BOILING SPRINGS, SC - After falling in their opening matchup against Dorman to start the season, the Boiling Springs boys' volleyball team rebounded on Wednesday night with a 3-1 victory over Eastside.
"It feels good to beat Eastside because they're a very strong team as well," said Bulldogs head coach Rachel Hyatt. "They were tough last year, and they beat us once last season, but it feels good to get the first win of the season." Boiling Springs started the match fast in the first set taking 12-2 lead behind three spike kills by senior Mark Zdanevich, a kill plus an ace serve from junior Tim Okhman, and an ace serve from junior Dariel Baez. Eastside was able to get the set back to four points at 16-12 but thanks to two ace serves from sophomore Coleman Wheatley the Bulldogs pushed their lead to 19-12 over the Eagles. The Eagles made another run at the lead cutting the score to 22-20 but the Bulldogs finished the set on a 3-0 run behind a kill from sophomore Antoine Murray and the final point coming off a spike kill that glanced off an Eastside player to take the 25-20 victory. Eastside took the second set 25-15 to even up the match at 1-1 between them and Boiling Springs. In the third set the Bulldogs jumped out to an 8-4 lead after back-to-back kills by Murray and Zdanevich. Eastside tied the game at 12-12 and the two teams were tied four times of the next nine points. Boiling Springs retook the lead at 17-16 when Zdanevich spiked a ball into the middle of the Eagles defense to start a 5-3 run to push their lead to 22-19. The Bulldogs closed out the set scoring the final two points with another kill from Zadanevich and a serve from Tim Okhman that glanced off an Eastside defender for a 25-22 victory. The fourth set saw the Bulldogs jump out to a 5-1 lead behind a kill from Okhman and back-to-back ace serves by Dariel Baez. The Bulldogs kept the lead throughout the set not allowing the Eagles any closer than the four-point advantage. The final two points of the match came on a soft shot over the net by Okhman and then the final point came on a spike to the left side of the court by senior Prosper Hawj that echoed through the gym when it hit the court for the 25-20 victory. Hyatt was happy with how her young team was responding after losing so many players from last year. "A lot of our guys are young," said Hyatt. "We're not as talented as last year but we're a lot more athletic. We're strong and athletic and if we can get the skills down, we're going to be alright." Boiling Springs was led in kills by Mark Zdanevich who had 10 kills while Tim Okhman led in blocks with four and Dariel Baez had four ace serves. The Bulldogs will return to the court on Monday when they host Fort Mill in a matchup set to begin at 6:00 PM. Comments are closed.
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