BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs boys' volleyball team got off to a slow start in their matchup against Clover but quickly responded for an impressive 3-0 win over the Blue Eagles for their tenth win of the 2023 season.
Bulldogs head coach Rachel Hyatt was proud of her team's performance and said the win was big for their postseason, as the 2023 season will be the first year the SCHSL will award a boys' volleyball state championship. "I told our guys that Clover is a scrappy team and if you play around it will come back to bite you," said Hyatt. "The guys responded as this was a super important win for us to improve to 10-3 and it puts us at the top of the region with Dorman. If we keep winning it will be us and Dorman taking the one and two seeds. Once we got on a run tonight, we didn't stop, and we were able to win in three sets for the first time this year." Boiling Springs got off to a 3-0 start in the first set behind a kill by sophomore Coleman Wheatley and a block from junior Tim Okhman. Clover fought back in the set though to take a 14-10 lead over the Bulldogs. With Clover leading 20-16, Boiling Springs took a timeout and began a comeback that saw them outscore the Blue Eagles 9-2 to take a 25-22 victory in the set. The run saw two kills from sophomore Dylan Booker and two ace serves from sophomore Antoine Murray. The final two scores of the set were scored by Wheatley as he had a spike kill that landed just inside the Clover backline and then serving up an ace serve in the set while taking a 1-0 lead in the match. In the second set the Bulldogs got off to another hot start but this time they didn't let up as they went on to a 25-16 victory in the set. Okhman had a big service run in the set, as he went on a four-point service run that included two ace serves as he took the Bulldogs lead from 16-11 to 20-11 over the Blue Eagles as they continued that lead to take a 2-0 advantage in the match. Boiling Springs left little doubt in the third set as they jumped out to a quick 20-8 lead on their way to a 25-13 victory in the third set that was solidified on the final point when Dylan Booker spiked a ball that glanced off a Clover defender and landed out of bounds for the 3-0 win in the match. The Bulldogs frontline played extremely well and has been a solid point for them this whole season according to Hyatt. "Mark Zdanevich and Dylan Booker have been so important to us on the frontline," said Hyatt. "Dylan has been a great asset to us as he's a basketball player with a great vertical leap and can just jump out of the gym. You can always count on Mark to get a kill when he's on the frontline and has been a key guy for us all year. We also have Antoine Murray and Tim Okhman that are great middles and whenever someone challenges them it's probably going to get blocked." Mark Zdanevich led the Bulldogs with 14 kills while Dylan Booker was just one kill from double digits as he finished with nine of his own. Antoine Murray had five kills and two blocks while Tim Okhman added three kills, two blocks, and three ace serves on Monday night. Boiling Springs now sits at 10-3 on the season and will look to make it 11 wins on the season when they travel to Northwestern on Wednesday night. Comments are closed.
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