BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs boys volleyball team made it two wins in a row to improve their record to 2-1 on the season when they defeated Fort Mill 3-1 on Monday night.
Bulldogs head coach Rachel Hyatt said that even though Fort Mill is in its first year, they had a lot of talent, and she was happy with her team grabbing the victory. "Fort Mill is in their first year of existence this season and we really didn't know what to expect from them," said Hyatt. "They walked in with a couple of 6'3" and 6'4" players and I was a little nervous, but we were able to pull out the win. Fort Mill is a scrappy team, but we have to learn to play to our abilities and we'll be just fine." Fort Mill jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set before junior Tim Okhman spiked a ball into the middle of the Yellow Jackets to put the Bulldogs on the board. The Yellow Jackets pushed their lead to 11-4 before the Bulldogs went on a 6-1 run highlighted by an ace serve from senior Prosper Hawj and a block by sophomore Antoine Murray to put the score at 12-10. The Bulldogs tied the set up at 13-13 and then took their first lead on a block by sophomore Dylan Booker to take a 14-13 lead over the Yellow Jackets. The teams went back and forth with both teams tied at 22-22 when senior Mark Zdanevich made an impressive shot facing away from the net along the Bulldogs backline that landed in the middle of the Fort Mill defense to take a 23-22 lead. From that point on the Bulldogs scored the final two points of the set to take a 25-22 victory in set one and a 1-0 lead in the match. In the second set Fort Mill tied the match at 1-1 after winning the second set 25-20. Boiling Springs started the third set when Okhman spiked a ball into the Fort Mill defense off an assist from sophomore Coleman Wheatley. They pushed their lead to 7-4 over the Yellow Jackets on back-to-back kills by Zdanevich and Murray. With a serve into the net by Fort Mill with the Bulldogs leading 24-18, Boiling Springs took the victory in the set 25-18 and took a 2-1 advantage in the match. The Bulldogs went into the fourth set looking to claim the match but fell down early in the set 6-2 when Coach Hyatt took a timeout which she said she made a point to tell her team they weren't going to lose the set. "I told them in that timeout that we absolutely weren't going to go to a fifth set," said Hyatt. "I told them we had to play as close to perfect as possible and they took it and ran with it." Boiling Springs rallied to tie the set at 14-14 on a block Okhman before taking the lead at 15-14 on the next point when a ball sailed out of bounds for Fort Mill. With the Bulldogs leading 24-23, Okhman stepped up again when he blocked a Fort Mill shot that fell to the ground on the Yellow Jackets side of the net for a 25-23 victory in the set and a 3-1 win in the match. Mark Zdanevich led the team with 14 kills while Tim Okhman led the team in blocks with six to go along with seven kills. Antoine Murray added four blocks to go along with six kills on Monday night. Boiling Springs will be back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Clover in a match scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM. Comments are closed.
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