Virginia High School Volleyball - Indian River nudged by New Kent
September 17, 2022: Chesapeake, VA 23325 The Indian River Braves volleyball team (Chesapeake, VA), was nudged 2-1 in Saturday's non-league challenge with the visiting New Kent Trojans (New Kent, VA)
The Trojans (7-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Currituck County (Barco, NC). The Knights enter the non-league challenge with a 5-4 record. In their last challenge, Currituck County nipped Pasquotank County (Elizabeth City, NC), 3-0, in a league challenge.
Next, the Braves encounter the Portsmouth Christian Patriots (Portsmouth, VA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, September 17. Indian River will attempt to move on its 4-4 season record. The Patriots enter the challenge with a 3-7 record after their 3-0 league win over Hampton Christian Academy (Hampton, VA).
Match Summary
The final pool match of the Endless Summer Tournament at VA Beach between the Lady Trojans and Indian River, a Class 5 school from Chesapeake, had the fate of three teams resting on the results. Kempsville had lost to Westover Christian in the penultimate match, leaving them with a 1-2 record and out of the running for the gold bracket playoff. The win ended Westover's pool play with a 2-1 record with a win over New Kent and loss to Indian River. Whichever team won the final match would end up tied with Westover. Indian River started strong, defeating New Kent 17-25 in the first set, but the Lady Trojans rallied in set two, defeating Indian River 25-19. New Kent jumped to an early lead on strong serving in the 15-point tie-breaking match and held on to take the win and move into a 2-1 tie for first place in the pool with Westover. However, the tie was broken in Westover's favor based on their earlier win over New Kent, so they advanced to gold while New Kent played for silver.
