Lady Canes sweep to area wins, Woodland splits area openers, Cass drops pair

Cartersville volleyball swept its opening Area 5-AAAA matches Tuesday night in Carrollton with wins over Cedartown and Central-Carroll. The Lady Canes won both matches in straight sets.

The Lady Canes topped Cedartown 25-14, 25-12 and took down Central-Carroll 25-21, 25-16.

"Our setters and middles played well tonight," said Lady Canes head coach Dustin Cothran. "Nedu Evans was dominant on offense and defense. We are starting to get some girls healthy now, so the lineup is changing a little. We will be better as those girls continue to heal and gel with the others."

Cartersville (13-2, 2-0) travels to Chapel Hill next Tuesday to face the host Panthers and play Troup. Area play begins at 5 p.m.

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WOODLAND OPENS AREA PLAY 1-1

The Woodland volleyball team split a pair of Area 7-AAAAA matches Tuesday by defeating Paulding County, but dropping a match to Kell.

Paulding County took the first set with the Lady Cats 25-22, but Woodland came back to win the final two sets 25-19 and 25-17 for the 2-1 victory.

Emmaline Payne had eight kills and 10 digs for Woodland in the win over the Lady Patriots. Madison Mayton contributed five aces and seven digs. Caitlin Hampton had three aces and six digs.

Kell defeated Woodland 25-20, 25-19.

Mayton finished with three kills, four aces, and four digs for the Lady Cats.

CASS DROPS AREA MATCHES

Cass volleyball dropped a pair of Area 7-AAAAA matches Tuesday night to Carrollton and Hiram at Hiram High School.

Carrollton defeated the Lady Colonels 25-10, 25-12 and the host Hornets knocked off Cass 25-11, 27-25.

Kyler Trouten, Alexis Ware, and Madison Philpott all hustled extremely well tonight," said Cass coach Chelsea Morris. "They showed leadership and helped keep the team's spirits up."

Cass (9-9, 0-2) hosts non-area matches Thursday with Pickens County and Cedartown.