The bridge to Short Gap was surrounded by the Lady Falcons swooping down inundating Moorefield with attacks as Frankfort unleashed a three straight set match victory during senior night last Tuesday: 25-11, 25-10 and 25-9.
“Obviously we didn’t play well at all tonight. We didn’t move and we can’t continuously bump it back, because when we bump it back there it’s just a tee-off. We didn’t cover our zone areas well which is due to a lack of movement. Overall it wasn’t a good night for us,” Moorefield coach Morgan Hill-See commented.
“That’s the hardest thing, if we can’t bring it up we can’t get anything after that. If you look at the set sheet you see 33 missed digs and that will put you in the hole real fast. All total we only had ten kills. We have to regroup and we are playing with a lot of different factors we aren’t used to right now. We are trying to keep it together and see what we can do moving forward.”
The Frankfort senior ceremony was a nice production with each senior thanking every teammate, coaches and parents.
Frankfort’s Jordan Irving smashed the ball for a kill after a serve by Moorefield’s Lindsey Rinker opened the first set.
Irving served and the ball was returned by Moorefield’s Alyssa Vetter, but the Lady Falcons maintained possession with a spike by Kayla Grose.
An attack by Frankfort’s Macie Miller was met with a dig by Moorefield’s Anna Riggleman which ricochet out of bounds.
Irving’s next serve was too low and hit the head of teammate Makenna Douthitt and both laughed about it.
Vetter served and the ball was returned out of bounds by Grose for a 3-2 score.
Riggleman and Sydney Hardy made digs, but the Lady Falcons kept attacking with Miller finally locating the floor.
Moorefield’s Hanna Carlson and Madison McGregor put a little too much power in attacks sailing out of bounds, 8-2.
Miller notched a kill, then McGregor’s attack was returned into the net by Grose.
Hardy made a dig and Gracie O’Neill returned the ball for the Lady Yellow Jackets, then Frankfort’s Taylor VanMeter made a save and there was a violation at the net on Moorefield, 11-3.
VanMeter garnered a kill, then the next attack was met with a dig by Riggleman and not returned.
Miller spiked the ball, then Riggleman blocked a volley and it was saved by Grose setting up a point for Reagan Bennett.
VanMeter tapped the ball over for a point, then the Lady Yellow Jackets hit the ball twice on a save by Grose.
Grose’s serve went awry, then Hardy’s serve was redirected into the net by VanMeter for an 18-5 score.
Moorefield’s Remington Hinkle made a dig and Lindsey Rinker set for Riggleman’s attack returned into the net.
Hardy’s serve wasn’t returned, then delivered two aces for the Lady Yellow Jackets creating an 18-9 score.
McGregor made a dig on an attack by VanMeter, then Rinker sent the ball over and Miller answered with a kill.
Irving made a spike, then a volley was blocked into the net by Rinker and deflected out of bounds, 22-9.
Hardy made a couple of digs, but the attacks continued with VanMeter and Irving making points before one launch went out of bounds.
McGregor served an ace, then Frankfort finished the set with a kill by Irving, 25-11.
“Any team wants to win on senior night and it is really nice they all got to play at the same time together and that doesn’t always happen based on our rotations,” Frankfort coach Brooke Alkire noted.
“They play well together in the same rotation. Our key was passing. We made good passes, so we could make beautiful sets to put the ball down. It was really nice. Moorefield is a hustling team and we knew that coming in, so we were ready on our toes. They pick up a lot of balls and are a nice looking team.”
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Moorefield notched the first point of the second set on a kill by Vetter off an assist from Rinker.
Rinker and Vetter made attacks and Hardy covered the floor with a dig, then a push by Vetter was sent back by Frankfort’s Kayla Grose and spun into the net by the Lady Yellow Jackets.
An attack by Grose was met with a dig by Hardy, then went awry.
Moorefield’s Hanna Carlson has an attack returned out of bounds, then served into the net, 5-3.
Hardy blocked a volley by Grose out of bounds, then Miller landed a spike.
Riggleman made a dig, then Rinker hit the ball out of bounds.
Hinkle made a dig and the set by Rinker went to Riggleman for an attack point, then McGregor served and there was no return as the Lady Yellow Jackets trailed 10-6.
The ensuing serve went out of bounds, then Hinkle had an attack blocked by Irving.
Miller served an ace, then Irving’s attack was blocked by Rinker and saved by McGregor on a diving dig only to have the ball land out off of Hardy.
Irving sandwiched two kills around a tip point by Rinker for a 16-7 advantage for the Lady Falcons.
Frankfort’s Chloe Puffinburger delivered an ace, then Irving and Kylee McGuire made kills.
Carlson made a save off the serve, then Rinker carried the ball on a set attempt.
Carlson’s attack was met with a dig by Grose, then McGuire notched a spike.
Irving touched the net on an attack, then Rinker served and it was returned for a kill by Irving.
Carlson made a block and Rinker was there for the dig lifting it up for a point by Hardy.
Vetter served then all out of bounds as the Lady Falcons took the second set 25-10.
Rinker garnered two service points to commence the third set for the Lady Yellow Jackets.
A tip by Lady Falcons’ Puffinburger was returned into the net and Irving tied the set with a spike.
Vetter pushed the ball over and it was met with a dig by Grose, then Irving smashed the ball for a 3-2 Frankfort edge.
Hardy and Rinker made digs and Vetter saved the ball over the net, but Frankfort’s Taylor VanMeter responded with a kill.
McGregor made a dig and the set by Rinker went to Carlson, but the volley hit the net.
Puffinburger served an ace and VanMeter recorded a spike, before Moorefield gained a point off a push attack by Hardy.
An attack by Moorefield went out of bounds, then Frankfort’s Lauren Whiteman served an ace and Grose notched two kills for an 11-3 lead.
A serve by Whiteman went out of bounds, then Carlson’s serve was met with a carry by the Lady Falcons.
Moorefield gained a few more points as an attack by Bennett went into the net, Hardy notched a dink for a point and a dig by Hardy turned into a set by Rinker for Riggleman creating a kill, 14-8.
Frankfort scored the next six points which included a kill by Grose and an ace by Makenna Douthitt.
McGregor took a set from Rinker and smacked the ball down for a spike, then made a dig off an attack by Douthitt and Hinkle saved the ball near the bleachers only to have it not clear the net.
Hinkle’s attack was blocked by Miller, then Miller’s attack ricocheted off a dig by O’Neill out of bounds.
The Lady Falcons match point came from Miller sending an attack which was met by two Moorefield hits for a violation ending the set, 25-9.
Moorefield JV Volleyball lost in a close battle to Frankfort, 28-26, 23-25 and 22-25.
The Lady Yellow Jackets regrouped on their own senior night honoring Rebekah Markwood and Alyssa Vetter with a five-set victory over Petersburg to close the regular season.
Moorefield played Paw Paw on Monday to begin the sectional playoffs and hosted the championship on Tuesday against the East Hardy-Pendleton County winner.
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