Lady Tigers spiked at regional
The journey back to the state volleyball tourney was blocked by district champion New Braunfels Canyon in the regional finals. Last year the Cinderella trip to state from a third place district finish found the Lady Tigers loaded with experience and a favorite to return. NB Canyon was not about to relinquish their top spot this time around even though the Lady Tigers had taken two of the previous three matches. Canyon was much like the Georgetown football team playing the Tigers. They had lived a full year with this heartache and were not about to suffer for another year.
After disposing of SA Burbank and Alamo Heights, the Lady Tigers were definitely within range as they prepared for the regional tourney in San Antonio. In the semis, DS took on a good Flour Bluff team with a 34-5 record. It was not easy but Flour Bluff would succumb in four (25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 28-26). The long-awaited Canyon match loomed. The Lady Cougars were all about not being denied this year and carried through with their precision 3-0 win (15-25, 22-25, 18-25). The Lady Tigers finished their season at 37-16.
Vs SA Burbank (25-13, 25-12, 25-20): Kills (53): Madi Lund 12, Mackenzie Plante 12, Karley Sledge 9, Ava Williamson 6, Natalie Arnold 4, Reagan Hellberg 2, Annabelle Crowder 2, Emma Wegner 2, Greer Gilbraith 2, Ryann Frontera, Ella Baldwin. Ace (5): Arnold, Ryann Allison, Noelle Dominey, Plante, Abby Wingrin. Blk (3): Arnold 2, Sledge. Digs (52): Taylor Tjelmeland 11, Plante 8, Clara Martin 5, Frontera 5, Hellberg 5, Dominey 4, Baldwin 3, Allison 3, Avery Dement 2, Williamson 2, Crowder 2, Sledge, Wegner. Asst (52): Frontera 26, Allison 17, Abby Vannoy 2, Martin 2, Wingrin 2, Sledge, Tjelmeland, Presley Alford. Receive (39): Tjelmeland 14, Plante 7, Hellberg 6, Baldwin 4, Sledge 3, Dominey 2, Martin, Lund, Alford.
Vs Alamo Heights (25-17, 25-15, 25-23): K (42): Plante 10, Sledge 8, Lund 8, Williamson 6, Crowder 5, Arnold 5. Ace (11): Arnold 4, Plante 2, Frontera 2, Sledge, Allison, Tjelmeland. Blk (4): Plante 2, Arnold, Lund. Dig (35): Tjelmeland 10, Allison 9, Plante 4, Frontera 4, Baldwin 3, Arnold 2, Sledge, Riley Certain, Williamson. Asst (37): Frontera 23, Allison 14. Rec (44): Plante 17, Baldwin 7, Sledge 7, Tjelmeland 7, Martin 3, Certain, Williamson.