Cass volleyball defeats Rockmart; Cartersville splits home matches
- Staff
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min read
In local volleyball action Thursday night, Cass defeated visiting Rockmart in a best-of-five, non-region match while Cartersville split a pair of non-region matches at The Storm Center.
Woodland, also playing at home Thursday, suffered a heartbreaking loss to East Paulding in five sets.
In Carroll County, Adairsville lost a pair of road matches to Central-Carroll and Temple.
Lady Colonels top Rockmart
Cass volleyball defeated visiting Rockmart 3-1 in a best-of-five, non-region match Thursday night. The Colonels won the first two sets 25-11 and 25-15. Rockmart won the third set 25-21 before Cass closed out the match with a 25-20 victory in the fourth set.
Cass (6-5) participates in the Rockmart Invitational Saturday at Rockmart High School where they will open competition against Chattooga.
Lady Canes split matches at The Storm Center
Cartersville volleyball dropped a 25-10, 25-16 decision Thursday night to visiting Cherokee, but bounced back later in the evening to take down Cambridge in straight sets, 25-19 and 25-7.
The Hurricanes (3-5) are scheduled to face Sonoraville, Columbus, and North Cobb Christian Saturday at the Calhoun Invitational.
Adairsville drops two road matches In non-region matches Thursday night in Carroll County, the Lady Tigers lost 25-17, 25-18 to Central-Carroll and dropped another match to host Temple 26-24 and 25-22.
Jordan Hartline had six kills in the two matches combined. Jenna Claire Hendley finished with nine blocks. Annie McCormick totaled nine assists and Sherry Wells contributed 24 digs.
Richlyn Blair had four blocks in the loss to Central. Addie Pearson had three kills in the loss to Temple and Jayna Wilson added four blocks in the Temple match.
“It was a very rough night for us,” said Adairsville coach Kaylie Vaughn Martin. “We worked very hard and couldn’t finish points. We’re ready for practice tomorrow and preparation for next week.”
Adairsville (5-7-2) plays at Christian Heritage next Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Lady Cats lose heartbreaker
The Woodland volleyball team suffered a difficult five set loss at home Thursday night to East Paulding. The visiting Lady Raiders won the first and third sets 25-15 and 25-20 while the Lady Cats took the second and fourth sets 25-23 and 25-18. East Paulding won the fifth set 15-3.
“We had all the momentum after winning the fourth set,” said Woodland coach David Condon. “Unfortunately, we just fell apart in that deciding set.”
Kendall Condon had 30 assists on the night to go with 13 digs and five kills. Madison West totaled 13 kills, three aces, and two blocks. Anastyn Jones finished with nine kills, nine digs, and a pair of aces. Lili Womack contributed a dozen digs and four aces while Bailee Motes added five kills and nine digs.
Woodland (3-9-1) is home next Tuesday at 5 p.m. against Model and Coahulla Creek.
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