The Boiling Springs volleyball team continued their hot start to the 2021 season as they defeated Woodruff 2-0 (25-10, 25-10) and Wade Hampton 2-0 (25-14, 25-16) on Tuesday night in front of their home crowd to push their record to 5-0 on the season.
"I felt like we controlled the momentum in both games for the most part and our goal has been to keep getting better which I believe we did tonight," said Bulldogs head coach Allison Elliot. "I was impressed by Woodruff coming over here today to play two 5A teams and believe they'll be a good team in their division. With playing Wade Hampton last week I knew they'd bring a lot of good competition for us again as well. I feel like we were a lot more consistent tonight than we were last week and look forward to continuing that the rest of this week and into our tournament this weekend in Charleston." Boiling Springs got their first victory on Tuesday night defeating Woodruff and got it started in the first set when Charlotte Hutchins spiked the ball to give the Bulldogs an early 1-0 lead. Ansley Hammett followed that up with a four point service run that saw two kills apiece by both Hutchins and Karson Browning to extend their lead to 6-1 over the Generals. After a kill by Savannah Page to put the Bulldogs up 15-6, Bulldogs player Cloe Wood went on a six point service run including two ace serves to extend the Boiling Springs lead to 21-6 over Wade Hampton. Boiling Springs captured the win in set one 25-10 on a kill by Morgan Hammett that fell in the middle of the Wolverines defense. The Bulldogs Emily Pocre put Boiling Springs up 3-0 to start the second set after getting a kill on the first point while following it up with two straight service points. With Boiling Springs up 9-6 the Bulldogs Sydney Henderson went on a six point service run that included an ace serve along with kills from Cloe Wood, Logan Kenny, and Savannah Page to put the Bulldogs ahead 15-6 over the Wolverines. Morgan Hammett mad the Bulldogs lead 18-7 on back-to-back ace serves before senior Savannah Page went on a five point service run to end the set with a 25-10 Boiling Springs victory and a 2-0 victory in the match. Boiling Springs was led in the match against Woodruff by Cloe Wood who recorded ten kills, six digs, and two aces while Gracie Kilgore added eleven digs, three aces, and four assists. Karson Browning also added six kills for the Bulldogs in the match. During the match the Bulldogs along with during the match against Hillcrest Boiling Springs was able to get playing time for a lot of younger players which Elliot says will be good for her team as the season goes along. "We've talked about wanting to get our younger players reps in games at times when it doesn't change the momentum or the outcome of the game which really good teams can do," said Elliot. "I know from doing this long enough that at some point we're going to need those younger players in key situations and we'll need them to keep us going. We actually kept eighteen players this year because we have seven seniors this year so getting a chance to play these younger players varsity experience is good for them and their confidence." Just like in the match against Woodruff the Bulldogs got off to a good start in the first set of game two against Wade Hampton when Boiling Springs' Macy Bagwell picked up a kill to put the Bulldogs ahead 1-0 early. The Bulldogs extended their lead to 6-2 over the Generals with two big kills from Cloe Wood before soon putting the lead at 10-4. Bagwell made the Bulldogs lead 16-8 on a kill before Ansley Hammett went on three point service run to give Boiling Springs a 19-8 lead. With the Bulldogs ahead 23-14 Savannah Page picked up a kill before Cloe Wood picked up an ace serve for the last two points to give Boiling Springs a 25-14 victory in set one. In set two the Bulldogs fell behind for the first time all night trailing as much as 9-4 to the Generals in the second set. After regaining the serve and trailing 9-5, the Bulldogs senior Logan Kenny went on a seven point service run to give the Bulldogs a 12-9 lead. During the run the Bulldogs got three kills from Savannah Page along with kills from Cloe Wood and Karson Browning. The Bulldogs didn't trail again on Tuesday night as Page and her teammates took control of the net including two ace serves from Page while she also picked up the final two kills for the Bulldogs giving Boiling Springs a 25-16 win in the set and a 2-0 victory in the match. Page led the Bulldogs in the second match with seven kills, two blocks, ten assists, and two ace serves. Elliot said the contributions by Page on the court are not just her numbers but her leadership on the court. "The team feeds off Savannah and has played for us for many years which means she has been in a lot of the situations we'll see," said Elliot. "If the team sees her calm and relaxed then they tend to stay that way as well. She's almost like another coach on the court, as she's an encourager and if someone seems a little loss she can guide them while also taking guidance from her teammates when needed. She has a great rapport with her teammates which is great to see as a coach." Boiling Springs also got key contributions in the second match from Karson Browning who had five kills and two blocks while Cloe Wood added seven digs, five kills, two ace serves, and one block. The Bulldogs will return to the court on Thursday when they travel to Byrnes in another non-region contest against a familiar foe before traveling to Charleston this weekend for a tournament at Porter Gaud. Comments are closed.
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