BOILING SPRINGS, SC - In a year of first for the Boiling Springs boys volleyball team, the team added one more first to the list capturing their first ever playoff victory in the invitation only tournament.
Despite being an officially recognized sport this year in South Carolina there will be no official state champion being named this year, so the boys' volleyball playoffs are an invitational only tournament this season. The Bulldogs first round playoff match was against Woodmont, the defending state champions as a club sport from last year and a team the Bulldogs have defeated multiple times this season. Boiling Springs head coach Rachel Hyatt knew that defeating a team like Woodmont multiple times in a season was a difficult task even knowing her team's success this season. "Going into this game being the fifth time we'd played them I was nervous because I wasn't sure what we might see from them," said Hyatt. "We lost a set to them earlier this year and they're a pretty strong team when they're on their game." In the match Boiling Springs came away with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Wildcats as the Bulldogs led the first set 22-10 before closing out the set with a spike kill from the left side to just inside the right back line by Mark Zdenivich to take a 25-14 victory in the first set. The Bulldogs trailed by as many as four in the second set trailing 9-5 at one point before rallying to take a 25-16 victory in set two. In the third set the Bulldogs jumped out to a 3-0 lead behind an ace serve from Tucker Walters and a spike kill from Zdenivich. Woodmont rallied to take a lead at 20-18 before Boiling Springs responded tying the set at 20-20 on a kill by Zdenivich and pushing their lead to 22-20 on a kill by Ben Mabry. With the Bulldogs leading 24-20, a final shot found itself land by the net on the Woodmont side for a 25-20 Bulldogs victory in the set and a 3-0 victory in the match. The Bulldogs were led in kills by Mark Zdenivich with 13 kills and he was followed closely behind by Ostel Thompson who had 11 kills of his own. Tucker Walters led the Bulldogs in assists on Monday night with 33 assists of his own. Coach Hyatt was proud of her team's performance in their match against a team they'd seen multiple times this year. "It feels really good to come out and pick up a playoff win in three sets," said Hyatt. "With this being the fifth time we've seen Woodmont this year, it's good to come out and win like we did against a team you've seen so many times. It's good knowing how hard our guys have worked to get this far that the work is paying off and we'll hope to continue that in the next round." Boiling Springs in their first season of official boys' volleyball is now 11-3 with the playoff victory and Coach Hyatt is very proud of the team's performance in the official first season. "I feel really good about our first season as we had a strong group of guys that included eight seniors this year," said Hyatt. "I've enjoyed every part of this year and has probably been one of my favorite seasons as a coach. I love coaching boys' volleyball and I'm excited that it was finally sanctioned in the state of South Carolina this year. I couldn't have asked for a better group of kids to represent our team in our first official season." Boiling Springs will now advance to the second round of the playoffs where they will travel to Dorman on Thursday night. Comments are closed.
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