In front of an electric crowd led by cheers from the student body on Tuesday night the Boiling Springs volleyball team opened their 2021 season with back-to-back victories over Chapman (2-0) and Wade Hampton (2-1).
"It's an exciting way to start the season especially because we won," said Bulldogs head coach Allyson Elliot. "I'm proud of our team. During a timeout when we were down to Wade Hampton I told the girls we just had to get back to basics and told them if it was going to work out in our favor it would work out." The final set of the night saw the Bulldogs facing off against Wade Hampton with both teams having won a set, Boiling Springs winning set one 25-12 and Wade Hampton winning set two 25-16, in an exciting set that saw the Bulldogs battle back to claim the match. Boiling Springs fell behind 7-1 to start the set but slowly worked their way back narrowing the Wade Hampton lead to 19-15 on a kill by the Bulldogs Cloe Wood. The Generals were able to make their lead 23-17 but a kill by Savannah Page put the fate of the Bulldogs back in their own hands as they reclaimed the serve. With the Bulldogs trailing by four points, Boiling Springs saw another senior step up when Logan Kenny went on a seven point service run that not only allowed them to tie the Generals but take the 25-23 victory in the set and capture the match 2-1 as an excited student body celebrated with the team after the final point was scored. "Logan stepped in big when we needed it tonight," said Elliot. "We talked to all the girls and told them that at some point they're all going to get an opportunity to step up and help us out at some point and tonight it was Logan's turn. She's a solid kid and served well tonight but her defense really came up big on the backline." Elliot said it was great having an energetic crowd at the game to start the season especially with the energy they were getting from the student section. "It was nice having that hometown crowd tonight," said Elliot. "We're certainly trying to change the vibe at the school with getting more kids back to the games after people stayed away a lot last year with Covid. I'm excited we had all the students here tonight as they really helped us push through in some tough spots tonight and I hope they'll keep coming out for some more good volleyball." Savannah Page had a solid night against Wade Hampton as she had eight kills, thirteen assists, ten digs, two blocks, and two aces. Macy Bagwell also had a solid night as well with eight kills and three blocks while Gracie Kilgore added eighteen digs and an ace serve. One standout play on the night came against Wade Hampton in the second set when the Bulldogs Ansley Hammett hit a shot facing away from the net on the Bulldogs backline that dropped just inside the net on the Wade Hampton side for a point. In the first match of the night against Chapman the Bulldogs jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set behind a service run from senior Savannah Page. With the Bulldogs up 8-3, Grace Shepherd went on a four point service run of her own to extend the Boiling Springs lead to 12-3 over Chapman before Page went on another three point service run to give the Bulldogs an 18-8 lead and the Panthers were unable to get any closer than nine points the rest of the set. Gracie Kilgore and Shepherd picked up the last two kills of the set for the Bulldogs as they captured the first set 25-13 over Chapman, as every time the Panthers tried to get closer the Bulldogs came up with a big kill or block from their frontline. In the second set Chapman jumped out to a 7-4 lead but a nice 3-0 service run by the Bulldogs Charlotte Hutchins tied the set at 7-7. After back and forth points saw the two teams tied at 9-9, Grace Shepherd went on a nine point service run that put the Boiling Springs lead at 17-9 and was soon followed by a five point service run from Cloe Wood that gave the Bulldogs a 23-10 lead on their way to a 25-14 point victory in the second set. "Chapman is always good competition for us because a lot of these kids know each other," said Elliot. "A lot of the kids play club volleyball with each other and being able to pick up a win against a fellow Spartanburg County school is always big for our kids." Savannah Page ended the first match with seven kills, six assists, and three aces while Cloe Wood added five kills, two aces, and two blocks. They also got a strong match from Karson Browning who had four blocks and three kills. Boiling Springs will return to action on Thursday night when they host Spartanburg in an out of region matchup. Comments are closed.
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