DAWGS Take Sting Out of Lady Hornets

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs took on the Huntsville Lady Hornets in the DAWG House tonight and cleanly swept their opponent in 3 straight sets (25-15, 25-20, and 25-18) before an appreciative home crowd. The 17-12 green machine is a solid team with plenty of talent, but tonight the Lady Bulldogs played more inspiring, consistent volleyball with timely, spurts of brilliance which was exactly what the doctor ordered to help the DAWGS remain undefeated in District 18-4A play.

Coach J had all of the Lady Bulldogs on the

same page in their match against Huntsville.

The DAWGS' team effort again was led by senior OH Kelli Stewart's 16 kills and 8 digs; with senior MB Meagan Little contributing 10 kills with 2 blocks; followed by sophomores MB Courtney Felinski's 8 kills and OH Katzy Randall's 7 kills and 13 digs; sophomore OH Madison Kosir's 2 kills; and 7 digs apiece from senior L Hannah Davies and junior Angi Gould.

All the eyes were on junior Lady Bulldog Angi

Gould (3) as she executes another perfect pass.

The DAWGS trailed only once in the first set at 1-2, but as soon as Kelli Stewart tied it up at 2-2 with a shot to the floor and then another at 4-3, the ladies put up a defensive wall and moved their defense around the ball like a school of fish. The Lady Hornets could not break down the wall nor harvest any fish, and were forced to take a back seat to the DAWGS who outscored them 16 to 5 behind some hard hit kills from Katzy Randall (10-6 and cross court at 17-8), a blast from Meagan Little at 12-8; and at least 9 hitting errors, mostly into the net - to put Magnolia in charge at 20 to 8. The out-of-sync Lady Hornets, made a respectable run at the end of the set outscoring the DAWGS 7 to 5, but in the scheme of things, it made little difference or effect on the hungry DAWGS who ended up on top while running away at 25-15.

Lady DAWG OH Katzy Randall blew this kill shot by

the outstretched arms of the Lady Hornet's defender.

In the second set, the (somewhat) lackadaisical DAWGS generously dropped 3 straight points before they knew what happened and consequentially took a slower, more patient path in catching up with Huntsville. With the score at 6-8, Kelli Stewart blasted a ball of a Hornet's wing to make it 7-8; then Meagan Little had a patented kill down the middle of the court at 8-8, then did it again at 9-8; only to have Paige Holland tip one at 10-8 to put the Lady Hornets back into their 'Jekyll and Hyde mode' - which meant they were to hit the next kill attempt into the net at 11-8, and to promptly call time out! The time out actually was a good one for Huntsville as they regained a little lost momentum and regrouped to stay closer to the DAWGS until the score reached 20-18, where once again, the Hornets stalled near the winning wire and could only muster 2 points to the DAWGS' five. Ding!... the dinner bell rang again....DAWGS 25 HORNETS 20.

Senior MB Meagan Little (4) swatted the Lady Hornets

with this quick kill down the middle of the court.

The final set had the DAWGS jumping out to a 7-1 score behind a couple of Kelli Stewart's WMD blasts at 3-1 and 4-1; then uncharacteristically, rolling over and giving 5 points back, drawing the Hornets back in the set at 7-6. The DAWGS maintained a slight 1 point edge over the next 10 points as both teams leveled at 17-16 behind some great, intense play on both sides of the net. But, as been happening most of the season - a couple of blasts from Meagan Little at 12-10, and a quick-set bullet at 13-10, helped ignite the Lady Bulldogs' into a flash fire. Again, Kelli hammered kills at 15-2, and at 16-15 and team mate Katzy Randall blasted a great kill of her own at 17-16. The DAWGS effectively jammed Huntsville at "crunch time" when the match was on the line, by outscoring the Hornets 8 to 2 ....making the finale at 25-18. Truly, solid!

Next on the menu:
Date 10-1 Wed Varsity Only 6 pm Montgomery @ Magnolia
Date 10-3 Fri All Levels Magnolia @ Willis

BULLDOG PRIDE!!!