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Lady Mustangs squeeze out close match against Ellison

MARBLE FALLS — After losing in the first set, the Lady Mustangs raced to leads in the second and third games but had to hold off Killeen Ellison for the wins.

After Marble Falls took a 19-14 lead in the fourth set, Ellison called a timeout and won the game on a 11-1 run, forcing a deciding set. That game featured several long rallies with players falling on each other to get to the ball and Marble Falls winning those points.


PHOTO: Burnet High School sophomore hitter Sara Poe blocks a tip during the loss to Ingram Tom Moore on Aug. 28. Photo by B.J. Rosow


“It’s real important,” senior outside hitter Hayley Fishbeck said of capturing those rallies.

The Lady Mustangs won the match when the Eagles were called for an error. The match score was 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25 and 15-13.

TOP PLAYERS: Hayley Fishbeck 24 kills; Haley Coulter 33 assists

ON OFFENSE: Catie Whitecotton 6 kills; Taylor Brackenridge 5 kills; Kaitlyn Naumann 4 aces

ON DEFENSE: Lacie Long 19 digs; Kelsey Bauers 11 digs; Whitecotton 8 blocks; Taylor Brackenridge 3 blocks

QUOTABLE: “We have to be able to win those long rallies,” head coach Julie Downs said.

SUBVARSITY RESULTS: Freshman Lady Mustangs def. Ellison 19-25, 25-16, 25-19; junior varsity Lady Mustangs def. Ellison 25-23, 22-25, 25-20.

RECORDS: Marble Falls is 10-5-1.

UP NEXT: Marble Falls vs. Belton, Sept. 4 with subvarsity playing at 5:30 p.m and varsity following at 7 p.m. All matches are at the high school, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls.

Lady Dawgs fall to Ingram Tom Moore in three sets

INGRAM — After a slow start, Burnet rose to the occasion in the second set but couldn’t win the game.

That set up a 13-25, 22-25, 19-25 loss.

TOP PLAYERS: Riley Scott 6 kills, 2 blocks and 6 digs

ON OFFENSE: Cassidy Connolly 8 kills; Danielle Lindley 13 assists; Sarah Poe 7 assists

ON DEFENSE: Sarah Poe 2 blocks and 6 digs; Riana Bond 18 digs

SUBVARSITY RESULTS: Freshman Lady Dawgs def. Ingram 25-11, 25-14; junior varsity Lady Dawgs def. Ingram 25-12, 21-25, 25-13.

UP NEXT: Burnet vs. Leander Vandegrift, Sept. 4 with freshmen at 5 p.m., junior varsity at 6 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m. at The Doghouse, 1000 The Green Mile in Burnet.