The last visit to Wildcat Gymnasium for the River Bluff volleyball team was a loss to archrival Lexington in the Class 5A Lower State final in 2019.
Tuesday night, the Lady Gators found …
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The last visit to Wildcat Gymnasium for the River Bluff volleyball team was a loss to archrival Lexington in the Class 5A Lower State final in 2019.
Tuesday night, the Lady Gators found themselves trailing after 3 sets on “Senior” Night for the Lady Wildcats. They were also missing 3 starters due to injury and saw another hurt her ankle coming off the bench.
Despite the adversity, River Bluff overcame it to claim a 5-set victory over Lexington in the season-opener for both teams.
The final scores were 23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-15, 15-10.
“We really controlled the 2nd, 4th and 5th sets,” River Bluff head coach Bryan Piro said. “The 1st and 3rd sets got a little bit away from us. We let them get on a couple 3, 4 point runs. We just couldn’t rally back. But yeah, we have a resilient group this year.
“We’re still young. We lost some seniors last year, but we have 3 injured players out. 3 starters. I’m proud of our freshman Kylie (Wilson) who came in off the bench when 1 of our big blockers twisted her ankle in the 1st set. So she had to play 4 sets after that. I’m really proud how she handled the pressure, especially being a young freshman on a varsity team at this level against this type of team.”
River Bluff will have a week off before returning to action Sept. 15 at Dutch Fork. Lexington heads on the road to face White Knoll on Thursday.
Dutch Fork 3, White Knoll 2
(25-18, 15-25, 23-25, 25-14, 15-13)
Orangeburg-Wilkinson 3, Gilbert 2
(14-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-22, 9-15)
The Lady Indians opened its quest for a 3rd consecutive Region 5-3A title with a loss to the Bruinettes Wednesday.
Airport 3, Midland Valley 0
(25-18, 25-6, 25-14)
Fox Creek 3, Brookland-Cayce 0
(25-8, 25-15, 25-12)
Gray Collegiate 3, Batesburg-Leesville 0
(25-7, 25-17, 25-15)
TENNIS
River Bluff 5, Dutch Fork 1
The defending Class 5A champion Lady Gators improved to 2-0 overall and in Region 5-5A with a victory on “Senior Night”.
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