Tuesday night, the Lady Tigers defeated Rogers 3-0 in order to keep their season alive.
Rockdale will face the Lady Eagles again at 6 p.m., Thursday at C.H. Yoe High School gym, Cameron, for the fourth place spot in District 13-3A.
“This is the team I knew they could be,” said RHS head volleyball coach Jennifer Keen, after the emotional match. “They started to to realize that we better start to do something about it or (our season) is going to come to an end.”
The Lady Tigers caught fire midway through the first set with consistent scoring and built a comfortable lead to win 25-16 25-16, 26-24.
Rockdale tied Rogers in the season standings with a 7-7 record.
The winner of the match will move on to the 2018 UIL 3A bidistrict finals.
“Their middles are their main threat for us and we just have to shut them down again,” Keen said about playing the Lady Eagles on Friday. “I think our defense did a great job tonight of adjusting. We flustered them and we were able to use our offense and make them play defense.”
More information about the match and Friday’s game will be in next week’s
Reporter.
Last Friday, the Lady Tigers came back from a two-set deficit before losing to Troy in a tiebreaker 24-26, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23, 13-15.
“We played really well against Troy,” said Keen. “Our passers did a great job, we just didn’t put it away offensively like we should have.”
Kaylee Criswell led the Lady Tigers at the net with 18 kills. Lyndsey Kolar and Kylie Eubanks were also impactful at the net with 15 and 12 kills, respectively. Reese Weise was key to their offensive success with 49 assists.
Defensively, Payton Miller led the Lady Tigers with 35 digs. Eubanks and Emily Depine also helped the Rockdale defense with 17 and 13 digs.
“This loss puts us in a bind,” Keen said. “If we beat Rogers on Tuesday, we will have to play them again for the final playoff spot.”
Earlier in the week, the Lady Tigers lost to Little River-Academy, 23-25, 19-25, 17-25.
“We had opportunities to take the first game,” Keen said. “We just didn’t do what was needed.”
Rockdale was led at the net by Kolar with eight kills, along with Eubanks, and Criswell, who both had 6 kills, respectively. Weise led the team in assists with
26. Miller led the team in digs with 15, and Reyna Gonzalez had 10.
Troy 3, RHS 2
24-26, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23, 3-15 Kills: Criswell 18, Kolar 15,
Eubanks 12, Depine 3, Ryanne
2,Depine 2, Gonzalez 1, Harmon 1, Kolar 1, Weise 1. Digs: Miller 35, Eubanks 17, Depine 13, Gonzalez 6, Kolar 5, Jimenez 2, Harmon 1, Young 1Blocks: Kolar 12, Criswell 11, Salazar 2, Harmon 1, Weise 1.
Academy 3, RHS 0
23-25, 19-25, 17-25 Kills: Kolar 8, Eubanks 6, Criswell 6, Salazar 4, Young 3. Aces: Miller 2,Kolar 1,Depine 1, Gonzalez 1. Digs: Miller 15. Gonzalez 10, Eubanks 7, Depine 6, Young 5, Weise 3, Kolar 2. Blocks: Kolar 5, Criswell 4, Salazar 2, Weise 1.
Junior Varsity
JV1 won both of their matches in the past week. Friday evening, they defeated Troy 21-25, 25-17, 25-18. On Tuesday, they swept Little-River Academy 25-23, 25-22.
JV2 swept the Troy Lady Trojanettes 25-7, 25-15 on Friday and did not play on Tuesday evening against Academy.
RJH Volleyball Rockdale 8A 2, Lexington 1
25-20, 24-26, 15-10
“Teamwork and serving proved to be what the Lady Tigers needed to finish off the season with a victory over Lexington,” said Regan Fritsche, Rockdale Junior High girls coordinator and volleyball coach.
Rockdale 8B 2, Lexington 0
25-19, 25-12
“The Lady Tigers fought past a couple bad rallies to get the win,” Fritsche said.
Rockdale 7A 2, Lexington 0
25-15,25-9
“The Lady Tigers cruised to their win against the Lady Eagles with teamwork and quality serving,” Fritsche said.
Rockdale 7B 2, Lexington 1
25-22, 22-25, 15-11
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