Big road win for WCHS volleyball:Beat Warriorettes at Sparta for just 3rd time in 20 years

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Mary Kate Fisher receives a serve during the Lady Pioneers’ match against Tullahoma on Monday while Megan Hobbs follows the play. The Lady Pioneers defeated White County on the road Thursday in four games. (Dale Stubblefield photo)

Road wins have been hard to come by for the Warren County High School volleyball team over the years, but Thursday the Lady Pioneers traveled to White County and did something which has only been done two times in the past 20 years.

Warren County defeated the Lady Warriors on their own court in four games, 26-24, 8-25, 25-13, 25-23.

“This was a great team effort,” said coach Franklin Fisher. “We fought hard in the first game and narrowly escaped with the win and in the second game White County pounded the ball pretty hard holding us to just eight points. I’m very proud of the way the girls rebounded in the third game and they did an excellent job of closing out the fourth game. It was a big road win not only for this team, but for the program.”

Helping the Lady Pioneers in their victory were Mary Kate Fisher with 14 assists, while Brittany Frazier had 12. McKenna Rhea led the team in kills with 11 and collected five blocks. Alysa Lankford had 10 kills and five blocks. From the service line Fisher had three aces and in the backcourt, Frazier came up with 11 digs, Bethany King had nine and Ashley Malone saved seven kills.

The Lady Pioneer freshman team defeated White County’s junior varsity and the Lady Warriors’ freshman team. Warren County won the junior varsity match 25-22, 25-22 and the freshmen match 25-23,19-25, 25-21.

Warren County will be back in action at home on Monday against Grundy and Cumberland County.