The Littlefield Lady Cats’ varsity volleyball team came out on fire against the Childress Lady Cats on Saturday at home and never let up, as they swept the match, 3-0, to secure a spot in the Class 3A volleyball play-offs.
With the win, the Lady Cats improved to 18-12 overall, 4-5 in district play.
Chloe Churchill’s opening serve in set one fell short of the net and on the next play, Ansley Parr was called for a double-hit, making the score, 2- 0. Addie Baize was blocked by Mylie Hernandez for a kill and Journey Prince was blocked by Hernandez on the following play, stretching the Littlefield lead to, 4-0. Baize was called for a double hit, but the rally ended when Prince delivered a kill that was dug by Kennadi Hanlin, but the ball landed out of bounds, trimming the lead to, 5-1.
Kaydence Simpkins sent a serve short of the net, and on the next play, Prince was blocked by Lyric Rios and Hernandez for a kill, pushing the lead to, 8-1. Childress took a time out and out of the break, a tip by Prince was hit out of bounds by Kamryn Jimenez, making the score, 8-2.
Childress couldn’t string together anything on offense, as Baize was called for touching the net, turning the serve back over to Littlefield with the score, 9-2. Hanlin sent a hit out of bounds on the sideline, but Chloe Chilton was called for touching the net on the next play and Cali Saldana followed it up with back-to-back aces off of Parr, pushing their lead to, 12-3.
Chilton had a tip land out of bounds on the sideline for Childress and on the next play, a kill attempt landed out of bounds for Chilton, stretching the Littlefield lead to, 14-3. Baize touched the net on a set and on the next play, Chilton sent a kill into the net, making the score, 163. Amiah Elizondo sent a hit into the net for Littlefield, as Childress regained the serve, but it was short-lived, as Chilton’s next hit also went into the net, making the score, 17-4.
Saldana delivered a kill off of Parr and a dig off the net by Chilton didn’t make it over the net, pushing the lead to, 19-4, as Childress called for a time out to talk things over. Out of the break, Hanlin delivered a kill on the sideline, but Simpkins answered with a kill off of the block attempt by Julie Bownds and Elizondo, making the score, 20-5.
Bownds responded with a kill in front of Angelica Torres and Simpkins had a tip land out of bounds on the next play to stretch the lead to, 22-5. Simpkins sent a hit into the net and Bownds followed it up with a kill off of the block attempt by Chilton, pushing the lead to, 24-5. Childress answered with a kill and Bri Valdez was called for a double-hit on the next play, before Bownds closed out the set with a kill past Churchill, as Littlefield took set one, 25-7.
Prince opened set two for Childress with back-to-back kills, but a serve by Simpkins fell short of the net making the score, 1-2. The teams exchanged points and Prince delivered a kill to stretch the Childress lead to, 2- 4. Littlefield would answer to regain the serve and a hit by Taegan Carroll sailed out of bounds, tying the set, 4-4.
Elizondo was called for touching the net on a tip try and her hit on the next play hit the foul pole, putting Childress back in front, 46. Littlefield would not go away, as Hanlin delivered a kill on the sideline and Simpkins followed it up with a hit out of bounds, making the score, 6-6. Childress responded with a kill, but Elizondo fired right back with a kill that was tipped at the net by Chilton before falling in for a Littlefield point to keep the set tied, 7-7.
Simpkins delivered a kill in the back corner and Bownds sent a hit into the net on the next play to make the score, 7-9, but Churchill’s next serve fell short of the net, making the score, 8-9, as Littlefield regained the serve. Prince delivered a kill over Hernandez and Simpkins served up an ace off of Brown, before her next serve fell short of the net, making the score, 9-11.
Prince scored another kill for Childress and Rios was called for a double-hit on the next play, pushing the Childress lead to, 9-13, before Hernandez had a hit blocked by Prince, that landed out of bounds to trim the lead back down to, 10-13.
