Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Kylie Cotton and Emily Headley Lead ALA - West Foothills to Victory

By Team Reports Sep 28, 2024, 2:34pm

Volleyball Recap: ALA - West Foothills Guardians vs. Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles

On Wednesday, it was close, but the ALA - West Foothills Guardians sidestepped the Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles for a 3-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Guardians.

ALA - West Foothills was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (101-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 20-25, 14-25, 25-21, 15-13.

Leading ALA - West Foothills to victory were Emily Headley and Kylie Cotton. Headley had nine digs and two aces, while Cotton had seven digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Cotton a new career-high in aces.

ALA - West Foothills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Scottsdale Christian Academy only served six.

Scottsdale Christian Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Lucy Dickerson, who had 19 digs and two aces, and Kaylee Howell, who had 17 digs.

ALA - West Foothills' victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-7. As for Scottsdale Christian Academy, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-7.

ALA - West Foothills will be playing in front of their home fans against Odyssey Institute at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. ALA - West Foothills is facing Odyssey Institute at the right time seeing as Odyssey Institute is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Scottsdale Christian Academy, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Leading Edge Academy - GEC at 6:00 p.m.

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