Lady Cats volleyball season comes to an end at regionals

The Lady Cats hosted the 3A East Regional Tournament last Friday and Saturday. The girls played hard but came up short, losing to No. 1 seed Burns and Torrington, putting an end to their season.

On Friday afternoon, the Lady Cats lost in three to Burns, 15-25, 12-25 and 13-25.

"Burns played well and we just couldn't put a ball away.  Our defense played pretty scrappy and kept the ball alive and our blockers did a great job at the net, we just couldn't get anything going on our side.  Kamry Bowman and Julie Johnson played well, passing well during serve/receive and flying around on defense. Ina King stepped up and played well on the right side for us, putting up a big block," said coach Shannon Hill.

Stats from the Burns game include: Caydence Becher - 2 aces and Julie Johnson - 4 kills.

On Saturday, the Lady Cats took on Torrington, losing in three 22-25, 9-25 and 18-25.

Hill said, "Against Torrington I flipped my rotation around and had some new hitters in new positions based on stats and we came out ready to play in game one.  We missed 5 serves, which did us no favors.  Then in game 2 we checked out, unable to do anything at the net.  In a last ditch effort I switched my hitters around one more time for game 3 and we dug ourselves a pretty significant hole that we made some gains on a little too late.  I loved seeing the fight in the girls at the end of that set but it was just not enough."

Stats from the Torrington game include: Kamry Bowman - 6 kills and Ina King - 5 kills, 2 blocks. 

Hill added, "I appreciate the dedication and commitment from each athlete this season.  The girls showed up to practice and competed every day.  I want to say a huge thank you to the seniors for their dedication the last 4 years.  I am sorry the season didn't end the way we wanted but I appreciate your work ethic and love of the sport.  I am looking forward to the potential in our underclassmen and already the drive of some of them to get going for next season."