Lady Pioneers split with Devilettes, fall to Lady Warriors

The Warren County Lady Pioneer volleyball team had a busy week last week, with two matches on tap.

On Thursday Warren County traveled to Lebanon for a doubleheader, as the Lady Pioneers split with the Lady Blue Devils dropping the first match 30-28, 23-25, 17-25, but picking up the win in the second match 23-25, 25-21, 25-22.

Warren County is now 18-10 on the season and dropped to 3-7 in district play.

In the first game of the first match Lebanon took an early lead, but the Lady Pioneers climbed back into the game with solid net play from Alysa Lankford, Heather Frazier and McKenna Rhea. Warren County got several big points off serve from Brittany Frazier as Warren County closed out the game with a two point victory.

The Blue Devilettes rebounded in the next two games, using their outside hitters to attack Warren County defense. Warren County continued to fight, making both games close, but Lebanon held on for the win.

In the second match Warren County did an excellent job in the back-court, as Bethany King, Brittany Frazier and Rhea came up with everything the Lady Blue Devils hit at them. Mary Kate Fisher had a good performance from the service line as the Lady Pioneers won the best two out of three after dropping the first game in the match to avoid the sweep by Lebanon.

“This was a very enjoyable match to watch,” said coach Franklin Fisher. “They showed a lot of fortitude and fought very hard in both games.”

On the night Lankford had 15 kills, while Heather Frazier and Rhea had nine each, with Fisher adding six. Brittany Frazier had 17 assists with Fisher getting 15. King and Brittany Frazier came up with 19 digs each and Rhea came up with 15. Lankford played solid at the net on defense, coming up with nine blocks.

Against Riverdale on Tuesday, Warren County had its hands full as the Lady Warriors took the match in three straight games. In the first two games the Lady Pioneers attacked the net, but a strong defensive unit for Riverdale came up with the big plays, as Riverdale escaped with a two point win in both games.

In the final game Warren County started to wear down as the Lady Warriors were on attack all during the game. Warren County had trouble with passing, which never gave the offense a chance to get going.

“We had a much better effort tonight compared to out first meeting against Riverdale,” Fisher stated. “The girls never gave up, but we just couldn’t finish when we needed to.”

The Lady Pioneer junior varsity team picked up a win over Riverdale’s JV team 7-25, 29-27, 15-11.

The Lady Pioneers got off to a slow start but rebounded in the final two games to pull out the victory.

“This was a fantastic match,” Fisher said. “Kallie Haley did a great job of running the offense and Linnsay Williamson played strong at the net as did Synthia Watts. Rachel Walker and Kathryn McKinley did a great job on court coverage in the backcourt.”