Hillsboro volleyball drops consecutive FAC matches
Hillsboro senior Scarlett Perkins (7) is pictured from a home match this season. (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
On Tuesday (Sept. 29) and Thursday (Oct. 1), the Hillsboro Lady Indians lost two Frontier Athletic Conference matches on the road.
Hillsboro fell to the Miami Trace Lady Panthers in four sets at MTHS, as they won the first set at 28-26, then lost the next three by scores of 26-24, 25-08 and 25-13.
Senior Tylee Davis led HHS with 11 kills, while also having 16 digs. Senior Paisley Zink finished with one kill and two digs. Sophomore Macy Fauber totaled eight digs for HHS.
Sophomore Emmalee Young had a team-high 21 assists, with three aces and eight digs. Junior Riley Pence finished with two kills and six digs. Senior Ryan Wagoner ended the match with nine kills, one ace and she tied for the team-high 18 digs.
Fellow senior Scarlett Perkins totaled two kills, three assists, a team-high four aces and two digs. Senior Josie Rhoades collected one assist, two aces, and she tied for the team-high 18 digs.
HHS in the loss totaled 25 kills, 25 assists, 10 aces and 78 digs.
On Thursday (Oct. 1) the Lady Indians lost on the road in three sets to Chillicothe at CHS by scores of 25-22, 25-18 and 25-18.
The match saw HHS led by Davis with 10 kills. HHS also had kills from Pence (one), Perkins (two), Wagoner (seven) and Young (two).
There were 21 assists from Hillsboro as Young collected 20 of them, while Davis had one. HHS also finished with three aces as Fauber, Pence and Perkins each had one.
HHS also had 42 digs as a team with 13 by Davis, 12 from Wagoner, six by Fauber, five by Rhoades, three from Young and one each by senior Marianne Mycroft, Pence and Perkins. The Lady Indians also had seven team blocks with four by Pence and one each made by Davis, Young and Zink.
Following the two matches, HHS has an overall record of 12-5 with an FAC record of 4-4.