RC errors to build up an 18-10 lead. The Wildcats then battled back, with Hamilton, Geneva Snyder and Mackenzie McCormick each making a pair of kills to help the Wildcats take a 24-22 lead. However, Harrisonburg responded well, with a kill by Nora Von Rotz, and three RC errors resulted in the Blue Streaks taking the set.
Harrisonburg carried the momentum into the fourth set, jumping out to a 7-0 lead. The Wildcats again battled back, tying it at 16-16, but the Blue Streaks won the next three points and pulled away with strong serving and net play.
Before the match, the Wildcats honored their lone senior, libero Rebekah Allen, who led all players with 25 digs. Hamilton paced the Wildcats with 16 kills and added 19 digs and three aces, while Maisen Mckemy led all players with 44 assists and had 10 digs, six blocks and three aces. Snyder added nine kills, six digs, three aces and three blocks, and McCormick had eight kills, four digs and four blocks. Also stepping up were Anna Nye with eight kills and five digs and Hayley Higgins with eight digs.
Von Rotz led the Blue Streaks with 16 kills and had 17 digs and two blocks, while Macy Waid dished out 29 assists. Maren Bert had nine kills, 18 digs and five aces, Teagan Miller collected 16 digs, Aubree Ringwald had 15 digs, and Brynn Smith chipped in two blocks.
For the full story and photos, please see our Nov. 6 newspaper. The story and photos from last week’s action will be in this Wednesday’s newspaper.
