BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs volleyball played a tri-match on Tuesday night the Bulldogs came away with two victories including a victory over Wade Hampton, the team that eliminated them from the 5A playoffs last season.
The victory was a little bit of redemption for the Bulldogs as they lost to the same Generals team last week, in a match they felt they could have won but fell 3-0 (25-21, 23-25, 25-23) despite leading at times throughout the match. The Bulldogs didn't want to have that happen twice, so they took advantage of the match early on Tuesday night. "It's a big win for us tonight as we lost to them last week and while being up during the match, let the games slip away," said Bulldogs head coach Allyson Elliot. "We were lucky to get to see them again today and in that third set we got down, but the girls turned it on and decided they wanted to win. We fought back one point at a time to make it a game and eventually it gave us the victory." The Bulldogs got out to a quick lead winning the first set 25-21 over the Generals to put them ahead 1-0 in the best of three match. In the second set Boiling Springs had a 20-14 lead but Wade Hampton went on an exciting 11-3 run to come back and win the match 25-23. With the match on the line, the Bulldogs fell behind 13-6 and after using their two timeouts in the set, started climbing their way back into the set as they went on a 7-1 run to tie the set at 14-14. From that point on, it was a point for point match as both teams battled to a 23-23 tie in the third set. With the set tied, Bulldogs senior Cloe Wood came up with a spike kill to take the lead at 24-23 and Charlotte Hutchins got the final kill of the match to give Boiling Springs a 25-23 victory in the set and a 2-1 match win. "Cloe stepped up for us on the court and I think when the girls saw that she believed we could win despite being down that it spread to the rest of the team," said Elliot. "The girls then rallied, and we were able to come back to get a huge victory." In the match Wood led the way with 15 kills and 23 digs while Karson Browing added seven kills and three blocks. Lauren Kusterer tied Browning with the most blocks with three blocks while Charlotte Hutchins tied Wood in digs with 23 digs as well. Makayla Furrey led the way in assists with 21 assists to lead the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs started the night getting a victory over Woodruff with a 2-0 (25-13, 25-17) that started the pace for the Bulldogs on Tuesday. In the match Cloe Wood had 13 digs and 10 kills while Makayla Furrey added 12 digs and 11 assists. Morgan Hammett added 12 digs while Charlotte Hutchins had six kills and Grace Shepherd had 16 assists. The match marks the final home match for the Bulldogs for a little while as their next home match won't happen again until September 13th against Dorman. Coach Elliot said the home court advantage the students and fans have given them so far this season has been big and it's something other teams talk about when they play there. "The enthusiasm from the crowd has been amazing and the student section has so much energy," said Elliot. "The kids look like they're so pumped to be here each night and that's a fun group to play for as your peers are there cheering you on. Our girls love the crowd, and they give us energy. The one thing I can say for Boiling Springs is that everyone that plays us here compliments us on having such a great volleyball environment to play a match and that makes me proud that our student section does that." The Bulldogs will next return to the court on September 6th in a tri-match at Chapman against the Panthers and Landrum before traveling to the Rocky Top Classic from September 9th-10th. Comments are closed.
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