McClain wins against Paint Valley; falls to Washington
McClain sophomore Brynlee Karnes (11) is pictured at a home match this season. (HCP Photo/Jim Jones)
Thursday, Oct. 1 saw the McClain Lady Tigers battle strong against the Washington Lady Blue Lions at the “old gym” at McClain High School, but they ultimately lost to the visitors in five sets.
McClain won set one at 25-21 and set three at 25-22. Washington won set two at 25-11, set four 25-12 and set five at 15-8.
For McClain, they had junior Brooklyn Bolender collect two kills, a team-high three aces, and nine digs. Sophomore Allie Havens had one kill, a team-high 15 assists and two digs. Junior Alaya Jackson had six kills and nine digs.
The Lady Tigers also had sophomore Brynlee Karnes total 16 kills for a team-high, along with one ace, six digs and a team-high three blocks. Senior Lillian Keller finished with two assists and four digs.
Freshman Ava Mankin had one dig in the match, while senior Molly McCune finished with 10 assists and three digs. Junior Adalynn Snyder collected five kills, one assist and a team-high 22 digs.
Team totals for MHS included 30 kills, 28 assists, five aces, 64 digs and three blocks.
Going on the road on Saturday (Oct. 3), the McClain Lady Tigers earned a big non-conference win in four sets by scores of 25-21, 25-17 and 25-10, winning sets two through four over the host Paint Valley Lady Bearcats.
PVHS won the first set at 25-21.
In the match at Paint Valley High School, the Lady Tigers had team totals that included 34 kills, 28 assists, 19 aces, 39 digs and four blocks.
The kills leader was Jackson with 13, followed by Karnes with 11. Also collecting kills were Bolender (three), Havens (five), Keller (one) and McCune (one).
The assists leader was McCune with 25, followed by Havens, Jackson and Keller with one each.
Haven led the Lady Tigers with seven aces, followed by Jackson with five, McCune (three), senior Shelby Wise (one), Karnes (one) and Bolender (one).
Karnes led McClain with 15 digs, followed by Wise with 10, Bolender (six), Havens (three), Jackson (three) and McCune (two).
Jackson led the Lady Tigers with four blocks in the win.
The win and loss leave the Lady Tigers with a 2-15 overall record.