Rockdale fell 23-25, 21-25, 14-25 on Friday night in Cameron to the rival Lady Yoe in their first matchup of the season, ending the week with a 1-2 record in District 19-3A.
The first set was a close one with the other school from Milam County edging out RHS 25-23.
In the second, the Lady Tigers jumped out in front early to take an 11-4 lead. Cameron came back to take the lead briefly before both teams went back and forth and Rockdale went back up 20-16. The Lady Yoe had another surge, outhitting the blue-and-gold with a 9-1 run to win a second straight set 25-21.
In the final set, Cameron built an early 10-point lead before winning 25-14.
The shutout comes three days after a tiebreaker win over Franklin 21-25, 25-22, 18-25, 21-24, 15-13.
“I was really proud of our fight against Franklin,” said Kelsey Hudson, Rock-dale volleyball coach. “We showed a lot of resilience.
“But this past Friday, I just didn’t see that. We didn’t play as well and our fight wasn’t there.
THIS WEEK–The Lady Tigers played a winless McGregor team Tuesday on the road after press time.
The McGregor match is the beginning of a tough, four-game road stretch where they travel to Little River-Academy on Friday, Troy on Tuesday, Oct. 1 and Rogers on Friday, Oct. 4.
The Lady Bees are 1-2 like Rockdale, but the 2-1 Lady Trojans are coming off a 2018 state tournament appearance and are the Texas Girls Coaches Association’s fifth-ranked team in Class 3A. Although they are not ranked now, Rogers has spent most of the season as one of TGCA’s top 25 teams in Class 3A and is undefeated in district play so far with wins over McGregor, Franklin and Academy.
“We definitely need to stay positive,” Hudson said. “We’re in a tough district and we have to be ready every single night.”
Volleyball stats
Cameron–Emily Depine: four kills, five digs;Andrea Salazar: four kills, one assist, three digs; Anna Harmon five kills, two digs, one block; Haven Jimenez 10 kills, five digs; Yoli Castillo 22 assists, one dig; Julie Bartsch: nine kills, two digs; Payton Miller: one kill, 16 digs; Emma Whitsel:two digs; Averie Hobbs: six digs.
Franklin–Depine: eight kills, 14 digs; Salazar: seven kills, four digs; Harmon: 12 kills, five digs; Jimenez: nine kills, 14 digs; Castillo: two
kills, 39 assists, three digs; Bartsch: nine kills, four digs; Miller: four kills, 28 digs;
Whitsel: four digs; Hobbs:
seven digs.
MILANO–The Lady Eagles improved their record to 3-1 in District 25-2A with a road win over Mumford on Saturday afternoon 25-20, 15-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Three days earlier, they suffered their first loss of district play against Thrall 18-25,14-25,18-25. The Lady Tigerettes are TGCA’s 15th-ranked team in Class 2A.
MHS faces a tough path in their final games of the first half of their district schedule. They faced Granger, the 22nd-ranked team in Class 2A on Tuesday after press time. On Saturday, they travel to the west side of Milam County to play the 20th-ranked Thorndale Lady Bulldogs, the only undefeated team in the district.
Mumford
McKenna Robertson: 16 kills, eight aces, four blocks, four digs; Danni Shaw: 12 assists, one kill; Abby Miller: 12 kills, three blocks, four aces; Kailtlyn Telg: 1 block, five digs; Bethanie Compton: 12 assists; Abby Olson: seven digs.
Thrall
McKenna Robertson: nine kills, three digs; Shaw: nine assists; Miller: three kills, four digs, one ace; Telg: three digs, two kills.
THORNDALE–The Lady Bulldogs are 4-0 after defeating Holland in the THS gymnasium 25-14, 25-13, 25-12.
On Tuesday, the Lady Bulldogs also shutout Bartlett 25-12, 25-11, 25-14 in Thorndale.
The Lady Bulldogs played Buckholts on Tuesday after press time. Thorndale hosts Milam County rival Milano on Saturday at home
Game time between the two teams is at 3 p.m.
Holland
Landri Leschber: 1o kills, seven digs, seven assists, one ace; Shannon Hadd: one assist, one block; Raeghan Carlson: two kills, one block; Allison Albert: one assists, one dig, one ace; Ashley Pesl: five digs, two aces; Landri Martinka: two digs; Kyndal Robinson: five digs, nine aces, seven kills, 23 assists; Madi Smith: 13 kills, two assists, three blocks, eight digs, one ace; Jayci Martinka: one kill, one assist, five digs, one block.
Bartlett
Leschber: 10 kills, eight assists, two digs, four blocks, six aces; Hadd: one dig; Carlson: three kills, two digs; Pesl: two digs, four aces; L. Martinka: one digs; Robinson: 10 kills, 15 assists, four aces; Rainey Buchanan: one dig, two blocks; Smith: six kills, one dig, five blocks, two aces; J. Martinka: two digs, one block, one ace.
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