Virginia High School Volleyball - Warhill New Kent
October 3, 2024: Williamsburg, VA 23188 In Thursday's league match, the New Kent Trojans (New Kent, VA) volleyball squad prevailed the host Warhill Lions (Williamsburg, VA), by a count of 3-1.
Next up, the Trojans battle the Tabb Tigers (Yorktown, VA) in a Bay Rivers match, on Tuesday, October 8. New Kent will attempt to move on its 14-2 season record.
The Lions (2-9) will now prepare for their match against Bruton (Williamsburg, VA). The Panthers enter the Bay Rivers match with a 13-4 record. In their last match, Bruton was outscored by Grafton (Yorktown, VA), 3-0, in a league match.
Match Summary
The NK Lady Trojans survived a close match with the Warhill Lions, who were looking to avenge their Sep 3rd loss to NK. The Lions took a 4-point lead early in the 1st set, but NK moved ahead at 9-8 and never relinquished the lead, winning 25-17. In the 2nd set, NK took the lead at 5-4 and again never gave it up, this time winning 25-14. In the 3rd set, NK errors gave Warhill a 1-6 lead. NK tied the score multiple times from 9-9 to 19-19, when Leah Rounds' 2 aces, a Warhill hitting error, and a K by Ava Nieto put NK ahead 23-19. But 5 successive NK passing and hitting errors returned the lead to Warhill at 23-24. A New Kent K by Kendall White tied the game, but NK followed with serving and passing errors to give the game to Warhill 24-26. NK took the early lead in set 4, but a rash of NK errors again allowed Warhill to surge ahead 14-18. Warhill held the lead until NK surged from an 16-20 deficit to tie at 22-22, winning the match with 3 Ks.
