Lady Pioneers drop District 7 matchup – Lady Cavs win in three games

The Lady Pioneer volleyball team ran up against a tough District 7-AAA foe Monday, falling in three games in their home match against Cookeville.

Lady Cavalier outside hitters Kaycee Green and Ellen Agee made life hard for Warren County’s girls throughout the match, but the Lady Pioneers kept things close, losing the first two games 20-25 and 22-25. In the match-deciding third game, Warren County fell well behind before attempting a late comeback which came up short in a 25-16 loss.

‘I liked our effort in the first two games,’ said WCHS head coach Franklin Fisher, whose team was scheduled to travel to Oakland Tuesday. ‘We made a slight comeback in the third game, but it was too little and too late.’

In Monday’s opening game, the Lady Pioneers took an early lead, but Cookeville pulled ahead by five on back-to-back service aces before WCHS closed the gap to two at 15-13. A service error gave the ball back to Green, who served out back-to-back points.

WCHS pulled within two late in the game on a Mary Kate fisher kill, but Green had three kills down the stretch to seal the Game 1 win.

Game 2 saw the Lady Cavaliers bounce back from a 22-20 deficit, with Green once again leading the way with kills for four of her team’s final five points.

In the finale, Cookeville went up by as many as eight points (13-5) after several big hits from Agee, but Warren County trimmed the gap slightly before Green ended the match with a big kill for a 25-16 win.

The Lady Pioneers were led in kills by Fisher, who had eight, and Brittany Frazier, who recorded seven. Synthia Watts had three, while Ashlee Malone and Linnsay Williamson had two each.

Frazier had eight assists while Fisher added four, and Frazier, Fisher and Katie Wanamaker had an ace apiece.