vs. Kingwood

On Tuesday, the Lady Spartans JV Team returned home to take on the Kingwood Mustangs. Coming off a comeback win the past Friday, the Spartans were looking to continue their win streak. The ladies took a 6-1 lead off two kills and an ace from Sydney Hatcher. Myrah Howard capped the run off with a strong middle attack. Points from Lauren Gioco, Cason Wakefield, Ainsley Pine, and Hatcher helped extend the lead to 12-4. The Lady Spartans continued to get great play from all players. Setters Clare Townsend and Braelyn Barber were excellent during the game mixing up the sets and leading to kills from Hatcher, Braelyn Walla, and Sofia Nikolovski from the back row and a commanding 20-11 lead. The Lady Spartans closed the game out on a 5-1 run with an ace from Barber, a block from Ginger Koss, and kills from Koss and Gioco for the 25-12 win.

The second set was a bit closer. A bit of a slow start had the Spartans tied at 10-10. However, after that, the ladies took control of the set, and they never looked back. Nice back-row passing from Josie Berg, kills from Gioco, Hatcher, and Wakefield and nice serving from Townsend led to the 25-19 win.

vs. Clear Creek

With the Varsity Team away at a tournament, the JV team had the last game of the evening on Friday at home against the Clear Creek Wildcats, and what an exciting game it was! The first set started off with three kills and a block from Wakefield and three aces from Hatcher for a 9-3 lead. However, the Wildcats continued to battle, keeping the game close and ultimately took the lead. Late in the set, the Chargers were up 19-21. However, another monster kill by Wakefield, who had one of her best games of the season against the Chargers, stopped the Wildcats run. A Gioco kill tied the set at 22-22. Unfortunately, the Spartans could not close out the set and lost the first set 23-25.

The Spartans came out battling in the second set. The set was tied at 6-6, but a battle at the net ultimately finishing with a kill by Ainsley Pine led to a 7-6 lead, and the Spartans did not look back. A 5-1 run including an ace from Gioco, strong passing from Berg and kills from Pine, Gioco, and Hatcher brought the score to 12-7. The Lady Spartans continued strong play fueled by a loud and very supportive home crowd and took the lead to 23-16. Hatcher closed out the set with two kills, and the Spartans won 25-18 forcing a tie-break set to 15.

The tie-break set started off with strong play from Howard, who had multiple kills and led the Spartans to a 6-3 lead. The ladies continued strong defensive play as well, especially Koss, who picked up numerous tips at the net that led to kills from Hatcher and Pine. Howard had another kill to bring the score to 12-8. A kill from Hatcher brought the score to 14-10. However, the Wildcats were not going to just give the game away, battling back to bring the score to 14-13. A serve out from the Wildcats gave the Spartans the win in what was the most exciting game of the season to date.

The JV Lady Spartans will be busy this week traveling to Fulshear on Tuesday, Cy Creek on Friday, and will be playing in the Katy ISD Tournament this weekend as well.