The Littlefield Lady Cats’ varsity volleyball team saw their season come to an end in the Class 3A Area round of the play-offs, as they fell to the Bushland Lady Falcons on Tuesday in Hereford, 0-3.
The Lady Falcons made quick work of the Lady Cats in set one, taking the opening set, 3-25.
Sophomore, Madison McNeese, hit a ball out of bounds to open set two, but Logan Culpepper’s next serve was short of the net, making the score, 1-1. Junior, Ashtyn Parker, was blocked at the net for a kill and Hallie Conklin followed it up with a kill for the Lady Falcons to extend their lead to, 1-3.
Kinley Rudder’s next serve, though, fell short of the net, turning the serve back over to Littlefield with the score, 2-3. Bushland would rally for three consecutive points, before Parker delivered a kill to stop the run, making the score, 3-6.
Senior captain, Geyah Garza, sent a hit into the net and the Lady Falcons followed it up with a kill off of McNeese, making the score, 3-8. Taryn Shultz served up an ace off of Garza and on the next play, Parker was blocked by Bushland for a kill, extending the lead to, 3-10.
A hit by Parker was landed out of bounds, last touched by Shultz, but Littlefield hit a ball out of bounds on the next play to make the score, 4-11. Conklin served up an ace in front of junior, Emily Champion and Littlefield tipped a ball out of bounds on the next play to make the score, 4-13.
Littlefield picked up a kill, but it was quickly answered by Rudder to extend the lead back out to, 5-14. Millie Maupin served up an ace and on the next play a hit went out of bounds off of senior, Hannah the 5-16.
Sophomore, Kaeleigh Logan, hit a ball over the back line and junior, Ellie Lopez, sent a hit out of bounds to extend the Bushland lead to, 5-18, but a hit out of bounds by the Lady Falcons on the next play sent the serve back over to Littlefield.
Rudder scored back-to-back kills for the Lady Falcons and Culpepper followed it up with an ace to make the score, 6-21. The Lady Falcons were able to close out the set with four consecutive points to take set two, 6-25.
In set three, a block by McNeese and senior, Samira Medina, landed out of bounds for a Bushland point and a hit out of bounds by McNeese on the next play, had the Lady Cats in a, 0-2 hole.
Maupin was called for a net vio-lation, but Rudder came back with a kill for the Lady Falcons, making the score, 1-3. Parker answered for Littlefield with a block fora kill and Garza followed it up with a tip for a kill to tie the set, 3-3 Bushland regained the serve with a kill in front of Julie Rodriguez, making the score, 3-4.
Culpepper served up an ace in front of Rodriguez and McNeese was called for a lift on the next play to make the score, 3-6. Culpepper followed it up with a tip for a kill for Bushland, but on the following play, Rudder was blocked by Shamicha Wilson and Garza for a kill to trim the lead to, 4-6.
A block by Garza hit the court for a Bushland point. A few plays later, Rudder sent a serve long to make the score, 6-8, as the serve went back to Littlefield. Bushland tried a shot from the far side, but it didn’t fall, however they would score on the next play and follow it up with an ace off of McNeese, making the score, 7-10.
Bushland sent a hit out of bounds long, but they would answer with eight consecutive points, before they sent a hit out of bounds, making the score, 9-17.
The Lady Falcons would close out the set with another eightpoint scoring run to take set three, 9-25, and the match, 0-3.