NEWS
JAY BENNETT
News and Sentinel | 9/18/2019
News and Sentinel | 9/18/2019
Photo Credit: Jay Bennett
VOLLEYBALL
In the final set of the evening, the Rebels used a Kayla Holbrook kill, a PSHS attack error and then an ace from libero Ashley Davis to take a 3-0 lead they never relinquished.
PSHS, now 5-6-2 with a match Thursday at Wheeling Park, also made a pair of early service errors and trailed 6-3 following a kill by Rebel Haidyn DePinho and again at 9-3 when Andrea Kirk put one to the floor.
A stuff at the net by Catreena Shears on Kirk made it 12-6 and a Nakia Bracy service tally closed the decisive third set to 12-7, but Rebel freshman Rebekah Ruppert took over at the net. Following consecutive kills, which gave the Rebels a 16-10 lead, she had a block to put the Patriots down by seven. Ruppert added three more kills and after Kirk had another downed spike, PSHS was behind 22-15.
The Patriots of head coach Becky Bennett didn’t quit.
Kaelynn Ireland got double blocked by Bracy and Alana Brigner and then Cassie Fink served for three straight, including an ace, to cut the deficit to 22-19. However, the Patriots couldn’t get any closer and Ruppert ended things on match point with a kill that started from a Katelyn Lambert pass.
Jay Bennett
News and Sentinel | 9/18/2019
News and Sentinel | 9/18/2019
