BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs boys volleyball team continued their impressive start to their inaugural 2022 season by improving to 9-3 on the season with a 3-0 victory over Woodmont, who won the last state championship as a club sport last year.
"It's a big win as it's technically our fourth win over Woodmont this year, who are technically the defending state champions," said Bulldogs head coach Rachel Hyatt. "We've only loss three matches this year, two to Dorman and one to Eastside, so it's been a pretty good year so far." The Bulldogs got behind early in both the first and second sets before impressive service runs in both allowed them to take back control. In the first set the Bulldogs fell behind 7-4 before Luis Ojeda Murphy went on a five-point service run that turned around the game giving them a 9-7 lead, that included a kill of his own. With the Bulldogs leading 21-18, they went on a 4-1 run to end the set that included a block kill by Ben Mabry and a left-handed spike kill to the middle of the Wildcats defense by Ostel Thompson to give the Bulldogs a 25-19 win in the first set. The second set started off similarly for the Bulldogs as the two teams battled back and forth but found them trailing 19-18 to the Wildcats. At that point the Bulldogs Iggie Mova went on a six-point service run that included his own ace serve and a kill to the middle by Ben Mabry to establish a 24-19 lead. The Bulldogs capped off the 25-22 victory when Luis Ojeda Murphy fired a shot that deflected off a Woodmont defender and landed behind the scorer's table. "Getting on service runs at those points were huge because we were down in both spots," said Hyatt. "We always want to be aggressive when serving because that's a critical part of the game that can win or lose the match for you." In the final set the Bulldogs took control early rushing out to a 9-4 lead that included a spike kill by Thompson and an ace serve by Cole Patton. Still holding a 21-12 lead, the Bulldogs went on a 4-2 run to end the match with two spike kills by Thompson and an ace serve by Prosper Hauj to grab a 25-14 victory in the set and a 3-0 match win. Hyatt said that the Bulldogs had went into the last match knowing it was their match to lose and made a point of winning. "Before that third set that we needed to quit playing scared and they responded," said Hyatt. "I told them to just play our game and they decided walking out there that it was our match, and they were going to end it there." With the 9-3 record in their inaugural season, Hyatt says that the team has performed well and thinks they've gotten respect from others with their play this year. "It feels really good be so successful in the first year of boys' volleyball being an officially sanctioned sport," said Hyatt. "I think some people didn't take it serious at first but now that they've seen we're pretty good they take it more seriously. The record and the play of the guys have forced people to take the sport serious. It feels good to be a first-year team at your school and being as successful as we've been." Boiling Springs boys will return to the court on Wednesday when they host Hillcrest in a match planned to start at 6:00 PM. GIRLS GOLF Boiling Springs girls golf went on the road Monday to compete in match play against Gaffney at Cherokee National where teams both tied with a score of 190. Boiling Springs senior golfer Madison Dixon won medalist honors in the match. The Bulldogs will next compete in the Smith Memorial Tournament at the Country Club of Newberry on Tuesday before hosting their senior match on Wednesday at Woodfin Ridge against Chesnee and Mauldin. Comments are closed.
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