Volleyball: Adairsville, Woodland fall in Thursday matches

The Adairsville and Woodland volleyball teams both dropped a pair of matches Thursday night.

Adairsville fell to Armuchee 25-20 and 25-17 and also lost 25-15, 25-20 to host Rome.

Woodland had a narrow home loss to Model 26-24, 25-20 in addition to a 25-17, 25-7 loss to Cherokee.

In the Tigers’ losses, Richlyn Blair totaled seven kills, three digs, and had a pair of service aces. Kaylee Jordan contributed four kills, two aces, two assists, and one dig. Lexie Childers finished with six assists, three kills, and one block. Bailey Weaver amassed six digs and three assists. Haley Stiles added five kills with one assist and Annie McCormick had three digs and three assists. “We played great for our first outing of the season,” said Adairsville coach Kaylie Martin. “I was proud of the effort and heart the girls showed tonight. We saw our weaknesses and will be working on them at practice to prepare for our tournament this weekend. Each member made positive contributions tonight and I am excited to get this season rolling.”

In Woodland’s losses, Delaney Tuplin had seven digs and four kills. Kailynn Mullinax accumulated six kills and four digs. Madison West finished with seven kills, four aces, and three digs. Anastyn Jones contributed five kills, six digs, and three aces. Lili Womack totaled five digs and Kendall Condon totaled 20 assists with eight digs.

“I felt like we actually outplayed Model in both sets overall,” said Woodland coach David Condon. “Unfortunately we had a really rough stretch with one of their servers in both sets that led to our loss. Against Cherokee, we played well in the opening set but lost focus in the second set.”

Adairsville will host the Welcome to the Jungle Tournament Saturday. Woodland will host Paulding County and Rockmart next Tuesday.