SPARTANBURG, SC - The Boiling Springs volleyball team traveled just down Highway 9 to the east side of Spartanburg to finish out region play with a 3-1 victory over the Vikings on Tuesday night.
"It's a good way to finish region play," said Bulldogs head coach Allyson Elliot. "It has been a good season and I think our kids are ready for the playoffs. We're playing well and have everyone healthy right now which hasn't been the case most of the season. I expect them to work hard as we head into postseason play." Spartanburg scored the first point of the first set but that was the last lead they held in that set as Bulldogs Karson Browning quickly gave Boiling Springs a 2-1 lead on a spike to the middle of the Vikings defense. With the Bulldogs leading 8-6, Boiling Springs went on a 4-0 run that included a kill and an ace serve by junior Lauren Kusterer along with kills by Browning and sophomore Olivia Smith to take a 12-6 lead. The Bulldogs went on another run with a 14-8 lead that included two kills and a block from Browning along with kills by Smith and sophomore Kennedy Cole. The Bulldogs used the runs to take a 25-14 win in the first set as the final point was scored when a Vikings serve went into the net. Boiling Springs took a 12-6 lead in the second set which was led by a four point service run by Abigail Kanipe, that included two ace serves, but it was Spartanburg that came back in the set as they outscored the Bulldogs 19-11 from that point to take a 25-23 victory in the set on an ace serve by the Vikings. In the third set the Bulldogs got big contributions from two seniors as they jumped out to a 9-1 lead over Spartanburg. The run was led by senior Grace Shepherd who at one point in the set scored five straight points on two kills and three ace serves while the run also included three kills by Browning to start the set. Boiling Springs kept the hot start going on their way to a 25-11 victory in the third set as Shepherd scored the last point of the set on her fourth ace serve of the set to take a 2-1 lead in the match. "Grace has stepped up this year and really gotten after it," said Elliot. "She's led us as the setter but took over a leadership role on the court when Karson was injured earlier this year. Our seniors have done a great job and they're the ones I expect to step up big when games are on the line." The Bulldogs kept their momentum going into the fourth set as they jumped out to a 4-1 lead over the Vikings. Spartanburg tied up the score at 4-4 before the Bulldogs went on the biggest run of the match. When Boiling Springs took a 5-4 lead, it was then that senior libero Gracen Bennett went on a 10-point service run of her own that included two ace serves along with four kills from Kennedy Cole, two kills by Lauren Kusterer, and a kill by Olivia Smith to push their lead to 14-4 over the Vikings. With the team holding an 18-8 lead over the Vikings, Bulldogs Lauren Kusterer went on a seven-point service run to end the set and the match as the run included three kills and a block by Browning along with kills by Smith and Shepherd. The final point of the match was scored on a spike kill to the left side by senior Deanna Falovsky to give the Bulldogs a 25-8 win in the set and a 3-1 victory in the match. Senior Karson Browning led the Bulldogs with 19 kills, five blocks, and an ace serve and fellow senior Grace Shepherd had 25 assists and five ace serves. Sophomore Kennedy Cole was second in kills on the team with 14 kills to go along with six digs while junior Lauren Kusterer added eight kills along with an ace serve. Senior Abigail Kanipe had three assists to go along with two ace serves to go along with a perfect serve receive. The Bulldogs also got a good game from eighth-grader Carolina Bishop who finished the night with a double-double with 13 assists and 11 digs against the Vikings. Boiling Springs will be back in action on Thursday in a tri-match against Carolina and BHP as they'll honor their eight senior players in a ceremony before the match. The Bulldogs eight seniors are Autumn Early, Abigail Kanipe, Gracen Bennett, Deanna Falovsky, Aubrey Chang, Karson Browning, Charlotte Hutchins, and Grace Shepherd. Comments are closed.
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