WCHS sweeps tri-match: Lady Pioneers win over Tullahoma, Community

Brittany Frazier scores a kill during a recent Lady Pioneer volleyball match. Frazier had 15 kills during her team?s sweep of Tullahoma and Community on Monday.

Against Tullahoma, the Lady Pioneers dropped the first game 23-25 and rebounded to win the second game 25-19. The final game was a nail-biter, as Warren County was down 13-14 with Tullahoma needing just one more point to win the match.

But Kathryn McKinley came in cold off the bench and stepped to the service line to give Warren County a 15-14 lead. The two teams exchanged the next two points before Synthia Watts came up with a kill to give Warren County the victory.

Mary Kate Fisher led the team in assists with 10, in points with 16 and in aces as she recorded five. Brittany Frazier had 10 kills, Lori Pepper had five kills and one block. Ashlee Malone had three kills and one ace with 12 points.

Warren County finished off the evening with a 25-18, 26-24 win over Community. Fisher and Frazier had seven assists each. Fisher added seven kills, Frazier had five, Watts added four and Malone had three kills.

?We had a tremendous effort against a solid Tullahoma club,? said coach Franklin Fisher. ?Our communication was a great deal better than what we had over the weekend. The girls had fun from start to finish. Pepper stepped up and had a big night at the night. I was very proud of how we finished the night.?

On Friday and Saturday the Lady Pioneers played in the White County tournament, finishing 3-4 in pool play with wins over Livingston Academy, Glenncliff and Hazel Green. Warren County played Jackson County in the semifinals of the Bronze Division coming away with a 25-11, 25-20 win.

The Lady Pioneers fell to Friendship Christian in the finals 25-18, 20-25, 12-15. Over the weekend Fisher collected 53 assists as Frazier had 49. Fisher had 43 kills, Frazier had 31 and Malone 23 kills. Malone and Hutton each had 57 points over the weekend.

On Thursday the Lady Pioneers dropped a district match to White County falling 18-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-10, 15-9.

?Our mental game hasn?t caught up with our physical game,? Fisher stated. ?Because of our youth we allow our frustration to snowball and any mistake just multiplies. We made too many mistakes in the last three games to beat a team like Sparta. We do a lot of things right but we don?t finish with any intensity.?

The junior varsity picked up a win over White County. The Lady Pioneers dropped Sparta 25-19, 25-22. Linnsay Williamson led Warren County with seven kills, Kallie Haley and Tessa King had six kills each. King had six aces, Haley and Lauren Lytle had two each.

Warren County was scheduled to hit the road on Tuesday to take on Siegel.