Baize was called for a double hit, but Littlefield couldn’t capitalize, as Brown’s serve fell short of the net, making the score, 1114. Chilton delivered a kill off of the block attempt from Hernandez, but a save by Hanlin on the next play led to an eventual kill off of Prince by Hernandez, trimming the lead to, 12-15.
Chilton sent a hit into the net, and Churchill was called for a carry on the next play, making the score, 14-15. A hit by Carroll sailed out of bounds for Childress, as Littlefield tied the set, 15-15. A hit by Carroll fell in for a kill in front of Saldana, but Elizondo answered with a kill off of Churchill to keep the set tied, 16-16. A hit by Chilton didn’t make it over the net off of a bad set by Baize and Simpkins sent a hit out of bounds on the sideline, making the score, 18-16.
Valdez served up an ace off of Parr and Baize was called for a double-hit on the next play, making the score, 20-16, as Childress took a time out to talk things over. Out of the break, Valdez was called for a double-hit on her set, but Bownds responded with a kill off of Torres for Littlefield, making the score, 21-17. Simpkins sent backto- back hits into the net for Childress and Baize was called for a double-hit, pushing the lead to, 24-17, before Valdez was called for the double-hit, turning the serve back over to Childress with the score, 24-18.
Bownds would deliver a kill, as Littlefield took set two, 25-18, to improve to, 2-0 in the match.
Baize was called for a doublehit to open set three and Prince sent a kill attempt sailing out of bounds, making the score, 2-0. Prince responded with a tip for a kill, Simpkins serve was hit into the net by Alyssa Torres, tying the set, 2-2. Prince sent a kill past Valdez, but Hernandez answered with a tip over Baize and Prince for a kill to tie the set, 3-3.
Prince couldn’t play a ball at the net off of a bad set by Baize, but Bryndle Ray’s serve fell short of the net, keeping the set tied, 4-4. Prince sent back-to-back hits into the net and her next hit sailed out of bounds on the sideline, stretching the Littlefield lead to, 7-4. Hernandez delivered a soft kill over the block attempt by Prince, but Prince responded with a kill off of Ray and Brown to make the score, 8-5.
Prince served up an ace in front of Hanlin and Chilton had a kill tipped out of bounds by Littlefield trimming the lead to, 8-7. Elizondo delivered a kill past Simpkins in the back row and Baize was called for a double-hit on her set, pushing the lead back out to, 10-7. Rios lost a tip battle at the net with Chilton, but Ray delivered a kill off of Churchill to making the score, 11-8.
Bownds delivered a block for a kill, but Parr answered with a kill for Childress and Carroll followed it up with an ace off of Saldana, before Bownds ended the rally with a kill in the back corner to make the score, 13-10. Simpkins sent a hit into the net for Childress, but Angelica Torres answered with a kill to cut the lead to, 14-11.
Baize was again called for a double-hit on her set and Simpkins sent a hit into the net on the next play, pushing the lead to, 16-11. Prince delivered a kill over Hernandez and Maggie McNeese, but Hernandez answered with a tip that fell in for a kill to extend the lead to, 17-12. Prince was blocked by Hernandez and Rios for a kill and Baize, on the following play, was called for a double hit to stretch the lead to, 19-12.
Hernandez sent a kill sailing out of bounds, but on the next play, Prince was blocked by Rios and Hernandez and Childress was called for a double-hit on the dig attempt to make the score, 20-13. Brown served up an ace, but Prince answered with a kill in front of the block attempt by Elizondo and Hernandez, trimming the lead to, 21-14.
Elizondo answered with a kill off of Simpkins, but Childress fired right back, as Chilton delivered a kill off of Saldana, making the score, 22-15. Elizondo sent a tip into the net, and Ray was called for a double-hit, as Childress narrowed the lead to, 22-17. Three consecutive hits out of bounds by Childress, though, would close out the set, 25-17, as Littlefield took the match, 3-0.
The Lady Cats closed out the regular season on Tuesday on the road against Shallowater. Results were not available at press time.