Volleyball Recap: Bryan Station Comes Up Short

After flying high against Madison Central last Thursday, Bryan Station came back down to earth. The Defenders fell just short of the Sayre Spartans by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Defenders in their meetings with the Spartans: they've now lost three in a row.

While Bryan Station ultimately came up short, they really made Sayre work, particularly in the second set. The final score came out to 22-25, 28-16, 17-25, 25-18, 15-13.

Lily Howard

Digs

10/07/25 vs Sayre	14
10/02/25 @ Madison Central	13
09/27/25 vs Owensboro Catholic	13

Despite the defeat, Bryan Station saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lily Howard had 14 digs and two aces. Howard is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in each of the last three games she's played.

Brooke Barntsen had a dynamite game For Sayre., getting 31 kills, 14 digs, and one block. Those 31 kills gave Barntsen a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Powell, who had ten kills, ten digs, four aces, and one block.

Bryan Station now has a losing record of 14-15. As for Sayre, their win ended a three-match drought on the road and puts them at 24-5.

Bryan Station wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 3-1 loss against Frederick Douglass on the 9th. As for Sayre, they have also already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Scott County on the 9th.