The Littlefield Lady Cats’ varsity volleyball team went on the road on Tuesday and took down the Talkington Lady Warriors, 3-0, at Lubbock High to keep their play-off hopes alive.
With the win, the Lady Cats improved to 3-6 in district play.
Talkington opened set one on an, 0-3, scoring run, before Ia’Kah Burgess sent a hit into the net to give the serve to the Lady Cats. A served from London Taylor tipped the net for an ace, before her next serve sailed out of bounds, making the score, 2- 4. Maggie McNeese had a kill attempt land out of bounds for the Lady Cats, but the next serve from Charly Iaulualo fell short of the net, making the score, 3-5.
Burgess sent a kill past the block attempt from McNeese and Kamila Silveira sent a tip into the net, pushing Talkington’s lead to, 3- 7. McNeese would deliver a kill off of Kendall McCammond, but on the next play, Burgess was blocked by McNeese and the ball landed out of bounds for a Lady Warriors’ point, stretching the lead to, 4-8.
Nevaeh Lopez delivered a kill off of the block attempt from Zyreil Hawkins and McNeese followed it up with an ace off of McCammond, cutting the lead to, 6-8. The Lady Cat rally continued, as Taylor delivered a kill in the back corner off of the set from Silveira and Burgess sent a kill attempt out of bounds on the sideline for Talkington, tying the set, 8-8.
McNeese sent a serve short of the net to end the rally, but the Lady Cats would bounce back, as Lopez delivered a kill off of Nasmah Islam to keep the set tied, 9-9. Burgess sent a tip into the net for Talkington, but Littlefield couldn’t capitalize, as Bryndle Ray’s serve fell short of the net making the score, 10-10.
Iaulualo dropped a tip over Lopez and Cobi Saldana for a kill sparking a four-point Talkington rally, making the score, 10-14, as Littlefield took a time out to talk things over. Out of the break, the serve from Alyson Sifuentes sailed out of bounds, and Lopez followed it up with an ace to trim the lead to, 12-14.
A few plays later, Talkington would push their lead to, 13- 17, after McNeese sent a kill sailing out of bounds, but the Lady Cats would not go away. Iaulualo sent a serve short of the net, but Burgess followed it up with a kill off of Silveira, making the score, 14-18. Angelia Cortez sent a hit into the net for Talkington, but Burgess responded with a tip over Lopez and McNeese for a kill, stretching their lead to, 15-19.
Ray and Cortez exchanged hits into the net and Talkington sent a hit sailing out of bounds on the next play, trimming the lead to, 17-20. Lopez was called for going across the net on a tip, but Littlefield answered with a kill, cutting the lead to, 18-21. Hawkins sent a hit into the net for Talkington and Ray followed it up with an ace making it a one-point game, 20-21, as Talkington took a time out to talk things over.
Out of the break, Talkington was called for four hits to tie the game, but Iaulualo followed it up with a kill through the block attempt by Lopez, making the score, 21-22. Saldana sent a hit into the net and Ray sent a hit just out of bounds to push the score to, 21-24, but Sifuentes sent a hit out of bounds on the sideline and Hawkins sent a kill attempt sailing out of bounds on the next play to cut the lead to, 23-24.
Saldana delivered a kill off of Zoe Summerford and Ray dropped in a dump for a kill to give Littlefield a one-point advantage, 25- 24. Talkington took a time out to try and slow Littlefield’s momentum, but on the next play, Iaulualo sent a kill sailing out of bounds as Littlefield took set one, 2624.
In set two, Taylor delivered a kill off of Anneliese Hohbine, but her next kill attempt landed out of bounds to tie the set, 1-1. Mattie Seymore dropped a tip off of Sifuentes for a kill, but Burgess answered with a kill on the sideline for Talkington to make the score, 2-2. A bad set by Ava Ortiz forced a hit into the net by Cortez and Ray followed it up with a kill off of the block attempt by Cortez, pushing their lead to, 4-2.
Cortez sent a hit out of bounds on the sideline, but some miscommunication by Littlefield on the next play gave Talkington a point, trimming the lead to, 5-3. Two plays later, Talkington would tie the set on an ace by Mabel Roller that fell in front of Taylor, making the score, 5-5. McNeese answered with a kill off of Iaulualo, but Ray sent a kill attempt sailing out of bounds on the next play to keep the set tied, 6-6.
