North Carolina High School Volleyball - Fike edged by West Johnston
August 29, 2023: Benson, NC 27504 The West Johnston Wildcats held off the visiting Fike Demons volleyball team by a score of 3-2 in Tuesday's league test.
The Wildcats now have a 2-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host East Wake for a Quad County 3A test on Tuesday, September 5. West Johnston will confront a Warriors team coming off a 3-0 league loss to C.B. Aycock (Pikeville, NC). The Warriors record now stands at 2-6.
The Demons (1-5) will now prepare for their test against Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield, NC). The Spartans enter the Quad County 3A test with a 1-6 record. In their last test, Smithfield-Selma was nudged by South Johnston (Four Oaks, NC), 3-0, in a league test.
Match Summary
The West Johnston volleyball team entered conference play tonight against a 1 - 4 Wilson Fike team and was able to scratch out a hard fought 5 set match. The win certainly did not come easily and a quick 25 - 16 first set win was not a harbinger of what the rest of the match would produce. The girls from Fike came out in the 2nd set firing on all cylinders and held off the Lady Wildcats 22 - 25. These Wilson girls were even more impressive in the 3rd set, jumping out to a quick lead and holding off the West girls 20 - 25. Down 2 sets to 1, the Wildcat girls showed terrific resiliency in the 4th set, scratching and clawing their way to a tight 25 - 22 win. With the match tied up at 2 sets each, the West girls found themselves in a nail-biting 5th set, leading 8 - 7. With solid serving and some aggressive net play, the Wildcats finished off Fike with an 8 - 1 run to close out the match. The team now moves to 2 - 3 overall and, more importantly, 1 - 0 in the conference.
