The Lady Yellow Jackets swarmed the courts at Class AA Petersburg taking care of business volleying over the Lady Vikings in four sets last Tuesday on senior night for the 25th match victory of the season: 25-18, 25-19, 16-25 and 25-22.
Moorefield Volleyball improved to 25-5 on the season with the win against the Lady Vikings.
“The biggest thing that I can’t stress enough is they played as a team. We ran a lot of different lineups, but they came out and knew what they had to do. Our back row is struggling, but hopefully we can find some consistency. Petersburg had some big hitters and that speaks to our back row. On senior night there are many emotions. Even though it went to four games, we walked out with a W,” Moorefield Volleyball coach Morgan Hill See remarked.[private]
An attack by Petersburg’s Shayla Whiteman was returned into the net for the initial point of the opening set, but the Lady Yellow Jackets answered with a spike by Remington Hinkle.
During the serve of Moorefield’s Lindsey Rinker, teammate Alyson Simmons launched an attack and it was redirected out of bounds for a 2-1 lead.
Hinkle made a dig, but the Lady Vikings countered with an attack by Klowie Schultz creating a point.
Whiteman blocked a shot and the Lady Vikings notched an ace before a kill by Schultz put Petersburg up 5-2.
An attack by Hinkle couldn’t be corralled as four hits were needed, then Petersburg answered with a kill by Whiteman.
Simmons made a dig save and Rinker kept the ball moving.
Moorefield’s Kaleigh Hunt made a dig and Sydney Hardy’s attack ricocheted out for a point, 6-4.
Hanna Carlson garnered a kill and a block for the Lady Yellow Jackets, then an attack by Anna Riggleman was returned into the net.
An ace served by Moorefield’s Madison McGregor was followed by a tap kill by Simmons and a block from Riggleman to take an 11-10 lead.
After an error, Carlson made a kill and served up an ace keeping a 13-11 edge over the Lady Vikings.
A pair of Moorefield service errors sandwiched a kill by Hinkle, then an attack by Whiteman was blocked by Simmons only the ball didn’t clear the top of the net as Petersburg tied the set at 14-all.
There were some net errors by the Lady Vikings, while Moorefield earned more points on an ace by Hinkle and attack points by Carlson and McGregor to go 20-17.
Simmons and Riggleman made push kills, then McGregor served an ace and Riggleman added another spike with the Lady Yellow Jackets winning the first set on a dig by Simmons sailing over to the Petersburg side, 25-18.
Rinker started the second set serving for Moorefield and there was no return, then an attack by Hinkle was blocked out of play, 2-0.
Attacks by Petersburg’s Whiteman and Schultz were returned out, despite digs by Hinkle and Hardy.
Rinker created a point coming off a dig and Hinkle garnered a kill for a 5-3 lead.
The Lady Vikings took the next two points on kills from Whiteman and Schultz to tie the set before taking the lead on a spike by Aaliyah Goldizen.
Goldizen and Emma Berg notched kills for a 9-6 advantage, then Moorefield rallied as Simmons made a point on an attack and Hardy served an ace prior to Carlson tying the set at 9-all with an attack returned into the net.
McGregor made a spike for the lead, but the next volley went awry.
Hinkle spiked the ball twice to give the Lady Yellow Jackets a 15-13 lead.
The momentum continued as Hardy recorded a spike, Carlson landed an ace after a timeout and Simmons created a dink kill to go up 18-13.
After a kill by Petersburg’s Whiteman and two service points, the Lady Yellow Jackets answered with spikes from Simmons and McGregor, 20-17.
Simmons and Riggleman made digs, then Hardy created a point off an attack.
Moorefield won the second set 25-19 as a serve by Hardy was returned out of bounds.
Petersburg’s Hanna Lafferre delivered two aces to begin the third set and several Moorefield errors provided a 5-nil lead.
The Lady Yellow Jackets responded with five straight points on kills by Hinkle and two aces from Riggleman.
After a service error, McGregor made a kill to tie the set again, 6-all.
Petersburg’s Kimberly Minnich notched two points on kills before a service error.
Lafferre garnered a point off an attack to put the Lady Vikings up 10-8.
Carlson made a save off a block by Simmons ricocheting back over the net for a point, then Carlson tied the set for Moorefield on a serve returned into the net, 11-all.
This was the last time the set was tied as Petersburg went up 18-11 with the help of errors and three aces by Lafferre.
The Lady Yellow Jackets notched points off a block by Simmons and two kills from Hardy to make it 19-15.
A spike by Minnich ended the third set to give the Lady Vikings a 25-16 win.
The fourth set was tied ten times with the Lady Yellow Jackets prevailing 25-22.
McGregor accounted for four of the first ten points by Moorefield with kills and Carlson delivered an ace to counter the kills by Petersburg’s Whiteman and Schultz.
It was a team effort collecting points throughout the match as Hardy stepped up with some kills and Hinkle garnered several.
Moorefield’s Isabelle Nesbit served an ace to take an 18-17 lead.
Simmons had a dig go over to McGregor for a kill.
McGregor served up an ace after a spike by Hardy giving the Lady Yellow Jackets a 22-20 edge.
Minnich made kill for the Lady Vikings, but Moorefield answered with a spike from Riggleman.
Simmons blocked a volley and the Lady Yellow Jackets took a 24-21 lead.
After a kill by Whiteman, Moorefield finished the fourth set and match with a spike by Hinkle, 25-22/3-1.
[/private]Moorefield travels to Elkins tonight to finish the regular season in the last preparation before the playoffs next week.