Volleyball team goes 8-7 at Chattanooga Choo Choo play-day
Last Saturday, the Lady Pioneer volleyball team took the opportunity to get in some more work before kicking off its regular season next week by traveling to Chattanooga to compete in the Choo Choo Play-day.
The Warren County squad was matched up against some tough competition, but finished the day with a winning record at 8-7.
Warren County’s first match of the day was against Red Bank with the Lady Lions taking the first game 25-13 and the second game 25-19.
Next up for the Lady Pioneers was Boyd Buchanan, with the two teams splitting the match. Boyd won the opening game 25-18, but Warren County fought its way back in the second game to take a 25-22 victory.
The Lady Pioneers then split with Walker Valley, with the Lady Mustangs winning the opening game 25-22. Warren County got things going late in the second game and rallied for a 25-23 win.
Warren County took on defending District 7-AAA champ Cookeville next, with the Lady Pioneers falling in the first two games, 25-10 and 25-21. Warren County salvaged the final game of the match by downing the Lady Cavaliers 14-13.
Bradley Central was next on the Lady Pioneers’ schedule, and Warren County made it a clean sweep over the Lady Bears, winning 25-13, 25-20 and 14-9.
In the final match of the day Warren County took two out of three from Sale Creek. The Lady Pioneers opened up with a 26-24 victory in the first game. In the second game Warren County got off to a slow start resulting in a 25-9 win for Sale Creek, but in the final game the Lady Pioneers pulled out the 14-13 win.
‘I was very pleased with our performance,’ said coach Franklin Fisher. ‘It was a hot weekend and one of the gyms we played several matches in wasn’t air-conditioned.
‘Even though it was very warm, the girls showed good endurance all through the day. The last two games against Cookeville we played very well. We just came off of a tough match against Walker Valley and the girls stepped up and played solid against Cookeville.’
On the day Brittany Frazier led the Lady Pioneers in assists with 32 and provided 22 kills. Mary Kate Fisher had 29 assists with 14 kills and 23 digs. Ashley Malone came up with 18 digs on the day as Fisher and Malone had 12 aces each.
The Lady Pioneers were scheduled to take on Manchester in preseason action on Tuesday, and will open their 2007 season on the road against Tullahoma on Monday.