Talkington took a twopoint lead after Lopez sent a hit short of the net, but it was short-lived, as Hawkins sent a tip into the net and Lopez followed it up with a tip over Hawkins on the next play for a kill, tying the set, 8-8. The Lady Warriors would bounce back and again take a twopoint lead, after Lopez was blocked by Hohbine for a kill, but the Lady Cats would rally back once more, as Taylor delivered a kill off of Sifuentes and Saldana delivered a kill off of Iaulualo, making the score, 10-10.
Iaulualo sent a tip into the net, forcing the Lady Warriors to take a time out and out of the break, Ray sent a serve short of the net, sparking a, four-point Talkington rally, before Roller was called for being on the net, making the score, 12- 14. Lopez served up an ace off of Roller and Saldana followed it up with a kill through the block attempt by Hohbine, tying the set, 14-14.
A hit by Seymore didn’t make it over the net forcing a four-hits call on Littlefield, which sparked a three-point Talkington rally. Hohbine sent a hit sailing out of bounds, but a tip by Burgess off of the block attempt by McNeese was hit into the net by Ray, stretching the lead to, 15-18. Burgess delivered a kill, as Littlefield took a time out to talk things over.
Out of the break, a tip by Saldana was blocked by Burgess for a kill, but McNeese responded with a kill past Amelia Munoz, trimming the lead to, 16- 20. Silveira served up an ace in front of River Franklin and McNeese had a kill tipped out of bounds on the sideline by Munoz, cutting the lead to, 18-20.
Burgess delivered a kill off of Taylor, but Cortez was called for a double-hit on the next play, cutting the lead to, 19-21. Talkington would stretch their lead to, 20-23, after a return from Littlefield landed just out of bounds, but on the next play, Hohbine sent a hit into the net and on the next play a long dig from Summerford landed out of bounds off of the hit from Taylor, making it a one-point game, 22-23.
Saldana delivered a kill off of the block attempt by Hohbine, as Talkington took a time out with the game tied, 23-23. Out of the break, Iaulualo sent a kill sailing out of bounds and Hawkins sent a hit into the net, as Littlefield took set two, 25-23.
Taylor was blocked by Hohbine to open set three, but Seymore answered with a kill off of the block attempt by Hohbine and Iaulualo, tying the set, 1-1. A serve by Taylor landed out of bounds sparking a four-point rally for Talkington, before Saldana dropped a tip over Iaulualo in the back corner for a kill, making the score, 2-5.
Burgess sent a kill past Taylor, but McNeese answered with a kill off of Cortez, trimming the lead to, 3-6. Iaulualo sent a tip into the net, but Talkington would answer with back-to-back points, before Lopez delivered a kill off of Islam to make the score, 5-8. Three consecutive hits off of the mark from Talkington had the set tied, 8- 8, and a double-hit call on Talkington gave Littlefield a one-point advantage, as the Lady Cats regained the serve.
Ortiz sent a hit out of bounds for the Lady Warriors, but Lopez came across the net on a tip to make the score, 10- 9. The teams went back-and-forth until Sifuentes sent a serve out of bounds on the sideline making the score, 12-10. Taylor had a hit fall in for a kill on the back row past Sifuentes and the next serve from Lopez went unreturned, pushing their lead to, 14-10, as Talkington took a time out to talk things over.
Out of the break, Hohbine sent a kill sailing out of bounds and Iaulualo sent a hit into the net, pushing the lead to, 16-10. Talkington would score back-to-back points to end the rally, before Ortiz sent a serve short of the net, making the score, 17-12. Hohbine sent a hit into the net, before Taylor sent a serve short of the net, sparking a four-point Talkington rally that ended when McNeese dropped a tip past Hohbine and Hohbine was called for touching the net, extending the lead back out to, 19-16. Talkington would cut the lead to, 22-21, after a kill attempt from Lopez landed out of bounds, but Iaulualo sent a hit sailing out of bounds and Taylor followed it up with a kill off of Burgess to push the lead to, 24-21.
Lopez would close out the set with a kill off of Iaulualo, as Littlefield took set three, 25-21, and the match, 0-3.
The Lady Cats closed out the regular season on Saturday with a home match against Childress. Results were not available at press time.