Splitting their pool matches with Bourbon and North Callaway, Whitney Sooter’s Belle Lady Tiger volleyball team advance to the third-place match of the Belle Volleyball Tournament Saturday …
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Splitting their pool matches with Bourbon and North Callaway, Whitney Sooter’s Belle Lady Tiger volleyball team advance to the third-place match of the Belle Volleyball Tournament Saturday afternoon.
Losing to Steelville in five sets during senior night back on Friday, Oct. 2, Sooter’s Lady Tigers got another shot at the Lady Cardinals.
Splitting the first two sets Saturday, Belle dropped the third set and the match by scores of 25-9, 23-25 and 25-19.
During pool play Saturday morning, Belle took game one 25-17 over Bourbon.
Tied at 4-4 at the start of each pool match, reigning Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) Player of the Year Lydia Jones served up a pair of aces helping Belle to an early 7-4 lead.
Tied at 8-8, a Bourbon attack error led to two Hayden Fann service points and an 11-8 lead.
Chloe Jones added a kill giving the Lady Tigers a 12-9 lead before Bourbon went on a run to tie the set at 13-13.
After another Lady Warhawk attack error, Zoe Camden took her turn serving helping Belle score the next six points putting Belle on top 20-13.
During that stretch, Camden served up a pair of aces while Lydia Jones recorded one of her three kills in the first set.
Fann served up a pair of aces among the final three points of the match giving Belle game one 25-17.
Going for the sweep, Belle could not overcome stretches of unforced errors before falling 25-16.
Lydia Jones unofficially added two more kills in the second set while Charleigh Elrod added one kill of her own.
Closing pool play against North Callaway, Belle dropped game one 25-12 before rallying back to split the match taking game two 25-20.
Recording kills for Belle in game one against the Lady Thunderbirds were Lydia Jones, Chloe Jones, Elrod and Fann.
Trailing most of game two, Belle took the lead during a Camden service run which included two aces putting the Lady Tigers on top 18-16.
Seeing North Callaway cut Belle’s lead to two at 22-20, a Lady Thunderbird error made it 23-20 before Natalie Lansford ended the match with an ace.
Bourbon wound up winning the consolation championship over Dixon in two sets 25-14 and 25-15 while North Callaway won the tournament title with a two-set win over Cuba 25-23 and 25-13.
