Wildcats sweep Beavers to stay perfect at 5-0
Blair-Taylor’s Abby Thompson went up for a spike during their match against Augusta on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Augusta came out strong in the first set, but it wasn’t long before Blair-Taylor took control and cruised for the rest of the night.
The Beavers had an early lead, but Blair-Taylor went on a run to take the first set by 15 as they went on to win all three by double digits.
The win was the first in Dairyland Conference play for B-T as they improved their record to 5-0 overall before playing at Independence on Tuesday of this week. In addition to a perfect match record, the Wildcats have a set record of 12-1.
B-T returns home to play Whitehall this coming Monday before heading to Melrose-Mindoro next Tuesday and hosting Eleva-Strum on Thursday.
B-T 25 25 25
AUG 10 10 11
Augusta scored a few points early, but it was all B-T from there.
The Beavers scored three of the first five points, but the Wildcats dominated the rest of the match. B-T won the first two sets by 15 points then took the third by 14.
It was a balanced attack at the net with both Kierstyn Kindschy and Lindsay Steien finishing with eight kills while Abby Thompson and Andrea Waldera both had six. Kindschy was also the team’s top server with eight aces.
Madison Goodbear led the team with 19 set assists and added three aces.
Defensively, Thompson had 11 digs while Steien and Lexi Lofgren both had nine.
