Seeing their junior-varsity volleyball counterparts fall in three sets against Bourbon last Tuesday night, Whitney Sooter’s Belle Lady Tiger varsity volleyball team looked to even the night with a victory in their match.

Overcoming early deficits in the first two sets, Sooter’s Lady Tigers were able to take game three and the match by scores of 25-20, 25-21 and 25-13.

“It felt great to get our first win especially in a conference match,” Sooter said.

Early in game one, Belle trailed 4-2 before Natalie Lansford served the next three points giving the Lady Tigers a 5-4 lead.

Tied at 8-8 later in game one, Chloe Jones served the next nine points which included six aces.

Lydia Jones and Zoe Camden also each had a kill during that nine-point stretch.

Bourbon’s Maddie Blanton then answered with four aces helping the Lady Warhawks narrow Belle’s game-one lead to two points at 18-16.

Now tied at 20-20, a Bourbon service error sent Belle’s Hayden Fann into serving duty.

Serving the final four points of the match, Fann also got help from a Chloe Jones and Lansford kill to take game one in the best three out of five set match.

Down 11-7 near the midway point of game two, Chloe Jones went on another serving roll.

Scoring Belle’s next eight points, Chloe Jones served up three more aces helping Belle to a 15-11 lead in game two.

Lydia Jones had two kills in the stretch to go along with a kill apiece from Fann and Camden.

Two Camden aces later in game two helped the Lady Tigers go on to take game two from the visiting Lady Warhawks.

Early in game three, a Bourbon service error tied the set at 2-2 before Fann served the next four points giving Belle a 6-2 lead.

Leading 8-4 in a Chloe Jones kill, Belle’s Kennedy Kinkead served the next five points stretching Belle’s lead to 13-4.

Able to keep their lead at or around double digits the rest of game three, Belle went on to sweep the varsity volleyball match in three sets over Bourbon.

Chloe Jones showed the way serving up 10 aces while Fann added four of them.

Also dialing up service aces were Lansford (3), Camden (2), Kinkead (1) and Lydia Jones (1).

Lydia Jones led the way in the kill department with 14 followed by seven kills from Chloe Jones.

Charleigh Elrod and Fann both added three kills to go along with two from Camden and one from Lansford.

Camden dished out a team-high 18 assists while Fann added three dimes.

Also recording an assist apiece were Chloe Jones, Lydia Jones, Kinkead and Lansford.

Fann added a team-high 11 digs to go along with six each from Lansford and Lydia Jones.

Chloe Jones and Camden chipped in five digs apiece to go along with three from Skylee Railey.

In the junior-varsity match, Belle won game one before dropping the next two and the match by scores of 16-25, 25-15 and 15-11.

Emrie Fredendall and Reagan Gehlert each had an ace for Belle in game one while Winter Hatfield added two kills and a block.

Bre Butler and Fredendall each also had a kill in game one for the JV Lady Tigers.

Lillian Joyce served up an ace in game two for Belle while Cali Maxey also had an ace in game three for the JV Lady Tigers.

Varsity stats from their season-opening match against Licking saw Chloe Jones serve up two aces while Camden led the way with five kills.