Lady Lions beat Bonham
September 1, 2010
Herald-Banner Staff
GREENVILLE -- In volleyball action on Tuesday night, the Greenville Lady Lions ran their record to 10-9, with a 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, 25-12 victory over the Bonham Lady Warriors.
Bonham fell to 5-4.
“We’ve got to play like that last game all the time,” said Greenville coach Melissa Anderson. “We’ve got to keep our momentum.”
Greenville won a hard-fought first game against the visitors at the Lions Den. Bonham scored five of the game’s first six points. Maygan Bloyed got the Lady Lions within 5-4 after a couple of service winners.
The two teams were tied 7-7 and 8-8 before Greenville ran off five straight points to grab a 13-8 advantage. The stubborn Lady Warriors rallied to go up 17-16 before Greenville pulled out the 25-23 win.
Bonham scored the last four points to take the second game.
Bloyed, Shanterria Riley and Emelie Kilgore led the way for Greenville in the third game.
The Lady Lions jumped out to 10-2 advantage in the fourth game of the match and were never threatened.
In the kills department, Kilgore led Greenville with nine, Riley put away eight, Jenny Hardaway six, Bloyed and LaBrandi Mayberry both finished with four.
Kilgore led the Lady Lions in blocks with five and Mayberry tallied one.
Bloyed and Riley each served for three aces, Jennifer Martinez had two and Mackenzie Cooper, Emelie Kilgore and Ashley Walden each served for one ace.
Riley led in assists with 17 and Walden had 15.
Martinez topped Greenville in digs with seven and Bloyed had five, while Riley and Cooper had one dig apiece.
Greenville’s junior varsity won, 25-22, 14-25, 25-23.
The Lady Lions took the freshman contest, 18-25, 25-19, 15-4.
Greenville will travel to Commerce on Friday to take on the Lady Tigers. Varsity game is at 6:30 p.m. Junior varsity is at 5:30 p.m. freshman play at 4:30 p.m. |
