The Littlefield Lady Cat’s varsity volleyball team dropped a heart-breaker to the Ropes Lady Eagles last Thursday in their tournamentopener, 0-2. With the loss, the Lady Cats fall to 1-3 overall on the year.
In set one, the Lady Cats got off to a quick start, as Mattie Seymore delivered a kill off of Braedyn Reyna to make the score, 1-0. Lila Forsythe sent a hit sailing out of bounds on the next play and Marlee Molina followed it up with a hit out of bounds on the sideline to push Littlefield’s lead to, 3-0. Madison Williams sent a serve short of the net to end the rally and after Nevaeh Lopez was called for being on the net for the Lady Cats, Forsythe sent a kill attempt sailing out of bounds to give the serve back to Littlefield with the score, 4-2.
Kealee Bussey served up an ace off of Annabelle Falls and on the next play, Falls sent a kill attempt out of bounds to make the score, 6-2, before Bussey sent a serve short of the net. Forsythe had a kill attempt land out of bounds on the sideline to give the serve back to Littlefield and she hit the ball outside of the foul pole on the next play, stretching the lead to, 8-3.
Maggie McNeese kept the rally going with a kill in the back corner, before Kami Silveira sent a serve out of bounds, making the score, 9-4. Ropes could not capitalize, as Forsythe sent a serve short of the net giving it back to Littlefield with the score, 10-4. Brylee Lauderdale delivered a kill in the back corner to regain the serve for the Lady Eagles and Addi Crunk followed it up with an ace off of Tailyn Gomez to trim the lead to, 10-6.
Allye Bandy would be blocked by McNeese for a kill to push their lead back out to, 11-6, but her serve on the next play landed out of bounds, making the score, 11-7. London Taylor sent a dig into the net, but Falls was called for a carry on the next play, making the score, 12-8. Cobi Saldana served up an ace off of Molina, but her next serve sailed out of bounds, trimming the lead to, 13-9.
Taylor had a kill land out of bounds on the sideline, but neither team could capitalize, as Bandy sent a hit into the net, making the score, 14-10. Ropes would score back-to-back points, as Seymore sent a kill out of bounds and Bandy followed it up with an ace off of Bussey, cutting the lead to, 14-12. Lopez would respond with a kill off of Bandy for Littlefield to regain the serve, but a hit by Seymore on the next play fell short of the net, making the score, 1513.
Ropes was called for a doublehit, but they would quickly recover, as Lily Greer dropped a kill in front of Williams to make it a two-point game, 16-14. The next serve from Forsythe fell short of the net, but Taylor pushed a tip to hard, as it landed out of bounds for the Lady Cats and Lauderdale followed it up with a kill for Ropes to cut the lead to, 17-16.
Greer had a save attempt land out of bounds, but Ropes would regain the serve, as Saldana sent a hit short of the net off of a bad tip from Taylor. Saldana would bounce back on the next play, as she tipped the net for a kill to push their lead back to, 19-17. Saldana’s next serve tipped the net and was hit out of bounds by Crunk, making the score, 20-17, as Ropes called a time out to talk things over.
Out of the break, Ropes would rally, as Lauderdale sent a kill off of Saldana to trim the lead to, 2018. Bussey sent a hit into the net and Reyna served up an ace off of Williams to tie the set, 20-20. Bandy kept it going with a kill on the sideline and Littlefield was called for four hits on the next play, pushing Ropes’ lead to, 20-22.
Falls sent a kill attempt sailing out of bounds for the Lady Eagles, but Reyna would answer with a kill in front of Williams, making the score, 21-23. Littlefield took a time out to talk things over, and out of the break, a tip by Bussey was hit out of bounds by Molina, making it a one-point game, 22-23. Ropes, though, would go on to take the set after Forsythe delivered a kill off of the block attempt by Lopez to set up match point. Greer tipped a ball into the net, but on the next play, Saldana went across the net on a tip, as the Lady Eagles claimed set one, 23-25.
In set two, Taylor delivered a block for a kill to start things off and Williams followed it up with an ace inside the back boundary line to make the score, 2-0. Rylee Taylor was called for a double-hit for Ropes and Falls sent a tip into the net on the next play to stretch the lead to, 4-0. Bussey delivered a block for a kill, but Ropes finally answered, as Falls delivered a kill in front of the block attempt by Seymore and Lopez, making the score, 5-1.
Littlefield would regain the serve, as Bussey dropped a kill inside the back corner, but the Kendall Little responded with a kill on the sideline for Ropes to make the score, 6-2. Bandy sent a hit into the net, but Lauderdale responded with a kill on the sideline to regain the serve for Ropes, making the score, 7-3. Saldana was called for being on the net, but she answered with a kill off of the block attempt by Little, pushing the lead back out to, 8-4.
Taylor delivered a kill off of a long dig by Vivian Gallegos, but Bandy answered with a kill off of Lopez, trimming the lead to, 9-5. Molina followed it up with an ace in front of Williams, but McNeese responded with a kill in the corner for Littlefield to make the score, 10-6. The teams went back and forth until Ropes delivered a tip off of Seymore for a kill, sparking a four-point rally, as Littlefield took a time out with their lead cut to, 12-11.
Out of the break, Ropes was called for a double-hit, but they would regain control, as Falls had a hit tipped out of bounds by Williams to trim the lead to, 13-12. Taylor had a kill tipped out of bounds by Williams to tie the set, 13-13, and she followed it up with a kill off of the block attempt by Bussey to give Ropes the lead, 13-14.
The Lady Eagles couldn’t capitalize on the momentum, as Gallegos sent a serve short of the net, tying the set, 14-14. The teams went back-and-forth some more until Bandy sent a kill past Lopez in the back row, sparking a threepoint rally, pushing their lead to, 16-20. Taylor delivered a kill in front of Crunk to regain the serve for Littlefield and Saldana followed it up with a kill off of Bandy to trim the lead to, 18-20.
Ropes sent a hit into the net to make it a one-point game, before Falls scored a kill off of Williams to make the score, 19-21. Bussey sent a hit outside of the foul pole, but she would bounce back, dropping in a tip on the sideline for a kill to trim the lead to, 20-22. Falls delivered a kill off of the diving dig attempt from Williams, but Bussey responded with a kill off of Bandy to make the score, 21-23.
Ropes sent a kill out of bounds, but Littlefield could not capitalize, as Lopez sent back-to-back kills sailing out of bounds to close out the set, 22-25, giving Ropes the match, 0-2.