Volleyball falls to Blaze, tops two from Grundy

Wednesday afternoon in the WCHS gym the Lady Pioneer volleyball team dropped to 1-3 in District 7-AAA action after falling to the Lady Blaze of Blackman in a close five-game match.

Blackman won the first two games 28-26, 25-21, but Warren County bounced back to win the next games 26-24 and 25-20. The fifth and deciding game was a nail-biter with Warren County coming up short 17-15.

On the night Mary Kate Fisher had 12 assists, eight blocks and four aces. Ashlee Malone had six kills and 18 digs. Brittany Frazier had nine assists, eight kills and 18 digs. Linnsay Williamson had four kills and Lauren Lytle had three kills and Amy Hutton had 14 digs on the day.

‘We started very flat, but the girls did a nice job of fighting back,’ said coach Franklin Fisher. ‘This team never gives up and I think we’re in pretty good shape heading into the heart of our schedule.’

‘ Last week the Lady Pioneers defeated Whitwell 25-12, 25-15 and then rolled past Grundy County 25-17, 25-9.

Frazier had 12 assists and seven kills with three aces. Fisher had seven assists and seven kills with three aces. Malone had 10 digs and nine aces. Williamson had four kills and four aces and Walker had five digs.

‘Those two matches provided us the opportunity to get some of our younger players some experience and they came in and did a great job.’

Warren County is scheduled to compete in the Red Bank tournament over the weekend in Chattanooga and will be back in district action on Monday to take on Cookeville.