The Littlefield Lady Cats’ varsity volleyball team won the first match of their dual on Tuesday, as they took down Dimmitt, 2-0, 25-9 and 25-12.
With the win, the Lady Cats improve to 12-7 overall on the year.
Madi Brown got the Lady Cats going, serving up four consecutive points, before Harmonee Moreno delivered a kill to trim the lead to, 4-1. A tip by Cali Saldana was hit into the net by Alexis Quiroz, but on the next play, the kill attempt from Myli Hernandez sailed out of bounds, making the score, 5-2.
Dimmitt couldn’t capitalize on the play, as Moreno sent the next serve out of bounds for the Bobbies, turning it back over to the Lady Cats with the score, 6-2. Madi Williams served up an ace, before Dimmitt scored on the next play to regain the serve, trimming the lead to, 7-3. Maggie McNeese delivered a kill off of Ysenia Dones, but the Lady Cats couldn’t rally, as Gabby Medina’s next serve landed short of the net, making the score, 8-4.
Cobi Saldana and Lyric Rios sent back-to-back kills sailing out of bounds and Bray Chavira served up an ace in front of Medina, slicing the lead to, 8-7. McNeese ended the rally with a kill off of Dones and Cali Saldana followed it up with a tip in front of Quiroz for a kill, pushing their lead back out to, 10-7.
McNeese delivered a kill to make the score, 11-7, as Dimmitt took a time out to talk things over. Out of the break, a kill from Rios was tipped out of bounds by the Bobbies and Dimmitt hit back-to-back balls short of the net, extending the lead to, 14-7. Mia Pacheco sent a hit out of bounds on the sideline for Dimmitt, but Alyssa Torres’ serve on the next play landed out of bounds, making the score, 158.
Quiroz sent a serve short of the net for Dimmitt and on the next play the Bobbies sent a hit into the net, pushing the lead to, 17-8, before Dimmitt delivered a kill off of Tailyn Gomez, making the score, 17-9. Cali Saldana delivered a kill over Chavira and the return from Dimmitt on the serve from Brown on the next play landed out of bounds, pushing their lead to, 19-9.
Chavira was called for a double hit for the Bobbies and Brown’s next serve went un-returned and she followed it up with an ace off of Ralee Aguero, stretching their lead to, 22-9. Moreno sent a hit out of bounds for the Bobbies and Brown followed it up with another ace off of Aguero, pushing the lead to, 24-9. Cali Saldana closed out the set with a kill, as Littlefield took set one, 25-9.
In set two, a tip by Bri Valdez went into the net to open things up, but Rios answered with a kill on the sideline for the Lady Cats to tie the set, 1-1. However, back-to-back hits out of bounds by Brown had the Bobbies in front, 1-3, before Alina Mora sent a serve sailing out of bounds, turning it back over to Littlefield with the score, 2-3.
A hit from Valdez on the return from the Bobbies hit the floor as no one played the ball for the Lady Cats and Dones followed it up with an ace to stretch Dimmitt’s lead to, 2-5. Cali Saldana sent a hit out of bounds, before Hernandez and Cali Saldana responded with back-toback kills for Littlefield, making the score, 4-6. Quiroz hit a ball short of the net for Dimmitt and McNeese followed it up with a kill off of Pacheco to tie the set, 6-6.
McNeese tipped the net with a hit, but the ball landed out of bounds, however, Dimmitt gave the serve right back to the Lady Cats, after hitting a ball into the net to keep the set tied, 7-7. Medina had back-to-back serves get hit into the net by the Bobbies and Quiroz delivered a kill attempt out of bounds on the sideline, stretching the Littlefield lead to, 10-7.
Cobi Saldana delivered a kill off of Moreno, as Dimmitt took a time out to talk things over and out of the break, Rios delivered a block on Lily Herrera for a kill, but, the rally ended when Medina sent a serve sailing out of bounds to make the score, 12-8. Herrera delivered a kill off of McNeese, but Cobi Saldana fired right back with a kill of her own to make the score, 13-9.
Torres sent a serve short of the net for the Lady Cats, but McNeese responded with a kill on the sideline on the next play, making the score, 14-10. Valdez followed it up with an ace and a tip by Dimmitt sailed out of bounds, pushing the lead to, 16-10. Valdez kept the rally going with back-to-back aces, forcing the Bobbies to take another time out, trailing, 18-10.
Out of the break, Valdez served up another ace in front of Aguero, but Dones answered for the Bobbies with a kill in front of Gomez to end the Lady Cat rally, making the score, 19-11. Cali regained the serve for Littlefield, as she sent a kill across the court and Brown tipped the net with her serve for an ace, making the score, 21-11.
A tip by Hernandez was hit into the net by Aguero, but the rally ended when Cali Saldana delivered a kill out of bounds, trimming the lead to, 22-12. Quiroz was called for being on the net and Cali Saldana served up an ace off of Moreno and Cobi Saldana closed out the set with a kill, as Littlefield took the set, 2512, and the match, 2-0.