Volleyball Recap: Montgomery Falls Despite Strong Effort from Ellie Sadler

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 9:02am

Volleyball Recap: Montgomery Bears vs. College Station Cougars

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Montgomery entered their matchup against College Station on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Montgomery Bears took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the College Station Cougars. The loss continues a trend for the Bears in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost eight in a row.

Montgomery started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-22, 25-9, 25-14.

When it comes to explaining why Montgomery lost, don't look at Ellie Sadler. Despite the final result, she had 16 digs.

College Station can attribute much of their success to Kennedy Voitier, who had nine digs and six aces. That's the most aces Voitier has posted in her last 17 matches.

Montgomery's defeat dropped their record down to 20-14. As for College Station, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.

Montgomery will square off against Brenham at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for College Station, they will welcome Huntsville at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (College Station has three straight victories, Huntsville has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

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